diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_chargen_class_description.layout b/files/mygui/openmw_chargen_class_description.layout
index 3d341eee5a..43b0518fd1 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_chargen_class_description.layout
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_chargen_class_description.layout
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
 <MyGUI type="Layout">
-    <Widget type="Window" skin="MW_Dialog" layer="Windows" position="0 0 244 248" align="Center" name="_Main">
+    <Widget type="Window" skin="MW_DialogNoTransp" layer="Windows" position="0 0 244 248" align="Center" name="_Main">
 
         <!-- Edit box -->
         <Widget type="Widget" skin="MW_Box" position="8 8 220 192" align="Stretch" name="Client"/>
diff --git a/files/mygui/openmw_edit_note.layout b/files/mygui/openmw_edit_note.layout
index eb2a2789d0..7039c719e7 100644
--- a/files/mygui/openmw_edit_note.layout
+++ b/files/mygui/openmw_edit_note.layout
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 
 <MyGUI type="Layout">
-    <Widget type="Window" skin="MW_Dialog" layer="Windows" position="0 0 336 242" align="Center" name="_Main">
+    <Widget type="Window" skin="MW_DialogNoTransp" layer="Windows" position="0 0 336 242" align="Center" name="_Main">
 
         <Widget type="AutoSizedTextBox" skin="SandText" position="13 13 200 16">
             <Property key="Caption" value="#{sEditNote}"/>