diff --git a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/ipython_widget.py b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/ipython_widget.py
index c60436d..71d2cc5 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/ipython_widget.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/ipython_widget.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class IPythonWidget(FrontendWidget):
 
     # A dark stylesheet: white text on a black background.
     dark_stylesheet = """
-        QPlainTextEdit { background-color: black; color: white }
+        QPlainTextEdit, QTextEdit { background-color: black; color: white }
         QFrame { border: 1px solid grey; }
         .error { color: red; }
         .in-prompt { color: lime; }
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ class IPythonWidget(FrontendWidget):
         """ Restores the default IPythonWidget styling.
         """
         self.set_styling(self.default_stylesheet, syntax_style='default')
-        # self.set_styling(self.dark_stylesheet, syntax_style='monokai')
+        #self.set_styling(self.dark_stylesheet, syntax_style='monokai')
 
     def set_editor(self, editor):
         """ Sets the editor to use with the %edit magic.
diff --git a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py
index 4683f26..9003af7 100644
--- a/IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py
+++ b/IPython/frontend/qt/console/rich_ipython_widget.py
@@ -15,17 +15,6 @@ class RichIPythonWidget(IPythonWidget):
     # Protected class variables.
     _svg_text_format_property = 1
 
-    # We need to override this because this class uses QTextEdit.
-    dark_stylesheet = """
-        QTextEdit { background-color: black; color: white }
-        QFrame { border: 1px solid grey; }
-        .error { color: red; }
-        .in-prompt { color: lime; }
-        .in-prompt-number { color: lime; font-weight: bold; }
-        .out-prompt { color: red; }
-        .out-prompt-number { color: red; font-weight: bold; }
-    """
-
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------
     # 'object' interface
     #---------------------------------------------------------------------------