diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/layout/etc/forcebackground/patch/PlayerButtonBackgroundPatch.kt b/src/main/kotlin/app/revanced/patches/youtube/layout/etc/forcebackground/patch/PlayerButtonBackgroundPatch.kt
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+package app.revanced.patches.youtube.layout.etc.forcebackground.patch
+
+import app.revanced.extensions.doRecursively
+import app.revanced.patcher.annotation.Description
+import app.revanced.patcher.annotation.Name
+import app.revanced.patcher.annotation.Version
+import app.revanced.patcher.data.ResourceContext
+import app.revanced.patcher.patch.PatchResult
+import app.revanced.patcher.patch.PatchResultSuccess
+import app.revanced.patcher.patch.ResourcePatch
+import app.revanced.patcher.patch.annotations.DependsOn
+import app.revanced.patcher.patch.annotations.Patch
+import app.revanced.patches.shared.annotation.YouTubeCompatibility
+import app.revanced.patches.youtube.misc.settings.resource.patch.SettingsPatch
+import org.w3c.dom.Element
+
+@Patch(false)
+@Name("force-player-button-background")
+@Description("Force removes the background from the video player buttons.")
+@DependsOn([SettingsPatch::class])
+@YouTubeCompatibility
+@Version("0.0.1")
+class PlayerButtonBackgroundPatch : ResourcePatch {
+    private companion object {
+        const val RESOURCE_FILE_PATH = "res/drawable/player_button_circle_background.xml"
+
+        val replacements = arrayOf(
+            "color"
+        )
+    }
+    
+    override fun execute(context: ResourceContext): PatchResult {
+        context.xmlEditor[RESOURCE_FILE_PATH].use { editor ->
+            editor.file.doRecursively { node ->
+                replacements.forEach replacement@{ replacement ->
+                    if (node !is Element) return@replacement
+
+                    node.getAttributeNode("android:$replacement")?.let { attribute ->
+                        attribute.textContent = "@android:color/transparent"
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        val prefs = context["res/xml/revanced_prefs.xml"]
+        prefs.writeText(
+            prefs.readText()
+                .replace(
+                    "HIDE_NEXT_BUTTON",
+                    "FORCE_BUTTON_BACKGROUND"
+                ).replace(
+                    "HIDE_PREV_BUTTON",
+                    "FORCE_BUTTON_BACKGROUND"
+                ).replace(
+                    "HIDE_PLAYER_BUTTON_BACKGROUND",
+                    "FORCE_BUTTON_BACKGROUND"
+                )
+        )
+
+        return PatchResultSuccess()
+    }
+}
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