diff --git a/extensions/tags/js/src/common/models/Tag.ts b/extensions/tags/js/src/common/models/Tag.ts
index 46a023becb..c7eea44311 100644
--- a/extensions/tags/js/src/common/models/Tag.ts
+++ b/extensions/tags/js/src/common/models/Tag.ts
@@ -16,12 +16,6 @@ export default class Tag extends Model {
   color() {
     return Model.attribute<string | null>('color').call(this);
   }
-  backgroundUrl() {
-    return Model.attribute<string | null>('backgroundUrl').call(this);
-  }
-  backgroundMode() {
-    return Model.attribute<string | null>('backgroundMode').call(this);
-  }
   icon() {
     return Model.attribute<string | null>('icon').call(this);
   }
diff --git a/extensions/tags/migrations/2026_04_07_000000_drop_legacy_background_columns_from_tags.php b/extensions/tags/migrations/2026_04_07_000000_drop_legacy_background_columns_from_tags.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7b12644ae0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/tags/migrations/2026_04_07_000000_drop_legacy_background_columns_from_tags.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Flarum.
+ *
+ * For detailed copyright and license information, please view the
+ * LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+use Flarum\Database\Migration;
+
+return Migration::dropColumns('tags', [
+    'background_path' => ['string', 'length' => 100, 'nullable' => true],
+    'background_mode' => ['string', 'length' => 100, 'nullable' => true],
+]);
diff --git a/extensions/tags/src/Api/Resource/TagResource.php b/extensions/tags/src/Api/Resource/TagResource.php
index 75ccbbb8c6..5972881de6 100644
--- a/extensions/tags/src/Api/Resource/TagResource.php
+++ b/extensions/tags/src/Api/Resource/TagResource.php
@@ -112,9 +112,6 @@ public function fields(): array
             Schema\Boolean::make('isRestricted')
                 ->writableOnUpdate()
                 ->visible(fn (Tag $tag, FlarumContext $context) => $context->getActor()->isAdmin()),
-            Schema\Str::make('backgroundUrl')
-                ->get(fn (Tag $tag) => $tag->background_path),
-            Schema\Str::make('backgroundMode'),
             Schema\Integer::make('discussionCount'),
             Schema\Integer::make('position')
                 ->nullable(),
diff --git a/extensions/tags/src/Tag.php b/extensions/tags/src/Tag.php
index 469e9e729c..ae51dacdff 100644
--- a/extensions/tags/src/Tag.php
+++ b/extensions/tags/src/Tag.php
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@
  * @property string $slug
  * @property string $description
  * @property string $color
- * @property string $background_path
- * @property string $background_mode
  * @property bool $is_primary
  * @property int $position
  * @property int $parent_id
diff --git a/extensions/tags/src/TagFactory.php b/extensions/tags/src/TagFactory.php
index 629fb4bb9c..a88e8d39d5 100644
--- a/extensions/tags/src/TagFactory.php
+++ b/extensions/tags/src/TagFactory.php
@@ -21,8 +21,6 @@ public function definition(): array
             'slug' => $this->faker->slug,
             'description' => $this->faker->sentence,
             'color' => $this->faker->hexColor,
-            'background_path' => null,
-            'background_mode' => null,
             'position' => 0,
             'parent_id' => null,
             'default_sort' => null,
diff --git a/extensions/tags/tests/integration/api/tags/SchemaTest.php b/extensions/tags/tests/integration/api/tags/SchemaTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c7a7c366c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extensions/tags/tests/integration/api/tags/SchemaTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?php
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of Flarum.
+ *
+ * For detailed copyright and license information, please view the
+ * LICENSE file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace Flarum\Tags\Tests\integration\api\tags;
+
+use Flarum\Testing\integration\TestCase;
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Builder;
+use PHPUnit\Framework\Attributes\Test;
+
+class SchemaTest extends TestCase
+{
+    /**
+     * @inheritDoc
+     */
+    protected function setUp(): void
+    {
+        parent::setUp();
+
+        $this->extension('flarum-tags');
+    }
+
+    #[Test]
+    public function legacy_background_columns_are_not_present_on_tags_table()
+    {
+        $schema = $this->app()->getContainer()->make(Builder::class);
+
+        $this->assertFalse($schema->hasColumn('tags', 'background_path'));
+        $this->assertFalse($schema->hasColumn('tags', 'background_mode'));
+    }
+}