diff --git a/components/graph/base.js b/components/graph/base.js
index a465183..f803d32 100644
--- a/components/graph/base.js
+++ b/components/graph/base.js
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ class GraphView extends GraphViewBase {
 		}
 
 		Object.assign(this, {
-			_super_renderBackground: this.renderBackground,
-			renderBackground: this.constructor.prototype.renderBackground.bind(this),
-
 			_super_handleZoomStart: this.handleZoomStart,
 			handleZoomStart: this.constructor.prototype.handleZoomStart.bind(this),
 			_super_handleZoomEnd: this.handleZoomEnd,
@@ -146,19 +143,6 @@ class GraphView extends GraphViewBase {
 		return super.getMouseCoordinates();
 	}
 
-	renderBackground() {
-		const { gridSize, backgroundFillId, renderBackground, onBackgroundMouseDown } = this.props;
-		if (renderBackground) {
-			return renderBackground({
-				gridSize,
-				backgroundFillId,
-				onMouseDown: onBackgroundMouseDown,
-			});
-		}
-
-		return this._super_renderBackground();
-	}
-
 	getNodeComponent(id, node) {
 		const { nodeTypes, nodeSubtypes, nodeSize, renderNode, renderNodeText, nodeKey } = this.props;
 		return r(Node, {
diff --git a/components/graph/index.js b/components/graph/index.js
index 086f2b8..36a9991 100644
--- a/components/graph/index.js
+++ b/components/graph/index.js
@@ -756,6 +756,7 @@ class Graph extends React.PureComponent {
 		this._requestedIcons = new Set();
 
 		Object.assign(this, {
+			renderBackground: this.renderBackground.bind(this),
 			onBackgroundMouseDown: this.onBackgroundMouseDown.bind(this),
 
 			onZoomStart: this.onZoomStart.bind(this),
@@ -1443,6 +1444,12 @@ class Graph extends React.PureComponent {
 		this.props.loadModule('module-null-sink', '');
 	}
 
+	renderBackground() {
+		return renderBackground({
+			onMouseDown: this.onBackgroundMouseDown,
+		});
+	}
+
 	render() {
 		const { nodes, edges } = this.state;
 
@@ -1482,8 +1489,6 @@ class Graph extends React.PureComponent {
 				nodeSubtypes: {},
 				edgeTypes: {},
 
-				onBackgroundMouseDown: this.onBackgroundMouseDown,
-
 				onZoomStart: this.onZoomStart,
 				onZoomEnd: this.onZoomEnd,
 
@@ -1508,7 +1513,7 @@ class Graph extends React.PureComponent {
 
 				layoutEngine,
 
-				renderBackground,
+				renderBackground: this.renderBackground,
 
 				renderDefs,