diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 17907e42..32a8cde1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ VERSION=$(shell git describe --dirty 2>/dev/null || cat VERSION)
 WADS=wads
 CPP=scripts/simplecpp
 DEUTEX=deutex
-DEUTEX_BASIC_ARGS=-v0 -rate accept -rgb 0 255 255
+DEUTEX_BASIC_ARGS=-v0 -rate accept
 DEUTEX_ARGS=$(DEUTEX_BASIC_ARGS) -doom2 bootstrap/
 
 FREEDOOM1=$(WADS)/freedoom1.wad
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ $(FREEDM): wadinfo_freedm.txt subdirs
 $(FREEDOOM1): wadinfo_phase1.txt subdirs
 	@mkdir -p $(WADS)
 	rm -f $@
-	$(DEUTEX) $(DEUTEX_ARGS) -iwad -lumps -patch -flats -sounds -musics -graphics -sprites -levels -build wadinfo_phase1.txt $@
+	$(DEUTEX) $(DEUTEX_ARGS) -iwad -build wadinfo_phase1.txt $@
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------
 # phase 2 (doom2) iwad
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ $(FREEDOOM1): wadinfo_phase1.txt subdirs
 $(FREEDOOM2): wadinfo_phase2.txt subdirs
 	@mkdir -p $(WADS)
 	rm -f $@
-	$(DEUTEX) $(DEUTEX_ARGS) -iwad -lumps -patch -flats -sounds -musics -graphics -sprites -levels -build wadinfo_phase2.txt $@
+	$(DEUTEX) $(DEUTEX_ARGS) -iwad -build wadinfo_phase2.txt $@
 
 %.html: %.adoc
 	TZ=UTC asciidoc $<
diff --git a/graphics/text/smtextgen b/graphics/text/smtextgen
index 799c91ba..cba9f038 100755
--- a/graphics/text/smtextgen
+++ b/graphics/text/smtextgen
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import re
 from common import *
 
 # Background color for output files.
-BACKGROUND_COLOR = '#00ffff'
+BACKGROUND_COLOR = None
 
 # Width of a space character in pixels.
 SPACE_WIDTH = 4
@@ -142,10 +142,12 @@ for xy, string in args['strings']:
 		command_line.extend(smallfont.draw_commands_for_text(
 		    string, xy[0], xy[1]))
 
-command_line.extend((
-	'-background', BACKGROUND_COLOR,
-	'-flatten', args['filename'],
-))
+if BACKGROUND_COLOR is not None:
+	command_line.extend((
+		'-background', BACKGROUND_COLOR,
+		'-flatten'
+		))
 
+command_line.extend((args['filename'],))
 invoke_command(command_line)
 
diff --git a/graphics/text/textgen b/graphics/text/textgen
index fc8ffcc4..fb8471f3 100755
--- a/graphics/text/textgen
+++ b/graphics/text/textgen
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ COLOR_RED = (0, 100, 100)
 COLOR_WHITE = (0, 0, 0)
 
 # Background color for output files.
-BACKGROUND_COLOR = '#00ffff'
+BACKGROUND_COLOR = None
 
 # Height of font in pixels.
 FONT_HEIGHT = 15