diff --git a/lua/colors/highlights.lua b/lua/colors/highlights.lua
index 3318866..34ecb41 100644
--- a/lua/colors/highlights.lua
+++ b/lua/colors/highlights.lua
@@ -76,6 +76,10 @@ fg("CmpItemKind", white)
 fg("CmpItemMenu", white)
 
 -- misc
+
+-- inactive statuslines as thin lines
+fg("StatusLineNC", one_bg2 .. " gui=underline")
+
 fg("LineNr", grey)
 fg("NvimInternalError", red)
 fg("VertSplit", one_bg2)
diff --git a/lua/plugins/configs/statusline.lua b/lua/plugins/configs/statusline.lua
index 2a1e6c4..0a8f4aa 100644
--- a/lua/plugins/configs/statusline.lua
+++ b/lua/plugins/configs/statusline.lua
@@ -367,21 +367,6 @@ components.active[3][10] = {
    },
 }
 
-local InactiveStatusHL = {
-   fg = colors.one_bg2,
-   bg = "NONE",
-   style = "underline",
-}
-
-components.inactive = {
-   {
-      {
-         provider = " ",
-         hl = InactiveStatusHL,
-      },
-   },
-}
-
 require("feline").setup {
    colors = {
       bg = colors.statusline_bg,