diff --git a/src/cargo/core/compiler/timings.js b/src/cargo/core/compiler/timings.js
index 900847da25fa..9d3516a4555b 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/compiler/timings.js
+++ b/src/cargo/core/compiler/timings.js
@@ -46,16 +46,6 @@ function render_pipeline_graph() {
 
   const graph_height = Y_TICK_DIST * units.length;
   let { canvas_width, canvas_height, graph_width, px_per_sec } = resize_graph(graph_height);
-  let ctx = init_canvas('pipeline-graph', canvas_width, canvas_height);
-  const container = document.getElementById('pipeline-container');
-  container.style.width = canvas_width;
-  container.style.height = canvas_height;
-
-  ctx.strokeStyle = AXES_COLOR;
-
-  // Draw the graph.
-  ctx.save();
-  ctx.translate(X_LINE, MARGIN);
 
   // Compute x,y coordinate of each block.
   // We also populate a map with the count of each unit name to disambiguate if necessary
@@ -81,8 +71,10 @@ function render_pipeline_graph() {
   const dep_lines = create_dep_lines(units);
   const boxes = create_boxes(units, unitCount, canvas_width, px_per_sec);
   const dep_lines_hl_container = `<g id="hl-pipeline" transform="translate(${X_LINE}, ${MARGIN})"></g>`;
-  const svg = document.getElementById(`pipeline-graph-svg`);
+  const svg = document.getElementById(`pipeline-graph`);
   if (svg) {
+    svg.style.width = canvas_width;
+    svg.style.height = canvas_height;
     svg.innerHTML = (
       `${axis_bottom}${axis_left}${dep_lines}${boxes}${dep_lines_hl_container}`
     );
diff --git a/src/cargo/core/compiler/timings.rs b/src/cargo/core/compiler/timings.rs
index 71470248a4b4..2934447d1439 100644
--- a/src/cargo/core/compiler/timings.rs
+++ b/src/cargo/core/compiler/timings.rs
@@ -679,6 +679,10 @@ h1 {
   border-bottom: 1px solid var(--h1-border-bottom);
 }
 
+#pipeline-graph {
+  background-color: var(--canvas-background);
+}
+
 .graph {
   display: block;
 }
@@ -838,11 +842,7 @@ static HTML_CANVAS: &str = r#"
   </tr>
 </table>
 
-<div id="pipeline-container" class="canvas-container">
- <canvas id="pipeline-graph" class="graph" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; z-index: 0;"></canvas>
- <canvas id="pipeline-graph-lines" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; z-index: 1; pointer-events:none;"></canvas>
- <svg id="pipeline-graph-svg" class="graph" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0; height: 100%; width: 100%;"></svg>
-</div>
+<svg id="pipeline-graph" class="graph"></svg>
 <div class="canvas-container">
   <canvas id="timing-graph" class="graph"></canvas>
 </div>