diff --git a/android/src/main/java/com/iterable/reactnative/Serialization.java b/android/src/main/java/com/iterable/reactnative/Serialization.java
index ca5dc0a24..9be98ab32 100644
--- a/android/src/main/java/com/iterable/reactnative/Serialization.java
+++ b/android/src/main/java/com/iterable/reactnative/Serialization.java
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ static JSONObject messageContentToJsonObject(IterableInAppMessage.Content conten
 
         JSONObject messageContent = new JSONObject();
         try {
-            messageContent.put("backgroundAlpha", content.backgroundAlpha);
             messageContent.put("edgeInsets", content.padding);
             messageContent.put("html", content.html);
             if (messageContent.length() == 0) {
diff --git a/ios/RNIterableAPI/Serialization.swift b/ios/RNIterableAPI/Serialization.swift
index ec1f5bd58..a6c5dded5 100644
--- a/ios/RNIterableAPI/Serialization.swift
+++ b/ios/RNIterableAPI/Serialization.swift
@@ -143,7 +143,6 @@ extension IterableHtmlInAppContent {
         var dict = [AnyHashable: Any]()
         dict["type"] = type.rawValue
         dict["edgeInsets"] = edgeInsets.toDict()
-        dict["backgroundAlpha"] = backgroundAlpha
         dict["html"] = html
         return dict
     }
diff --git a/ts/IterableInAppClasses.ts b/ts/IterableInAppClasses.ts
index 00eb84770..bfe0e877a 100644
--- a/ts/IterableInAppClasses.ts
+++ b/ts/IterableInAppClasses.ts
@@ -85,19 +85,16 @@ export interface IterableInAppContent {
 class IterableHtmlInAppContent implements IterableInAppContent {
   type: IterableInAppContentType = IterableInAppContentType.html
   edgeInsets: IterableEdgeInsets
-  backgroundAlpha: number
   html: string
 
-  constructor(edgeInsets: IterableEdgeInsets, backgroundAlpha: number, html: string) {
+  constructor(edgeInsets: IterableEdgeInsets, html: string) {
     this.edgeInsets = edgeInsets
-    this.backgroundAlpha = backgroundAlpha
     this.html = html
   }
 
   static fromDict(dict: any): IterableHtmlInAppContent {
     return new IterableHtmlInAppContent(
       IterableEdgeInsets.fromDict(dict["edgeInsets"]),
-      dict["backgroundAlpha"] as number,
       dict["html"] as string)
   }
 }