diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ea246d45..39877a8c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ And please only add new entries to the top of this list, right below the `# Unre
 
 # Unreleased
 
+- On Windows, revert window background to an empty brush to avoid white flashes when changing scaling
 - **Breaking:** Removed `Window::set_always_on_top` and related APIs in favor of `Window::set_window_level`.
 - On Windows, MacOS and X11, add always on bottom APIs.
 - On Windows, fix the value in `MouseButton::Other`.
diff --git a/src/platform_impl/windows/window.rs b/src/platform_impl/windows/window.rs
index 1e258a60..9e86f21d 100644
--- a/src/platform_impl/windows/window.rs
+++ b/src/platform_impl/windows/window.rs
@@ -1067,7 +1067,6 @@ where
 unsafe fn register_window_class<T: 'static>() -> Vec<u16> {
     let class_name = util::encode_wide("Window Class");
 
-    use windows_sys::Win32::Graphics::Gdi::COLOR_WINDOWFRAME;
     let class = WNDCLASSEXW {
         cbSize: mem::size_of::<WNDCLASSEXW>() as u32,
         style: CS_HREDRAW | CS_VREDRAW,
@@ -1077,7 +1076,7 @@ unsafe fn register_window_class<T: 'static>() -> Vec<u16> {
         hInstance: util::get_instance_handle(),
         hIcon: 0,
         hCursor: 0, // must be null in order for cursor state to work properly
-        hbrBackground: COLOR_WINDOWFRAME as _,
+        hbrBackground: 0,
         lpszMenuName: ptr::null(),
         lpszClassName: class_name.as_ptr(),
         hIconSm: 0,