diff --git a/src/components/FunctionalArea/MapNavigation/MapNavigation.component.test.tsx b/src/components/FunctionalArea/MapNavigation/MapNavigation.component.test.tsx
index e1839e6627287b38b702bbf9b03216e817d3604c..22c43bc9002867b5657d1e80b72eaf83beb59afc 100644
--- a/src/components/FunctionalArea/MapNavigation/MapNavigation.component.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FunctionalArea/MapNavigation/MapNavigation.component.test.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
 } from '@/utils/testing/getReduxWrapperWithStore';
 import { act, render, screen, within } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { HISTAMINE_MAP_ID, MAIN_MAP_ID } from '@/constants/mocks';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { Project } from '@/types/models';
 import { projectFixture } from '@/models/fixtures/projectFixture';
 import { ProjectState } from '@/redux/project/project.types';
@@ -75,7 +74,6 @@ describe('MapNavigation - component', () => {
         loading: 'succeeded',
         error: { message: '', name: '' },
         openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-        backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
       },
     });
 
@@ -96,7 +94,6 @@ describe('MapNavigation - component', () => {
         loading: 'succeeded',
         error: { message: '', name: '' },
         openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-        backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
       },
     });
 
@@ -123,7 +120,6 @@ describe('MapNavigation - component', () => {
         loading: 'succeeded',
         error: { message: '', name: '' },
         openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-        backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
       },
     });
 
@@ -155,7 +151,6 @@ describe('MapNavigation - component', () => {
           modelId: HISTAMINE_MAP_ID,
         },
         openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-        backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
         loading: 'succeeded',
         error: { message: '', name: '' },
       },
@@ -203,7 +198,6 @@ describe('MapNavigation - component', () => {
             modelId: HISTAMINE_MAP_ID,
           },
           openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-          backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
           loading: 'succeeded',
           error: { message: '', name: '' },
         },
@@ -231,7 +225,6 @@ describe('MapNavigation - component', () => {
             modelId: HISTAMINE_MAP_ID,
           },
           openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-          backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
           loading: 'succeeded',
           error: { message: '', name: '' },
         },
@@ -257,7 +250,6 @@ describe('MapNavigation - component', () => {
             modelId: HISTAMINE_MAP_ID,
           },
           openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-          backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
           loading: 'succeeded',
           error: { message: '', name: '' },
         },
diff --git a/src/components/FunctionalArea/Modal/OverviewImagesModal/utils/useOverviewImageLinkActions.test.ts b/src/components/FunctionalArea/Modal/OverviewImagesModal/utils/useOverviewImageLinkActions.test.ts
index 33e0afd0f1923344307fa346c7ac6c221d6c7389..4cf7330e1acf738a2af7d35a94a7bf679c6e285b 100644
--- a/src/components/FunctionalArea/Modal/OverviewImagesModal/utils/useOverviewImageLinkActions.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/FunctionalArea/Modal/OverviewImagesModal/utils/useOverviewImageLinkActions.test.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import { OverviewImageLink } from '@/types/models';
 import { getReduxStoreWithActionsListener } from '@/utils/testing/getReduxStoreActionsListener';
 import { getReduxWrapperWithStore } from '@/utils/testing/getReduxWrapperWithStore';
 import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { MAIN_MAP_ID } from '@/constants/mocks';
 import {
   FIRST_ARRAY_ELEMENT,
@@ -61,7 +60,6 @@ describe('useOverviewImageLinkActions - hook', () => {
           loading: 'succeeded',
           error: { name: '', message: '' },
           openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-          backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
         },
       });
 
@@ -112,7 +110,6 @@ describe('useOverviewImageLinkActions - hook', () => {
           loading: 'succeeded',
           error: { name: '', message: '' },
           openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-          backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
         },
       });
 
@@ -170,7 +167,6 @@ describe('useOverviewImageLinkActions - hook', () => {
             loading: 'succeeded',
             error: { name: '', message: '' },
             openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-            backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
           },
           models: {
             data: MODELS_MOCK_SHORT,
@@ -249,7 +245,6 @@ describe('useOverviewImageLinkActions - hook', () => {
             loading: 'succeeded',
             error: { name: '', message: '' },
             openedMaps: openedMapsInitialValueFixture,
-            backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
           },
           models: {
             data: MODELS_MOCK_SHORT,
@@ -354,7 +349,6 @@ describe('useOverviewImageLinkActions - hook', () => {
           loading: 'succeeded',
           error: { name: '', message: '' },
           openedMaps: openedMapsInitialValueFixture,
-          backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
         },
         models: {
           data: MODELS_MOCK_SHORT,
@@ -412,7 +406,6 @@ describe('useOverviewImageLinkActions - hook', () => {
           loading: 'succeeded',
           error: { name: '', message: '' },
           openedMaps: openedMapsInitialValueFixture,
-          backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
         },
         models: {
           data: MODELS_MOCK_SHORT,
@@ -474,7 +467,6 @@ describe('useOverviewImageLinkActions - hook', () => {
           loading: 'succeeded',
           error: { name: '', message: '' },
           openedMaps: openedMapsInitialValueFixture,
-          backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
         },
         models: {
           data: MODELS_MOCK_SHORT,
@@ -538,7 +530,6 @@ describe('useOverviewImageLinkActions - hook', () => {
           loading: 'succeeded',
           error: { name: '', message: '' },
           openedMaps: openedMapsInitialValueFixture,
-          backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
         },
         models: {
           data: MODELS_MOCK_SHORT,
diff --git a/src/components/FunctionalArea/Modal/PublicationsModal/PublicationsTable/ElementsOnMapCell/ElementLink/ElementLink.component.test.tsx b/src/components/FunctionalArea/Modal/PublicationsModal/PublicationsTable/ElementsOnMapCell/ElementLink/ElementLink.component.test.tsx
index cdd2e42f10a48dafa1af0d41c3f3aac4ea3914fd..ea4fe1f6f76cc3fcfec45cb21decbbb4b02d693d 100644
--- a/src/components/FunctionalArea/Modal/PublicationsModal/PublicationsTable/ElementsOnMapCell/ElementLink/ElementLink.component.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FunctionalArea/Modal/PublicationsModal/PublicationsTable/ElementsOnMapCell/ElementLink/ElementLink.component.test.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import {
 import { render, screen, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { HttpStatusCode } from 'axios';
 import { MockStoreEnhanced } from 'redux-mock-store';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { isReactionBioEntity } from '@/redux/reactions/isReactionBioentity';
 import { ElementLink } from './ElementLink.component';
 
@@ -203,7 +202,6 @@ describe('ElementLink - component', () => {
                 lastPosition: DEFAULT_POSITION,
               },
             ],
-            backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
           },
         },
       );
diff --git a/src/components/FunctionalArea/TopBar/TopBar.component.test.tsx b/src/components/FunctionalArea/TopBar/TopBar.component.test.tsx
index f87cc56c7303a0402a97b44dc6fb9c41c8a24b01..3f7463f357201bb680f85db24db9b0d69da520ee 100644
--- a/src/components/FunctionalArea/TopBar/TopBar.component.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FunctionalArea/TopBar/TopBar.component.test.tsx
@@ -10,10 +10,6 @@ import { getReduxStoreWithActionsListener } from '@/utils/testing/getReduxStoreA
 import { PROJECT_STATE_INITIAL_MOCK } from '@/redux/project/project.mock';
 import { projectFixture } from '@/models/fixtures/projectFixture';
 import { initialMapStateFixture } from '@/redux/map/map.fixtures';
-import {
-  BACKGROUNDS_MOCK,
-  BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
-} from '@/redux/backgrounds/background.mock';
 import { FIRST_ARRAY_ELEMENT } from '@/constants/common';
 import { USER_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK } from '@/redux/user/user.mock';
 import { SEARCH_STATE_INITIAL_MOCK } from '@/redux/search/search.mock';
@@ -103,7 +99,6 @@ describe('TopBar - component', () => {
         },
       },
       map: initialMapStateFixture,
-      backgrounds: { ...BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, data: BACKGROUNDS_MOCK },
     });
     expect(screen.getByText('Browse overview images')).toBeInTheDocument();
   });
@@ -121,7 +116,6 @@ describe('TopBar - component', () => {
       autocompleteSearch: AUTOCOMPLETE_INITIAL_STATE,
       autocompleteDrug: AUTOCOMPLETE_INITIAL_STATE,
       autocompleteChemical: AUTOCOMPLETE_INITIAL_STATE,
-      backgrounds: { ...BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, data: BACKGROUNDS_MOCK },
     });
 
     const overviewImageButton = screen.getByText('Browse overview images');
@@ -149,7 +143,6 @@ describe('TopBar - component', () => {
         },
       },
       map: initialMapStateFixture,
-      backgrounds: { ...BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, data: BACKGROUNDS_MOCK },
     });
 
     const overviewImageButton = screen.queryByText('Browse overview images');
diff --git a/src/components/Map/Drawer/BioEntityDrawer/AssociatedSubmap/AssociatedSubmap.component.test.tsx b/src/components/Map/Drawer/BioEntityDrawer/AssociatedSubmap/AssociatedSubmap.component.test.tsx
index 267ad43924cfcaf50fcf840802cd121fd05a84a1..84ff3087084fe70ae7ff9ce01b422d00125f4214 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/Drawer/BioEntityDrawer/AssociatedSubmap/AssociatedSubmap.component.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Map/Drawer/BioEntityDrawer/AssociatedSubmap/AssociatedSubmap.component.test.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import {
   getReduxWrapperWithStore,
 } from '@/utils/testing/getReduxWrapperWithStore';
 import { act, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { HISTAMINE_MAP_ID, MAIN_MAP_ID } from '@/constants/mocks';
 import { AssociatedSubmap } from './AssociatedSubmap.component';
 
@@ -90,7 +89,6 @@ describe('AssociatedSubmap - component', () => {
           loading: 'succeeded',
           error: { name: '', message: '' },
           openedMaps: openedMapsInitialValueFixture,
-          backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
         },
         bioEntity: {
           ...BIOENTITY_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
@@ -150,7 +148,6 @@ describe('AssociatedSubmap - component', () => {
           loading: 'succeeded',
           error: { name: '', message: '' },
           openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-          backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
         },
         bioEntity: {
           ...BIOENTITY_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
diff --git a/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/ExportCompound.component.tsx b/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/ExportCompound.component.tsx
index 906dd9ee6fe55e9aaea12c5907df5ef2e9204c63..1a60d63dedff3a165c424ddf54228e8d5dc98b44 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/ExportCompound.component.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/ExportCompound.component.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { FIRST_ARRAY_ELEMENT } from '@/constants/common';
-import { currentBackgroundSelector } from '@/redux/backgrounds/background.selectors';
 import { downloadElements, downloadNetwork } from '@/redux/export/export.thunks';
 import { useAppDispatch } from '@/redux/hooks/useAppDispatch';
 import { useAppSelector } from '@/redux/hooks/useAppSelector';
@@ -12,6 +11,7 @@ import { ReactNode, useCallback, useMemo, useState } from 'react';
 import { activeOverlaysIdSelector } from '@/redux/overlayBioEntity/overlayBioEntity.selector';
 import { DownloadCurrentView } from '@/components/Map/Drawer/ExportDrawer/ExportCompound/DownloadCurrentView/DownloadCurrentView.component';
 import { getZoom } from '@/services/pluginsManager/map/zoom/getZoom';
+import { mapBackgroundSelector } from '@/redux/map/map.selectors';
 import { CheckboxItem } from '../CheckboxFilter/CheckboxFilter.types';
 import { Annotations } from './Annotations';
 import { DownloadElements } from './DownloadElements/DownloadElements';
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export const Export = ({ children }: ExportProps): JSX.Element => {
   const selectedModelId = useAppSelector(currentModelIdSelector);
 
   const currentModels = useAppSelector(modelsDataSelector);
-  const currentBackground = useAppSelector(currentBackgroundSelector);
+  const background = useAppSelector(mapBackgroundSelector);
   const overlays = useAppSelector(activeOverlaysIdSelector);
   const [annotations, setAnnotations] = useState<CheckboxItem[]>([]);
   const [includedCompartmentPathways, setIncludedCompartmentPathways] = useState<CheckboxItem[]>(
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ export const Export = ({ children }: ExportProps): JSX.Element => {
     const model = currentModels.find(currentModel => currentModel.id === Number(modelId));
 
     const url = getGraphicsDownloadUrl({
-      backgroundId: currentBackground?.id,
+      backgroundId: background,
       modelId: models?.[FIRST_ARRAY_ELEMENT]?.id,
       handler: imageFormats?.[FIRST_ARRAY_ELEMENT]?.id,
       zoom: getModelExportZoom(imageSize.width, model),
@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ export const Export = ({ children }: ExportProps): JSX.Element => {
     if (url) {
       window.open(url);
     }
-  }, [models, imageFormats, currentBackground, currentModels, imageSize.width, overlays]);
+  }, [models, imageFormats, background, currentModels, imageSize.width, overlays]);
 
   const handleDownloadCurrentView = useCallback(async () => {
     const url = getGraphicsDownloadUrl({
-      backgroundId: currentBackground?.id,
+      backgroundId: background,
       modelId: `${selectedModelId}`,
       handler: imageFormats?.[FIRST_ARRAY_ELEMENT]?.id,
       zoom: getZoom(),
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export const Export = ({ children }: ExportProps): JSX.Element => {
     if (url) {
       window.open(url);
     }
-  }, [selectedModelId, imageFormats, currentBackground, overlays]);
+  }, [selectedModelId, imageFormats, background, overlays]);
 
   const globalContextDataValue = useMemo(
     () => ({
diff --git a/src/components/Map/Drawer/OverlaysDrawer/GeneralOverlays/OverlayListItem/OverlayListItem.component.test.tsx b/src/components/Map/Drawer/OverlaysDrawer/GeneralOverlays/OverlayListItem/OverlayListItem.component.test.tsx
index d1080df9596b209439b1eaed1019bd47e9fef9e7..83ac53a39bf780c3cb40772d845681e080fd3113 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/Drawer/OverlaysDrawer/GeneralOverlays/OverlayListItem/OverlayListItem.component.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Map/Drawer/OverlaysDrawer/GeneralOverlays/OverlayListItem/OverlayListItem.component.test.tsx
@@ -4,10 +4,6 @@ import {
   InitialStoreState,
   getReduxWrapperWithStore,
 } from '@/utils/testing/getReduxWrapperWithStore';
-import {
-  BACKGROUNDS_MOCK,
-  BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
-} from '@/redux/backgrounds/background.mock';
 import { initialMapStateFixture } from '@/redux/map/map.fixtures';
 import { mockNetworkNewAPIResponse } from '@/utils/mockNetworkResponse';
 import { OVERLAY_BIO_ENTITY_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK } from '@/redux/overlayBioEntity/overlayBioEntity.mock';
@@ -19,11 +15,11 @@ import { MODELS_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK } from '@/redux/models/models.mock';
 import { parseOverlayBioEntityToOlRenderingFormat } from '@/redux/overlayBioEntity/overlayBioEntity.utils';
 import { BASE_API_URL } from '@/constants';
 import { MAIN_MAP_ID } from '@/constants/mocks';
+import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { OverlayListItem } from './OverlayListItem.component';
 
 const mockedAxiosNewClient = mockNetworkNewAPIResponse();
-const DEFAULT_BACKGROUND_ID = 0;
-const EMPTY_BACKGROUND_ID = 15;
+const DEFAULT_BACKGROUND_ID = 2;
 
 const renderComponent = (initialStoreState: InitialStoreState = {}): { store: StoreType } => {
   const { Wrapper, store } = getReduxWrapperWithStore(initialStoreState);
@@ -50,11 +46,10 @@ describe('OverlayListItem - component', () => {
   });
 
   describe('view overlays', () => {
-    it('should trigger view overlays on view button click and switch background to Empty if available', async () => {
+    it('should trigger view overlays on view button click and switch background to Network', async () => {
       const OVERLAY_ID = 21;
       const { store } = renderComponent({
         map: initialMapStateFixture,
-        backgrounds: { ...BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, data: BACKGROUNDS_MOCK },
         overlayBioEntity: OVERLAY_BIO_ENTITY_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
         models: { ...MODELS_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, data: [CORE_PD_MODEL_MOCK] },
       });
@@ -69,7 +64,7 @@ describe('OverlayListItem - component', () => {
         ViewButton.click();
       });
 
-      expect(store.getState().map.data.backgroundId).toBe(EMPTY_BACKGROUND_ID);
+      expect(store.getState().map.data.backgroundId).toBe(MapBackgroundsEnum.NETWORK);
       expect(store.getState().overlayBioEntity.data).toEqual({
         [OVERLAY_ID]: {
           [MAIN_MAP_ID]: parseOverlayBioEntityToOlRenderingFormat(
@@ -84,9 +79,8 @@ describe('OverlayListItem - component', () => {
       const { store } = renderComponent({
         map: {
           ...initialMapStateFixture,
-          data: { ...initialMapStateFixture.data, backgroundId: EMPTY_BACKGROUND_ID },
+          data: { ...initialMapStateFixture.data, backgroundId: MapBackgroundsEnum.NETWORK },
         },
-        backgrounds: { ...BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, data: BACKGROUNDS_MOCK },
         overlayBioEntity: { ...OVERLAY_BIO_ENTITY_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, overlaysId: [OVERLAY_ID] },
         models: { ...MODELS_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, data: [CORE_PD_MODEL_MOCK] },
       });
@@ -120,9 +114,8 @@ describe('OverlayListItem - component', () => {
     renderComponent({
       map: {
         ...initialMapStateFixture,
-        data: { ...initialMapStateFixture.data, backgroundId: EMPTY_BACKGROUND_ID },
+        data: { ...initialMapStateFixture.data, backgroundId: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC },
       },
-      backgrounds: { ...BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, data: BACKGROUNDS_MOCK },
       overlayBioEntity: { ...OVERLAY_BIO_ENTITY_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, overlaysId: [OVERLAY_ID] },
       models: { ...MODELS_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, data: [CORE_PD_MODEL_MOCK] },
     });
diff --git a/src/components/Map/Drawer/OverlaysDrawer/hooks/useEmptyBackground.test.ts b/src/components/Map/Drawer/OverlaysDrawer/hooks/useEmptyBackground.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c58dfc3baa4207cb6af954a6662ddeb0a16ea92..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/components/Map/Drawer/OverlaysDrawer/hooks/useEmptyBackground.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,43 +0,0 @@
-import { getReduxWrapperWithStore } from '@/utils/testing/getReduxWrapperWithStore';
-import { initialMapStateFixture } from '@/redux/map/map.fixtures';
-import {
-  BACKGROUNDS_MOCK,
-  BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
-} from '@/redux/backgrounds/background.mock';
-import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
-import { useEmptyBackground } from './useEmptyBackground';
-
-const DEFAULT_BACKGROUND_ID = 0;
-const EMPTY_BACKGROUND_ID = 15;
-
-describe('useEmptyBackground - hook', () => {
-  describe('returns setEmptyBackground function', () => {
-    it('should not set background to "Empty" if its not available', () => {
-      const { Wrapper, store } = getReduxWrapperWithStore({
-        map: initialMapStateFixture,
-        backgrounds: BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
-      });
-      const { result } = renderHook(() => useEmptyBackground(), { wrapper: Wrapper });
-
-      expect(store.getState().map.data.backgroundId).toBe(DEFAULT_BACKGROUND_ID);
-
-      result.current.setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable();
-
-      expect(store.getState().map.data.backgroundId).toBe(DEFAULT_BACKGROUND_ID);
-    });
-
-    it('should set background to "Empty" if its available', () => {
-      const { Wrapper, store } = getReduxWrapperWithStore({
-        map: initialMapStateFixture,
-        backgrounds: { ...BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, data: BACKGROUNDS_MOCK },
-      });
-      const { result } = renderHook(() => useEmptyBackground(), { wrapper: Wrapper });
-
-      expect(store.getState().map.data.backgroundId).toBe(DEFAULT_BACKGROUND_ID);
-
-      result.current.setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable();
-
-      expect(store.getState().map.data.backgroundId).toBe(EMPTY_BACKGROUND_ID);
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/components/Map/Drawer/OverlaysDrawer/hooks/useEmptyBackground.ts b/src/components/Map/Drawer/OverlaysDrawer/hooks/useEmptyBackground.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2536fa84e049dd7dc659040a96933d3287639436..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/components/Map/Drawer/OverlaysDrawer/hooks/useEmptyBackground.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import { useCallback } from 'react';
-import { emptyBackgroundIdSelector } from '@/redux/backgrounds/background.selectors';
-import { useAppDispatch } from '@/redux/hooks/useAppDispatch';
-import { useAppSelector } from '@/redux/hooks/useAppSelector';
-import { setMapBackground } from '@/redux/map/map.slice';
-
-type UseEmptyBackgroundReturn = {
-  setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable: () => void;
-};
-
-export const useEmptyBackground = (): UseEmptyBackgroundReturn => {
-  const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
-  const emptyBackgroundId = useAppSelector(emptyBackgroundIdSelector);
-
-  const setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable = useCallback(() => {
-    if (emptyBackgroundId) {
-      dispatch(setMapBackground(emptyBackgroundId));
-    }
-  }, [dispatch, emptyBackgroundId]);
-
-  return { setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable };
-};
diff --git a/src/components/Map/Drawer/OverlaysDrawer/hooks/useOverlay.ts b/src/components/Map/Drawer/OverlaysDrawer/hooks/useOverlay.ts
index 084877fd2b80fe6eaf17792bedf2cbfba3f0755f..bca5b9adc34951fca2f95a5c082ec8bad21d7eb1 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/Drawer/OverlaysDrawer/hooks/useOverlay.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/Drawer/OverlaysDrawer/hooks/useOverlay.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ import {
   addOverlayToOverlaysId,
   removeOverlayFromOverlaysId,
 } from '@/redux/overlayBioEntity/overlayBioEntity.slice';
-import { useEmptyBackground } from './useEmptyBackground';
+import { setMapBackground } from '@/redux/map/map.slice';
+import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 
 type UseOverlay = {
   toggleOverlay: () => void;
@@ -27,7 +28,6 @@ export const useOverlay = (overlayId: number): UseOverlay => {
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
   const isOverlayActive = useAppSelector(state => isOverlayActiveSelector(state, overlayId));
   const isOverlayLoading = useAppSelector(state => isOverlayLoadingSelector(state, overlayId));
-  const { setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable } = useEmptyBackground();
   const overlay = useAppSelector(state => overlaySelector(state, overlayId));
   const areOverlayBioEntitiesLoaded = useAppSelector(state =>
     areOverlayBioEntitiesLoadedSelector(state, overlayId),
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ export const useOverlay = (overlayId: number): UseOverlay => {
       } else {
         await dispatch(getOverlayBioEntityForAllModels({ overlayId }));
       }
-      setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable();
+      dispatch(setMapBackground(MapBackgroundsEnum.NETWORK));
     }
 
     dispatchPluginEvents();
diff --git a/src/components/Map/Drawer/SearchDrawerWrapper/GroupedSearchResults/BioEntitiesAccordion/BioEntitiesSubmapItem/BioEntitiesSubmapItem.component.test.tsx b/src/components/Map/Drawer/SearchDrawerWrapper/GroupedSearchResults/BioEntitiesAccordion/BioEntitiesSubmapItem/BioEntitiesSubmapItem.component.test.tsx
index 62654f694d065b89073cbddd20f82e26078c8163..a93282dbc8057e22d7db0fcdf38bb59f57290fa6 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/Drawer/SearchDrawerWrapper/GroupedSearchResults/BioEntitiesAccordion/BioEntitiesSubmapItem/BioEntitiesSubmapItem.component.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Map/Drawer/SearchDrawerWrapper/GroupedSearchResults/BioEntitiesAccordion/BioEntitiesSubmapItem/BioEntitiesSubmapItem.component.test.tsx
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
   openedMapsInitialValueFixture,
   openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
 } from '@/redux/map/map.fixtures';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { MAIN_MAP_ID } from '@/constants/mocks';
 import { BioEntitiesSubmapItem } from './BioEntitiesSubmapItem.component';
 
@@ -100,7 +99,6 @@ describe('BioEntitiesSubmapItem - component', () => {
         loading: 'succeeded',
         error: { name: '', message: '' },
         openedMaps: openedMapsInitialValueFixture,
-        backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
       },
     });
 
@@ -158,7 +156,6 @@ describe('BioEntitiesSubmapItem - component', () => {
         loading: 'succeeded',
         error: { name: '', message: '' },
         openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-        backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
       },
     });
 
diff --git a/src/components/Map/Drawer/SearchDrawerWrapper/ResultsList/PinsList/PinsListItem/PinsListItem.component.test.tsx b/src/components/Map/Drawer/SearchDrawerWrapper/ResultsList/PinsList/PinsListItem/PinsListItem.component.test.tsx
index b4001c6436f90988a9db48b3ad09e9f5b1ebbe35..ce80ff1c3bee164941694df5993bc573e4bea953 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/Drawer/SearchDrawerWrapper/ResultsList/PinsList/PinsListItem/PinsListItem.component.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Map/Drawer/SearchDrawerWrapper/ResultsList/PinsList/PinsListItem/PinsListItem.component.test.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { initialMapDataFixture, openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture } from '@/redux/ma
 import { MODELS_DATA_MOCK_WITH_MAIN_MAP } from '@/redux/models/models.mock';
 import { getReduxStoreWithActionsListener } from '@/utils/testing/getReduxStoreActionsListener';
 import { MockStoreEnhanced } from 'redux-mock-store';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { MAIN_MAP_ID } from '@/constants/mocks';
 import { PinTypeWithNone } from '../PinsList.types';
 import { PinsListItem } from './PinsListItem.component';
@@ -42,7 +41,6 @@ const INITIAL_STORE_STATE: InitialStoreState = {
     loading: 'succeeded',
     error: { message: '', name: '' },
     openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-    backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
   },
 };
 
@@ -175,7 +173,6 @@ describe('PinsListItem - component ', () => {
           loading: 'succeeded',
           error: { message: '', name: '' },
           openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-          backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
         },
       },
     );
@@ -209,7 +206,6 @@ describe('PinsListItem - component ', () => {
           loading: 'succeeded',
           error: { message: '', name: '' },
           openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-          backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
         },
       },
     );
diff --git a/src/components/Map/Drawer/SubmapsDrawer/SubmapItem/DownloadSubmap/DownloadSubmap.component.test.tsx b/src/components/Map/Drawer/SubmapsDrawer/SubmapItem/DownloadSubmap/DownloadSubmap.component.test.tsx
index cbd6c3b499580262ded0b3ec6a3028c5021be87f..75230b395cae63077dc8e503b3295fec1029e793 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/Drawer/SubmapsDrawer/SubmapItem/DownloadSubmap/DownloadSubmap.component.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Map/Drawer/SubmapsDrawer/SubmapItem/DownloadSubmap/DownloadSubmap.component.test.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { FIRST_ARRAY_ELEMENT } from '@/constants/common';
-import { backgroundsFixture } from '@/models/fixtures/backgroundsFixture';
 import { configurationFixture } from '@/models/fixtures/configurationFixture';
 import { modelsFixture } from '@/models/fixtures/modelsFixture';
 import {
@@ -44,15 +43,6 @@ const getState = (): RootState => ({
       },
     ],
   },
-  backgrounds: {
-    ...INITIAL_STORE_STATE_MOCK.backgrounds,
-    data: [
-      {
-        ...backgroundsFixture[FIRST_ARRAY_ELEMENT],
-        id: VALID_BACKGROUND_ID,
-      },
-    ],
-  },
   configuration: {
     ...INITIAL_STORE_STATE_MOCK.configuration,
     main: {
diff --git a/src/components/Map/Drawer/SubmapsDrawer/SubmapItem/DownloadSubmap/utils/useGetSubmapDownloadUrl.test.ts b/src/components/Map/Drawer/SubmapsDrawer/SubmapItem/DownloadSubmap/utils/useGetSubmapDownloadUrl.test.ts
index 971bc84d43dc1520213d870f931aa09d43aa9632..ca0849cbac5b5e120844a2456edf197395b87ba2 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/Drawer/SubmapsDrawer/SubmapItem/DownloadSubmap/utils/useGetSubmapDownloadUrl.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/Drawer/SubmapsDrawer/SubmapItem/DownloadSubmap/utils/useGetSubmapDownloadUrl.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { BASE_API_URL, PROJECT_ID } from '@/constants';
 import { FIRST_ARRAY_ELEMENT } from '@/constants/common';
-import { backgroundsFixture } from '@/models/fixtures/backgroundsFixture';
 import { modelsFixture } from '@/models/fixtures/modelsFixture';
 import { INITIAL_STORE_STATE_MOCK } from '@/redux/root/root.fixtures';
 import { RootState } from '@/redux/store';
@@ -45,15 +44,6 @@ const getState = ({
       },
     ],
   },
-  backgrounds: {
-    ...INITIAL_STORE_STATE_MOCK.backgrounds,
-    data: [
-      {
-        ...backgroundsFixture[FIRST_ARRAY_ELEMENT],
-        id: VALID_BACKGROUND_ID,
-      },
-    ],
-  },
 });
 
 describe('useGetSubmapDownloadUrl - hook', () => {
diff --git a/src/components/Map/Drawer/SubmapsDrawer/SubmapItem/DownloadSubmap/utils/useGetSubmapDownloadUrl.ts b/src/components/Map/Drawer/SubmapsDrawer/SubmapItem/DownloadSubmap/utils/useGetSubmapDownloadUrl.ts
index 34c33260f7b63b39f1ff7655a77c323a06b3144c..bcd25b83ce145d54ae65b9b524c50c22a946b43e 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/Drawer/SubmapsDrawer/SubmapItem/DownloadSubmap/utils/useGetSubmapDownloadUrl.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/Drawer/SubmapsDrawer/SubmapItem/DownloadSubmap/utils/useGetSubmapDownloadUrl.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { BASE_API_URL, PROJECT_ID } from '@/constants';
-import { currentBackgroundSelector } from '@/redux/backgrounds/background.selectors';
-import { mapDataSizeSelector } from '@/redux/map/map.selectors';
+import { mapBackgroundSelector, mapDataSizeSelector } from '@/redux/map/map.selectors';
 import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
 
 export type GetSubmapDownloadUrl = ({
@@ -12,11 +11,11 @@ export type GetSubmapDownloadUrl = ({
 }) => string;
 
 export const useGetSubmapDownloadUrl = (): GetSubmapDownloadUrl => {
-  const background = useSelector(currentBackgroundSelector);
+  const background = useSelector(mapBackgroundSelector);
   const mapSize = useSelector(mapDataSizeSelector);
 
   const getSubmapDownloadUrl: GetSubmapDownloadUrl = ({ handler, modelId }) => {
-    const allParamsValid = [modelId, background?.id, mapSize.maxZoom, handler].reduce(
+    const allParamsValid = [modelId, background, mapSize.maxZoom, handler].reduce(
       (a, b) => Boolean(a) && Boolean(b),
       true,
     );
@@ -24,7 +23,7 @@ export const useGetSubmapDownloadUrl = (): GetSubmapDownloadUrl => {
       return '';
     }
 
-    return `${BASE_API_URL}/projects/${PROJECT_ID}/models/${modelId}:downloadModel?backgroundOverlayId=${background?.id}&handlerClass=${handler}&zoomLevel=${mapSize.maxZoom}`;
+    return `${BASE_API_URL}/projects/${PROJECT_ID}/models/${modelId}:downloadModel?backgroundOverlayId=${background}&handlerClass=${handler}&zoomLevel=${mapSize.maxZoom}`;
   };
 
   return getSubmapDownloadUrl;
diff --git a/src/components/Map/Drawer/SubmapsDrawer/SubmapsDrawer.test.tsx b/src/components/Map/Drawer/SubmapsDrawer/SubmapsDrawer.test.tsx
index 492be6cb5910fe4cd26897c06eb0fbd14429e30b..d4a6e092ac4fcb8dc3ee175e5f894d3a8ac976b0 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/Drawer/SubmapsDrawer/SubmapsDrawer.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Map/Drawer/SubmapsDrawer/SubmapsDrawer.test.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
   openedMapsInitialValueFixture,
   openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
 } from '@/redux/map/map.fixtures';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { HISTAMINE_MAP_ID, MAIN_MAP_ID } from '@/constants/mocks';
 import { SubmapsDrawer } from './SubmapsDrawer';
 
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ describe('SubmapsDrawer - component', () => {
         loading: 'succeeded',
         error: { name: '', message: '' },
         openedMaps: openedMapsInitialValueFixture,
-        backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
       },
     });
 
@@ -109,7 +107,6 @@ describe('SubmapsDrawer - component', () => {
         openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
         loading: 'succeeded',
         error: { name: '', message: '' },
-        backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
       },
     });
 
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalActions/MapAdditionalActions.component.test.tsx b/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalActions/MapAdditionalActions.component.test.tsx
index 5fe7353f67f070fcc6c6615efc5089824b91fb54..06bd09feed567c3515c7d3f305bc8eecb9426e78 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalActions/MapAdditionalActions.component.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalActions/MapAdditionalActions.component.test.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
 import { act, render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import Map from 'ol/Map';
 import { MockStoreEnhanced } from 'redux-mock-store';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { MapAdditionalActions } from './MapAdditionalActions.component';
 import { useVisibleBioEntitiesPolygonCoordinates } from './utils/useVisibleBioEntitiesPolygonCoordinates';
 
@@ -146,7 +145,6 @@ describe('MapAdditionalActions - component', () => {
             message: '',
           },
           openedMaps: [],
-          backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
         },
       });
 
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalActions/utils/useAdditionalActions.test.ts b/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalActions/utils/useAdditionalActions.test.ts
index a65473f78ad8b2a81a928c70a09d292d72dc70e1..de9d56f1609d35c14207247c86c28699ebf16db3 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalActions/utils/useAdditionalActions.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalActions/utils/useAdditionalActions.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import { getReduxStoreWithActionsListener } from '@/utils/testing/getReduxStoreA
 import { getReduxWrapperWithStore } from '@/utils/testing/getReduxWrapperWithStore';
 import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
 import Map from 'ol/Map';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { useAddtionalActions } from './useAdditionalActions';
 import { useVisibleBioEntitiesPolygonCoordinates } from './useVisibleBioEntitiesPolygonCoordinates';
 
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@ describe('useAddtionalActions - hook', () => {
                 message: '',
               },
               openedMaps: [],
-              backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
             },
           },
           {
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalOptions/BackgroundsSelector/BackgroundsSelector.component.test.tsx b/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalOptions/BackgroundsSelector/BackgroundsSelector.component.test.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 8aaf2bd11f3433c42bd3e9bdef76aa3101c4008d..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalOptions/BackgroundsSelector/BackgroundsSelector.component.test.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,104 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable no-magic-numbers */
-import { StoreType } from '@/redux/store';
-import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
-import { act } from 'react-dom/test-utils';
-import { initialMapDataFixture, initialMapStateFixture } from '@/redux/map/map.fixtures';
-import {
-  InitialStoreState,
-  getReduxWrapperWithStore,
-} from '@/utils/testing/getReduxWrapperWithStore';
-import {
-  BACKGROUNDS_MOCK,
-  BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
-} from '@/redux/backgrounds/background.mock';
-import { BackgroundSelector } from './BackgroundsSelector.component';
-
-const renderComponent = (initialStoreState: InitialStoreState = {}): { store: StoreType } => {
-  const { Wrapper, store } = getReduxWrapperWithStore(initialStoreState);
-
-  return (
-    render(
-      <Wrapper>
-        <BackgroundSelector />
-      </Wrapper>,
-    ),
-    {
-      store,
-    }
-  );
-};
-
-describe('BackgroundSelector - component', () => {
-  it('should initialy display default value', () => {
-    renderComponent();
-
-    const buttonName = screen.getByTestId('background-dropdown-button-name');
-
-    expect(buttonName.textContent).toBe('Background');
-  });
-
-  it("should display selected value name when it's not main background", async () => {
-    renderComponent({
-      map: initialMapStateFixture,
-      backgrounds: { ...BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, data: BACKGROUNDS_MOCK },
-    });
-
-    const buttonName = screen.getByTestId('background-dropdown-button-name');
-    await act(() => {
-      buttonName.click();
-    });
-    expect(buttonName.textContent).toBe('Background');
-
-    const backgroundButton = screen.getByText('Network');
-    await act(() => {
-      backgroundButton.click();
-    });
-
-    expect(buttonName.textContent).toBe('Network');
-  });
-
-  it('should change redux map state on selecting background', async () => {
-    const { store } = renderComponent({
-      map: initialMapStateFixture,
-      backgrounds: { ...BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, data: BACKGROUNDS_MOCK },
-    });
-    expect(store.getState().map.data.modelId).toBe(0);
-
-    const buttonName = screen.getByTestId('background-dropdown-button-name');
-    await act(() => {
-      buttonName.click();
-    });
-
-    const backgroundButton = screen.getByText('Network');
-    await act(() => {
-      backgroundButton.click();
-    });
-
-    expect(store.getState().map.data.backgroundId).toBe(14);
-  });
-
-  describe('query params', () => {
-    it('should display default value when main background id is in query params', async () => {
-      await renderComponent({
-        map: { ...initialMapStateFixture, data: { ...initialMapDataFixture, backgroundId: 13 } },
-        backgrounds: { ...BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, data: BACKGROUNDS_MOCK },
-      });
-
-      const buttonName = screen.getByTestId('background-dropdown-button-name');
-      expect(buttonName.textContent).toBe('Background');
-    });
-    it('should display correct background when background id is in query params', async () => {
-      await renderComponent({
-        map: { ...initialMapStateFixture, data: { ...initialMapDataFixture, backgroundId: 15 } },
-        backgrounds: { ...BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, data: BACKGROUNDS_MOCK },
-      });
-
-      const buttonName = screen.getByTestId('background-dropdown-button-name');
-      expect(buttonName.textContent).toBe('Empty');
-    });
-    it.skip('should set backgroundid in query on selecting background', () => {
-      // TODO e2e
-      expect(true).toBe(false);
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalOptions/BackgroundsSelector/BackgroundsSelector.component.tsx b/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalOptions/BackgroundsSelector/BackgroundsSelector.component.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 610cb3719cc4245b23c67f1f42f1ea67f4f03fd1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalOptions/BackgroundsSelector/BackgroundsSelector.component.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-import { useSelect } from 'downshift';
-import {
-  backgroundsDataSelector,
-  currentBackgroundSelector,
-  mainBackgroundIdSelector,
-} from '@/redux/backgrounds/background.selectors';
-import { useAppSelector } from '@/redux/hooks/useAppSelector';
-import { twMerge } from 'tailwind-merge';
-import { Icon } from '@/shared/Icon';
-import { MapBackground } from '@/types/models';
-import { useAppDispatch } from '@/redux/hooks/useAppDispatch';
-import { setMapBackground } from '@/redux/map/map.slice';
-
-const DEFAULT_TOGGLE_BUTTON_TEXT = 'Background';
-
-export const BackgroundSelector = (): JSX.Element => {
-  const selectedBackground = useAppSelector(currentBackgroundSelector);
-  const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
-  const backgrounds = useAppSelector(backgroundsDataSelector);
-  const mainBackgroundId = useAppSelector(mainBackgroundIdSelector);
-
-  const onItemSelect = (background: MapBackground | undefined | null): void => {
-    if (background) {
-      dispatch(setMapBackground(background.id));
-    }
-  };
-
-  const { isOpen, getToggleButtonProps, getMenuProps, highlightedIndex, getItemProps } = useSelect({
-    items: backgrounds || [],
-    selectedItem: selectedBackground,
-    onSelectedItemChange: ({ selectedItem: newSelectedItem }) => onItemSelect(newSelectedItem),
-  });
-
-  const getToggleButtonName = (): string => {
-    const isSelectedBackgroundMainBackground = selectedBackground?.id === mainBackgroundId;
-    if (!selectedBackground || isSelectedBackgroundMainBackground) {
-      return DEFAULT_TOGGLE_BUTTON_TEXT;
-    }
-    return selectedBackground.name;
-  };
-
-  return (
-    <div
-      data-testid="background-selector"
-      className={twMerge('rounded-t bg-white text-xs shadow-primary', !isOpen && 'rounded-b')}
-    >
-      <div className={twMerge('flex w-[135px] flex-col rounded-t py-2 pl-4 pr-3')}>
-        <div
-          className="flex cursor-pointer flex-row items-center justify-between bg-white"
-          {...getToggleButtonProps()}
-        >
-          <span data-testid="background-dropdown-button-name" className="font-medium">
-            {getToggleButtonName()}
-          </span>
-          <Icon
-            name="chevron-down"
-            className={twMerge('arrow-button h-6 w-6 fill-primary-500', isOpen && 'rotate-180')}
-          />
-        </div>
-      </div>
-      <ul
-        className={`absolute z-10 max-h-80 w-[135px] overflow-scroll rounded-b bg-white p-0 ${
-          !isOpen && 'hidden'
-        }`}
-        {...getMenuProps()}
-      >
-        {isOpen &&
-          backgrounds &&
-          backgrounds.map((item, index) => (
-            <li
-              className={twMerge(
-                'border-t',
-                highlightedIndex === index && 'text-primary-500',
-                selectedBackground === item && 'font-bold',
-                'flex flex-col px-4 py-2 shadow-sm',
-              )}
-              key={item.id}
-              {...getItemProps({ item, index })}
-            >
-              <span>{item.name}</span>
-            </li>
-          ))}
-      </ul>
-    </div>
-  );
-};
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalOptions/BackgroundsSelector/index.ts b/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalOptions/BackgroundsSelector/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0b379515e412b197f8e195c7e0b4e6044437fe21..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalOptions/BackgroundsSelector/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export { BackgroundSelector } from './BackgroundsSelector.component';
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalOptions/MapAdditionalOptions.component.test.tsx b/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalOptions/MapAdditionalOptions.component.test.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 5b877e38e83b30896fe49261fa6b99c78e4d7734..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalOptions/MapAdditionalOptions.component.test.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import { StoreType } from '@/redux/store';
-import {
-  InitialStoreState,
-  getReduxWrapperWithStore,
-} from '@/utils/testing/getReduxWrapperWithStore';
-import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
-import { MapAdditionalOptions } from './MapAdditionalOptions.component';
-
-const renderComponent = (initialStoreState: InitialStoreState = {}): { store: StoreType } => {
-  const { Wrapper, store } = getReduxWrapperWithStore(initialStoreState);
-
-  return (
-    render(
-      <Wrapper>
-        <MapAdditionalOptions />
-      </Wrapper>,
-    ),
-    {
-      store,
-    }
-  );
-};
-
-describe('MapAdditionalOptions - component', () => {
-  it('should display background selector', () => {
-    renderComponent();
-    expect(screen.getByTestId('background-selector')).toBeInTheDocument();
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalOptions/MapAdditionalOptions.component.tsx b/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalOptions/MapAdditionalOptions.component.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index ce96a90761bdf9ee6d5600b68d64268e4374225a..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalOptions/MapAdditionalOptions.component.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import { twMerge } from 'tailwind-merge';
-import { BackgroundSelector } from './BackgroundsSelector';
-
-// top-[calc(64px+40px+24px)] -> TOP_BAR_HEIGHT+MAP_NAVIGATION_HEIGHT+DISTANCE_FROM_MAP_NAVIGATION
-
-export const MapAdditionalOptions = (): JSX.Element => (
-  <div className={twMerge('absolute right-6 top-[calc(64px+40px+24px)] z-10 flex')}>
-    <BackgroundSelector />
-  </div>
-);
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalOptions/index.ts b/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalOptions/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ff61a27a2ae3155839070f31146f77fca1b8df2c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/components/Map/MapAdditionalOptions/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export { MapAdditionalOptions } from './MapAdditionalOptions.component';
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapVectorBackgroundSelector/MapVectorBackgroundSelector.component.tsx b/src/components/Map/MapVectorBackgroundSelector/MapVectorBackgroundSelector.component.tsx
index 97463f278f72d3f5ada520381a5ed101267e6dd7..caea44b9746713de1cae2fcfb97b1e6d6802e89e 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapVectorBackgroundSelector/MapVectorBackgroundSelector.component.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapVectorBackgroundSelector/MapVectorBackgroundSelector.component.tsx
@@ -1,24 +1,24 @@
 import { useAppSelector } from '@/redux/hooks/useAppSelector';
-import { mapBackgroundTypeSelector } from '@/redux/map/map.selectors';
+import { mapBackgroundSelector } from '@/redux/map/map.selectors';
 import { twMerge } from 'tailwind-merge';
 import { MAP_BACKGROUND_TYPES } from '@/redux/map/map.constants';
-import { setMapBackgroundType } from '@/redux/map/map.slice';
+import { setMapBackground } from '@/redux/map/map.slice';
 import { useAppDispatch } from '@/redux/hooks/useAppDispatch';
 import { Select } from '@/shared/Select';
 
 export const MapVectorBackgroundSelector = (): JSX.Element => {
   const dispatch = useAppDispatch();
-  const backgroundType = useAppSelector(mapBackgroundTypeSelector);
+  const backgroundId = useAppSelector(mapBackgroundSelector);
 
-  const handleChange = (selectedBackgroundType: string | number): void => {
-    dispatch(setMapBackgroundType(+selectedBackgroundType));
+  const handleChange = (selectedBackgroundId: string | number): void => {
+    dispatch(setMapBackground(+selectedBackgroundId));
   };
 
   return (
     <div className={twMerge('absolute right-6 top-[calc(64px+40px+24px)] z-10 flex')}>
       <Select
         options={MAP_BACKGROUND_TYPES}
-        selectedId={backgroundType}
+        selectedId={backgroundId}
         onChange={handleChange}
         width={140}
       />
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/MapViewer.component.test.tsx b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/MapViewer.component.test.tsx
index 234854206f6a5310ca22b3009a0ddf11adfcbf92..ea37b540a7f825f0509b76a17cf748448bedb065 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/MapViewer.component.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/MapViewer.component.test.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { render, screen } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { StoreType } from '@/redux/store';
 import { initialMapStateFixture } from '@/redux/map/map.fixtures';
-import { BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK } from '@/redux/backgrounds/background.mock';
 import { getReduxWrapperWithStore } from '@/utils/testing/getReduxWrapperWithStore';
 import { MapViewer } from './MapViewer.component';
 import { MAP_VIEWER_ROLE } from './MapViewer.constants';
@@ -9,7 +8,6 @@ import { MAP_VIEWER_ROLE } from './MapViewer.constants';
 const renderComponent = (): { store: StoreType } => {
   const { Wrapper, store } = getReduxWrapperWithStore({
     map: initialMapStateFixture,
-    backgrounds: BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
   });
 
   return (
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/additionalLayers/useOlMapAdditionalLayers.test.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/additionalLayers/useOlMapAdditionalLayers.test.ts
index eba9fde5e0faab891f30e7dd987e3a5a4907b7eb..a23de57b10b819f20a2b24e47c532875662953fc 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/additionalLayers/useOlMapAdditionalLayers.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/additionalLayers/useOlMapAdditionalLayers.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { getReduxWrapperWithStore } from '@/utils/testing/getReduxWrapperWithSto
 import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
 import VectorLayer from 'ol/layer/Vector';
 import { initialMapStateFixture } from '@/redux/map/map.fixtures';
-import { BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK } from '@/redux/backgrounds/background.mock';
 import { Map } from 'ol';
 import { useOlMapAdditionalLayers } from '@/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/additionalLayers/useOlMapAdditionalLayers';
 
@@ -11,7 +10,6 @@ describe('useOlMapAdditionalLayers - util', () => {
   it('should return VectorLayer', () => {
     const { Wrapper } = getReduxWrapperWithStore({
       map: initialMapStateFixture,
-      backgrounds: BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
     });
 
     const dummyElement = document.createElement('div');
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/mapCardLayer/useOlMapCardLayer.test.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/mapCardLayer/useOlMapCardLayer.test.ts
index dd9a522058ac4677e9bd8d70767cd4d4edd85879..bec6905d0a4f8a246d3b86af4fd5f2f2828883bc 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/mapCardLayer/useOlMapCardLayer.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/mapCardLayer/useOlMapCardLayer.test.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
 import BaseLayer from 'ol/layer/Base';
 import VectorLayer from 'ol/layer/Vector';
 import React from 'react';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { useOlMapCardLayer } from './useOlMapCardLayer';
 
 const useRefValue = {
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ describe('useOlMapCardLayer - util', () => {
           message: '',
         },
         openedMaps: OPENED_MAPS_INITIAL_STATE,
-        backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
       },
     });
 
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/processLayer/processModelElements.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/processLayer/processModelElements.ts
index 25aa20784b0fed050637308f74b25987820ecd71..87c6d666e2cc4e11eaf99ab6e365e2227159ff28 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/processLayer/processModelElements.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/processLayer/processModelElements.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export default function processModelElements(
   vectorSource: VectorSource,
   mapInstance: MapInstance,
   pointToProjection: UsePointToProjectionResult,
-  mapBackgroundType: number,
+  backgroundId: number,
   mapSize: MapSize,
 ): Array<MapElement | CompartmentCircle | CompartmentSquare | CompartmentPathway | Glyph> {
   const overlaysVisible = Boolean(overlaysOrder.length);
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ export default function processModelElements(
         pointToProjection,
         mapInstance,
         vectorSource,
-        mapBackgroundType,
+        backgroundId,
         mapSize,
       };
       if (element.shape === 'OVAL_COMPARTMENT') {
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ export default function processModelElements(
           overlaysOrder,
           overlaysVisible,
           getOverlayColor,
-          mapBackgroundType,
+          backgroundId,
           mapSize,
         }),
       );
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/processLayer/useOlMapProcessLayer.test.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/processLayer/useOlMapProcessLayer.test.ts
index c8e961ed2b0f75e12873768570cc1d04a3ed8224..c03a9e9f66f45c1561952ec34431a6d28baf051e 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/processLayer/useOlMapProcessLayer.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/processLayer/useOlMapProcessLayer.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { getReduxWrapperWithStore } from '@/utils/testing/getReduxWrapperWithSto
 import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
 import VectorLayer from 'ol/layer/Vector';
 import { initialMapStateFixture } from '@/redux/map/map.fixtures';
-import { BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK } from '@/redux/backgrounds/background.mock';
 import { Map } from 'ol';
 import { useOlMapProcessLayer } from '@/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/processLayer/useOlMapProcessLayer';
 
@@ -10,7 +9,6 @@ describe('useOlMapReactionsLayer - util', () => {
   it('should return VectorLayer', () => {
     const { Wrapper } = getReduxWrapperWithStore({
       map: initialMapStateFixture,
-      backgrounds: BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
     });
 
     const dummyElement = document.createElement('div');
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/processLayer/useOlMapProcessLayer.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/processLayer/useOlMapProcessLayer.ts
index 09d5b04ef0a64e39c0404ccf2a9a36b99921083f..2837c80bf7199fee4e00a0d09fcc0cdac7b629cd 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/processLayer/useOlMapProcessLayer.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/processLayer/useOlMapProcessLayer.ts
@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ import { markersSufraceOfCurrentMapDataSelector } from '@/redux/markers/markers.
 import { parseSurfaceMarkersToBioEntityRender } from '@/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/overlaysLayer/parseSurfaceMarkersToBioEntityRender';
 import processModelElements from '@/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/processLayer/processModelElements';
 import useDebouncedValue from '@/utils/useDebouncedValue';
-import { mapBackgroundTypeSelector, mapDataSizeSelector } from '@/redux/map/map.selectors';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
-import { setMapBackgroundType } from '@/redux/map/map.slice';
+import { mapBackgroundSelector, mapDataSizeSelector } from '@/redux/map/map.selectors';
 import { ZOOM_RESCALING_FACTOR } from '@/constants/map';
 import { OverlayOrder } from '@/redux/overlayBioEntity/overlayBioEntity.utils';
 import MarkerOverlay from '@/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/overlay/MarkerOverlay';
@@ -65,7 +63,7 @@ export const useOlMapProcessLayer = ({
   const lineTypes = useSelector(lineTypesSelector);
   const arrowTypes = useSelector(arrowTypesSelector);
   const overlaysOrder = useSelector(getOverlayOrderSelector);
-  const mapBackgroundType = useSelector(mapBackgroundTypeSelector);
+  const backgroundId = useSelector(mapBackgroundSelector);
   const currentMarkers = useAppSelector(markersSufraceOfCurrentMapDataSelector);
   const markersRender = useMemo(() => {
     return parseSurfaceMarkersToBioEntityRender(currentMarkers);
@@ -108,12 +106,6 @@ export const useOlMapProcessLayer = ({
     }
   }, [currentModelId, dispatch, reactionsLoading, modelElementsLoading]);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    if (overlaysOrderState.length) {
-      dispatch(setMapBackgroundType(MapBackgroundsEnum.NETWORK));
-    }
-  }, [dispatch, overlaysOrderState]);
-
   const groupedElementsOverlays = useMemo(() => {
     const elementsBioEntitesOverlay = debouncedBioEntities.filter(
       bioEntity => bioEntity.type !== 'line',
@@ -219,7 +211,7 @@ export const useOlMapProcessLayer = ({
       vectorSource,
       mapInstance,
       pointToProjection,
-      mapBackgroundType,
+      backgroundId,
       mapSize,
     );
   }, [
@@ -233,7 +225,7 @@ export const useOlMapProcessLayer = ({
     vectorSource,
     mapInstance,
     pointToProjection,
-    mapBackgroundType,
+    backgroundId,
     mapSize,
   ]);
 
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/useOlMapLayers.test.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/useOlMapLayers.test.ts
index 3fe8e8611d15f028c972e154bd398600067ebd58..4b52f2cdfaa0afb63eee908a751ac43ce7b89d65 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/useOlMapLayers.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/useOlMapLayers.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import VectorLayer from 'ol/layer/Vector';
 import React from 'react';
 import { useOlMap } from '@/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/useOlMap';
 import { useOlMapLayers } from '@/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/useOlMapLayers';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 
 const useRefValue = {
   current: null,
@@ -60,7 +59,6 @@ describe('useOlMapLayers - util', () => {
           message: '',
         },
         openedMaps: OPENED_MAPS_INITIAL_STATE,
-        backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
       },
     });
     const dummyElement = document.createElement('div');
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/useOlMapTileLayer.test.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/useOlMapTileLayer.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 58e4aaa57dfe5b86e6ae60c1bbd7561cf87303e4..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/useOlMapTileLayer.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable no-magic-numbers */
-import { MAP_DATA_INITIAL_STATE, OPENED_MAPS_INITIAL_STATE } from '@/redux/map/map.constants';
-import { getReduxWrapperWithStore } from '@/utils/testing/getReduxWrapperWithStore';
-import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
-import BaseLayer from 'ol/layer/Base';
-import TileLayer from 'ol/layer/Tile';
-import React from 'react';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
-import { useOlMapTileLayer } from './useOlMapTileLayer';
-
-const useRefValue = {
-  current: null,
-};
-
-Object.defineProperty(useRefValue, 'current', {
-  get: jest.fn(() => ({
-    innerHTML: '',
-    appendChild: jest.fn(),
-    addEventListener: jest.fn(),
-    getRootNode: jest.fn(),
-  })),
-  set: jest.fn(() => ({
-    innerHTML: '',
-    appendChild: jest.fn(),
-    addEventListener: jest.fn(),
-    getRootNode: jest.fn(),
-  })),
-});
-
-jest.spyOn(React, 'useRef').mockReturnValue(useRefValue);
-
-describe('useOlMapTileLayer - util', () => {
-  const getRenderedHookResults = (): BaseLayer => {
-    const { Wrapper } = getReduxWrapperWithStore({
-      map: {
-        data: {
-          ...MAP_DATA_INITIAL_STATE,
-          size: {
-            width: 256,
-            height: 256,
-            tileSize: 256,
-            minZoom: 1,
-            maxZoom: 1,
-          },
-          position: {
-            initial: {
-              x: 256,
-              y: 256,
-            },
-            last: {
-              x: 256,
-              y: 256,
-            },
-          },
-        },
-        loading: 'idle',
-        error: {
-          name: '',
-          message: '',
-        },
-        openedMaps: OPENED_MAPS_INITIAL_STATE,
-        backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
-      },
-    });
-
-    const { result } = renderHook(() => useOlMapTileLayer(), {
-      wrapper: Wrapper,
-    });
-
-    return result.current;
-  };
-
-  it('should return valid TileLayer instance', () => {
-    const result = getRenderedHookResults();
-
-    expect(result).toBeInstanceOf(TileLayer);
-    expect(result.getSourceState()).toBe('ready');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/useOlMapTileLayer.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/useOlMapTileLayer.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d98b480fe8c9e2494e841aad28dd37702c1b9c8b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/useOlMapTileLayer.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,66 +0,0 @@
-/* eslint-disable no-magic-numbers */
-import { OPTIONS } from '@/constants/map';
-import { currentBackgroundImagePathSelector } from '@/redux/backgrounds/background.selectors';
-import { mapDataSizeSelector } from '@/redux/map/map.selectors';
-import { projectDataSelector } from '@/redux/project/project.selectors';
-import { Point } from '@/types/map';
-import { usePointToProjection } from '@/utils/map/usePointToProjection';
-import { Extent, boundingExtent } from 'ol/extent';
-import BaseLayer from 'ol/layer/Base';
-import TileLayer from 'ol/layer/Tile';
-import { XYZ } from 'ol/source';
-import { useMemo } from 'react';
-import { useSelector } from 'react-redux';
-import { getMapTileUrl } from './getMapTileUrl';
-
-// useOlMapTileLayer returns visual tile layer of the map
-// it makes it possible to view the map, scroll, zoom etc.
-export const useOlMapTileLayer = (): BaseLayer => {
-  const mapSize = useSelector(mapDataSizeSelector);
-  const currentBackgroundImagePath = useSelector(currentBackgroundImagePathSelector);
-  const project = useSelector(projectDataSelector);
-  const pointToProjection = usePointToProjection();
-
-  const tileExtent = useMemo((): Extent => {
-    const topLeftPoint: Point = {
-      x: mapSize.width,
-      y: mapSize.height,
-    };
-
-    const bottomRightPoint: Point = {
-      x: 0,
-      y: 0,
-    };
-
-    return boundingExtent([topLeftPoint, bottomRightPoint].map(pointToProjection));
-  }, [pointToProjection, mapSize]);
-
-  const sourceUrl = useMemo(
-    () => getMapTileUrl({ projectDirectory: project?.directory, currentBackgroundImagePath }),
-    [project?.directory, currentBackgroundImagePath],
-  );
-
-  const source = useMemo(
-    () =>
-      new XYZ({
-        url: sourceUrl,
-        maxZoom: mapSize.maxZoom,
-        minZoom: mapSize.minZoom,
-        tileSize: Math.max(mapSize.tileSize, 1),
-        wrapX: OPTIONS.wrapXInTileLayer,
-      }),
-    [sourceUrl, mapSize.maxZoom, mapSize.minZoom, mapSize.tileSize],
-  );
-
-  const tileLayer = useMemo(
-    (): TileLayer<XYZ> =>
-      new TileLayer({
-        visible: true,
-        source,
-        extent: tileExtent,
-      }),
-    [source, tileExtent],
-  );
-
-  return tileLayer;
-};
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/useOlMapView.test.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/useOlMapView.test.ts
index d630b12bc4056814dbcf76c16ada0d4e699aa864..0a786468aa112aa2f982c4d1146ca55f744ffa96 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/useOlMapView.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/useOlMapView.test.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-magic-numbers */
-import {
-  BACKGROUNDS_MOCK,
-  BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
-} from '@/redux/backgrounds/background.mock';
 import { MAP_DATA_INITIAL_STATE, OPENED_MAPS_INITIAL_STATE } from '@/redux/map/map.constants';
 import { initialMapStateFixture } from '@/redux/map/map.fixtures';
 import { setMapPosition } from '@/redux/map/map.slice';
@@ -11,7 +7,6 @@ import { act, renderHook, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { View } from 'ol';
 import Map from 'ol/Map';
 import React from 'react';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { useOlMap } from '../useOlMap';
 import { useOlMapView } from './useOlMapView';
 
@@ -40,7 +35,6 @@ describe('useOlMapView - util', () => {
   it('should modify view of the map instance on INITIAL position config change', async () => {
     const { Wrapper, store } = getReduxWrapperWithStore({
       map: initialMapStateFixture,
-      backgrounds: { ...BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, data: BACKGROUNDS_MOCK },
     });
 
     const dummyElement = document.createElement('div');
@@ -96,9 +90,7 @@ describe('useOlMapView - util', () => {
           message: '',
         },
         openedMaps: OPENED_MAPS_INITIAL_STATE,
-        backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
       },
-      backgrounds: BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
     });
     const dummyElement = document.createElement('div');
     const { result: hohResult } = renderHook(() => useOlMap({ target: dummyElement }), {
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/listeners/useOlMapListeners.test.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/listeners/useOlMapListeners.test.ts
index 328c827ba3cfceebeb3c7d5b5e71d91443144d30..2b2fabe1f0643264006f43755ca9e048bf457069 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/listeners/useOlMapListeners.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/listeners/useOlMapListeners.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { View } from 'ol';
 import { getReduxWrapperWithStore } from '@/utils/testing/getReduxWrapperWithStore';
 import { initialMapDataFixture, openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture } from '@/redux/map/map.fixtures';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import * as positionListener from '@/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/listeners/onMapPositionChange';
 import { useOlMapListeners } from '@/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/listeners/useOlMapListeners';
 import { onMapLeftClick } from '@/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/listeners/mouseClick/mouseLeftClick/onMapLeftClick';
@@ -32,7 +31,6 @@ describe('useOlMapListeners - util', () => {
       loading: 'succeeded',
       error: { message: '', name: '' },
       openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-      backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
     },
   });
 
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/BaseMultiPolygon.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/BaseMultiPolygon.ts
index 2327755136b249486f4d4a24f1c781dc75304d0e..59af80b8ae93f7de39c2c1559c7c5a13eec1297d 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/BaseMultiPolygon.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/BaseMultiPolygon.ts
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ export interface BaseMapElementProps {
   pointToProjection: UsePointToProjectionResult;
   overlaysVisible: boolean;
   vectorSource: VectorSource;
-  mapBackgroundType: number;
+  backgroundId: number;
   mapSize: MapSize;
   mapInstance: MapInstance;
 }
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ export default abstract class BaseMultiPolygon {
 
   vectorSource: VectorSource;
 
-  mapBackgroundType: number;
+  backgroundId: number;
 
   mapSize: MapSize;
 
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ export default abstract class BaseMultiPolygon {
     pointToProjection,
     overlaysVisible,
     vectorSource,
-    mapBackgroundType,
+    backgroundId,
     mapSize,
     mapInstance,
   }: BaseMapElementProps) {
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ export default abstract class BaseMultiPolygon {
     this.overlaysVisible = overlaysVisible;
     this.pointToProjection = pointToProjection;
     this.vectorSource = vectorSource;
-    this.mapBackgroundType = mapBackgroundType;
+    this.backgroundId = backgroundId;
     this.mapSize = mapSize;
 
     const maxZoom = mapInstance?.getView().get('originalMaxZoom');
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ export default abstract class BaseMultiPolygon {
     const styles: Array<Style> = [];
     const scale = this.minResolution / resolution;
 
-    if (this.mapBackgroundType === MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC && scale < TEXT_CUTOFF_SCALE) {
+    if (this.backgroundId === MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC && scale < TEXT_CUTOFF_SCALE) {
       const { hide, coverStyle } = this.processSemanticView(feature, resolution, scale);
       if (hide) {
         return undefined;
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/Compartment.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/Compartment.ts
index 10802411741585f4e58b1e926fc5176c7d3609d9..76770a4bec63953d3f36ed140145f2e777b28398 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/Compartment.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/Compartment.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export interface CompartmentProps {
   pointToProjection: UsePointToProjectionResult;
   mapInstance: MapInstance;
   vectorSource: VectorSource;
-  mapBackgroundType: number;
+  backgroundId: number;
   mapSize: MapSize;
 }
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export default abstract class Compartment extends BaseMultiPolygon {
     pointToProjection,
     mapInstance,
     vectorSource,
-    mapBackgroundType,
+    backgroundId,
     mapSize,
   }: CompartmentProps) {
     super({
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export default abstract class Compartment extends BaseMultiPolygon {
       pointToProjection,
       overlaysVisible,
       vectorSource,
-      mapBackgroundType,
+      backgroundId,
       mapSize,
       mapInstance,
     });
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentCircle.test.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentCircle.test.ts
index eb94b525b31a0e851c95be6f9caf2be967e8be9e..1d5f41d6dedb945ea9299475fb4c18a4bf647f76 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentCircle.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentCircle.test.ts
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ describe('CompartmentCircle', () => {
       pointToProjection: jest.fn(),
       mapInstance,
       vectorSource: new VectorSource(),
-      mapBackgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
+      backgroundId: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
       mapSize: {
         minZoom: 1,
         maxZoom: 9,
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentCircle.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentCircle.ts
index 78915ae4567c4629d0843c24bed61bbb7edff75a..0de0037bb5e440153f67297d22f8c82fc110233d 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentCircle.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentCircle.ts
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export type CompartmentCircleProps = {
   pointToProjection: UsePointToProjectionResult;
   mapInstance: MapInstance;
   vectorSource: VectorSource;
-  mapBackgroundType: number;
+  backgroundId: number;
   mapSize: MapSize;
 };
 
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ export default class CompartmentCircle extends Compartment {
     pointToProjection,
     mapInstance,
     vectorSource,
-    mapBackgroundType,
+    backgroundId,
     mapSize,
   }: CompartmentCircleProps) {
     super({
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export default class CompartmentCircle extends Compartment {
       pointToProjection,
       mapInstance,
       vectorSource,
-      mapBackgroundType,
+      backgroundId,
       mapSize,
     });
   }
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentPathway.test.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentPathway.test.ts
index 05e1801ecdaea7a390812d3dc8e21c3ed4632c2f..0b0da3b41ac5474a087c52112217ec9fc6deacc6 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentPathway.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentPathway.test.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe('CompartmentPathway', () => {
       pointToProjection: jest.fn(() => [10, 10]),
       mapInstance,
       vectorSource: new VectorSource(),
-      mapBackgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
+      backgroundId: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
       mapSize: {
         minZoom: 1,
         maxZoom: 9,
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentPathway.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentPathway.ts
index 940346776d9be8ade9372773a211b59de1aaf870..bf6b269e8dc4b8ff4c75d4dd79bd51a3615256dd 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentPathway.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentPathway.ts
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ export type CompartmentPathwayProps = {
   pointToProjection: UsePointToProjectionResult;
   mapInstance: MapInstance;
   vectorSource: VectorSource;
-  mapBackgroundType: number;
+  backgroundId: number;
   mapSize: MapSize;
 };
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ export default class CompartmentPathway extends BaseMultiPolygon {
     pointToProjection,
     mapInstance,
     vectorSource,
-    mapBackgroundType,
+    backgroundId,
     mapSize,
   }: CompartmentPathwayProps) {
     super({
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ export default class CompartmentPathway extends BaseMultiPolygon {
       pointToProjection,
       overlaysVisible,
       vectorSource,
-      mapBackgroundType,
+      backgroundId,
       mapSize,
       mapInstance,
     });
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentSquare.test.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentSquare.test.ts
index acf2471c9b9fc637a13f1c8035e3c593b374d7de..ebfdcd7a5feb18c639be73daa83b363bb69287dc 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentSquare.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentSquare.test.ts
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ describe('CompartmentSquare', () => {
       pointToProjection: jest.fn(),
       mapInstance,
       vectorSource: new VectorSource(),
-      mapBackgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
+      backgroundId: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
       mapSize: {
         minZoom: 1,
         maxZoom: 9,
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentSquare.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentSquare.ts
index 34f956932f2c5a9832946a44fd64aad8cbe06018..32bb5a24c5c7e540a0cfe7feac4a103a3bf7d9f2 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentSquare.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/CompartmentSquare.ts
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ export type CompartmentSquareProps = {
   pointToProjection: UsePointToProjectionResult;
   mapInstance: MapInstance;
   vectorSource: VectorSource;
-  mapBackgroundType: number;
+  backgroundId: number;
   mapSize: MapSize;
 };
 
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ export default class CompartmentSquare extends Compartment {
     pointToProjection,
     mapInstance,
     vectorSource,
-    mapBackgroundType,
+    backgroundId,
     mapSize,
   }: CompartmentSquareProps) {
     super({
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export default class CompartmentSquare extends Compartment {
       pointToProjection,
       mapInstance,
       vectorSource,
-      mapBackgroundType,
+      backgroundId,
       mapSize,
     });
   }
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/MapElement.test.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/MapElement.test.ts
index 744c6529dec3cd6eadf85b9895aec59f27a88c52..2137147cf731eed3b05fd99db72228ef33d4ca69 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/MapElement.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/MapElement.test.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ describe('MapElement', () => {
       overlaysVisible: false,
       vectorSource: new VectorSource(),
       getOverlayColor: (): string => '#ffffff',
-      mapBackgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
+      backgroundId: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
       mapSize: {
         minZoom: 1,
         maxZoom: 9,
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/MapElement.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/MapElement.ts
index ead1dd13ec0bb1750bd696889f45d26deedeedbc..8f5f66d34a833f83b87e295864ebf2f6b9031ea8 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/MapElement.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/shapes/elements/MapElement.ts
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export type MapElementProps = {
   overlaysOrder?: Array<OverlayOrder>;
   overlaysVisible: boolean;
   getOverlayColor: GetOverlayBioEntityColorByAvailableProperties;
-  mapBackgroundType: number;
+  backgroundId: number;
   mapSize: MapSize;
 };
 
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ export default class MapElement extends BaseMultiPolygon {
     overlaysOrder = [],
     overlaysVisible,
     getOverlayColor,
-    mapBackgroundType,
+    backgroundId,
     mapSize,
   }: MapElementProps) {
     super({
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ export default class MapElement extends BaseMultiPolygon {
       pointToProjection,
       vectorSource,
       overlaysVisible,
-      mapBackgroundType,
+      backgroundId,
       mapSize,
       mapInstance,
     });
diff --git a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/useOlMap.test.ts b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/useOlMap.test.ts
index 79bc1ed1bb956a9ad94c51a635a721d6a1a93f3d..5b5fa97bfb941ce2007dea7da7566aba0086f9c1 100644
--- a/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/useOlMap.test.ts
+++ b/src/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/useOlMap.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { Map } from 'ol';
 import React from 'react';
 import { getReduxWrapperWithStore } from '@/utils/testing/getReduxWrapperWithStore';
 import { initialMapStateFixture } from '@/redux/map/map.fixtures';
-import { BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK } from '@/redux/backgrounds/background.mock';
 import { useOlMap } from './useOlMap';
 
 const useRefValue = {
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ jest.spyOn(React, 'useRef').mockReturnValue(useRefValue);
 describe('useOlMap - util', () => {
   const { Wrapper } = getReduxWrapperWithStore({
     map: initialMapStateFixture,
-    backgrounds: BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
   });
 
   describe('when initializing', () => {
diff --git a/src/constants/backgrounds.ts b/src/constants/backgrounds.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1bfb46194f374830b2b9ba89d807cbec4dc658fa..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/constants/backgrounds.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export const EMPTY_BACKGROUND_NAME = 'Empty';
diff --git a/src/models/fixtures/backgroundsFixture.ts b/src/models/fixtures/backgroundsFixture.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e06e5c15e67fea0ee563e14f80792846f5ed998c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/models/fixtures/backgroundsFixture.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import { ZOD_SEED } from '@/constants';
-import { z } from 'zod';
-// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
-import { createFixture } from 'zod-fixture';
-import { mapBackground } from '../mapBackground';
-
-export const backgroundsFixture = createFixture(z.array(mapBackground), {
-  seed: ZOD_SEED,
-  array: { min: 2, max: 2 },
-});
diff --git a/src/models/mapBackground.ts b/src/models/mapBackground.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index fe6c6e9e1319bad70bd7f627192caea855fd1b6c..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/models/mapBackground.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-import { z } from 'zod';
-
-export const mapBackground = z.object({
-  id: z.number(),
-  name: z.string(),
-  defaultOverlay: z.boolean(),
-  project: z.object({ projectId: z.string() }),
-  creator: z.object({ login: z.string() }),
-  status: z.string(),
-  progress: z.number(),
-  description: z.string().nullable(),
-  order: z.number(),
-  images: z.array(
-    z.object({
-      id: z.number(),
-      model: z.object({ id: z.number() }),
-      projectBackground: z.object({ id: z.number() }),
-      path: z.string(),
-    }),
-  ),
-});
diff --git a/src/redux/apiPath.ts b/src/redux/apiPath.ts
index d20f1a79e61bf3bdcc8955178f1e22b4c5f9ed5c..1e0c81b808574ee25b445dd68a7add92185f5764 100644
--- a/src/redux/apiPath.ts
+++ b/src/redux/apiPath.ts
@@ -89,8 +89,6 @@ export const apiPath = {
     projectId: string,
     { publicOverlay }: { publicOverlay: boolean },
   ): string => `projects/${projectId}/overlays/?isPublic=${String(publicOverlay)}`,
-  getAllBackgroundsByProjectIdQuery: (projectId: string): string =>
-    `projects/${projectId}/backgrounds/`,
   getProjectById: (projectId: string): string => `projects/${projectId}`,
   getProjects: (): string => `projects/`,
   getSessionValid: (): string => `users/isSessionValid`,
diff --git a/src/redux/backgrounds/background.mock.ts b/src/redux/backgrounds/background.mock.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 515bb7249c74207a0435d8a220ac24da9ad55b6e..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/redux/backgrounds/background.mock.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,60 +0,0 @@
-import { DEFAULT_ERROR } from '@/constants/errors';
-import { MapBackground } from '@/types/models';
-import { BackgroundsState } from './backgrounds.types';
-
-export const BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK: BackgroundsState = {
-  data: undefined,
-  loading: 'idle',
-  error: DEFAULT_ERROR,
-};
-
-export const BACKGROUNDS_MOCK: MapBackground[] = [
-  {
-    id: 13,
-    name: 'Pathways and compartments',
-    defaultOverlay: false,
-    project: {
-      projectId: 'pdmap_appu_test',
-    },
-    creator: {
-      login: 'admin',
-    },
-    status: 'NA',
-    progress: 0,
-    description: null,
-    order: 0,
-    images: [],
-  },
-  {
-    id: 14,
-    name: 'Network',
-    defaultOverlay: false,
-    project: {
-      projectId: 'pdmap_appu_test',
-    },
-    creator: {
-      login: 'admin',
-    },
-    status: 'NA',
-    progress: 0,
-    description: null,
-    order: 1,
-    images: [],
-  },
-  {
-    id: 15,
-    name: 'Empty',
-    defaultOverlay: false,
-    project: {
-      projectId: 'pdmap_appu_test',
-    },
-    creator: {
-      login: 'admin',
-    },
-    status: 'NA',
-    progress: 0,
-    description: null,
-    order: 2,
-    images: [],
-  },
-];
diff --git a/src/redux/backgrounds/background.selectors.ts b/src/redux/backgrounds/background.selectors.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index eda3703446dc38a0ca3aa4997b99296f1e48cba9..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/redux/backgrounds/background.selectors.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,56 +0,0 @@
-import { EMPTY_BACKGROUND_NAME } from '@/constants/backgrounds';
-import { createSelector } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
-import { mapDataSelector } from '../map/map.selectors';
-import { rootSelector } from '../root/root.selectors';
-import { PATHWAYS_AND_COMPARTMENTS_BACKGROUND, SEMANTIC_BACKGROUND } from './backgrounds.constants';
-
-export const backgroundsSelector = createSelector(rootSelector, state => state.backgrounds);
-
-export const backgroundsDataSelector = createSelector(backgroundsSelector, backgrounds => {
-  return (backgrounds?.data || []).map(background => {
-    if (background.name === PATHWAYS_AND_COMPARTMENTS_BACKGROUND) {
-      return {
-        ...background,
-        name: SEMANTIC_BACKGROUND,
-      };
-    }
-
-    return background;
-  });
-});
-
-const MAIN_BACKGROUND = 0;
-export const mainBackgroundsDataSelector = createSelector(
-  backgroundsDataSelector,
-  backgrounds => backgrounds && backgrounds[MAIN_BACKGROUND],
-);
-export const mainBackgroundIdSelector = createSelector(
-  backgroundsDataSelector,
-  backgrounds => backgrounds && backgrounds[MAIN_BACKGROUND]?.id,
-);
-
-export const currentBackgroundSelector = createSelector(
-  backgroundsDataSelector,
-  mapDataSelector,
-  (backgrounds, mapData) =>
-    backgrounds && backgrounds.find(background => background.id === mapData.backgroundId),
-);
-
-export const currentBackgroundImageSelector = createSelector(
-  mapDataSelector,
-  currentBackgroundSelector,
-  (mapData, background) =>
-    background && background.images.find(image => image.model.id === mapData.modelId),
-);
-
-export const currentBackgroundImagePathSelector = createSelector(
-  currentBackgroundImageSelector,
-  image => (image ? image.path : ''),
-);
-
-export const emptyBackgroundIdSelector = createSelector(backgroundsDataSelector, backgrounds => {
-  const emptyBackground = backgrounds?.find(
-    background => background.name === EMPTY_BACKGROUND_NAME,
-  );
-  return emptyBackground?.id;
-});
diff --git a/src/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.constants.ts b/src/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.constants.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 49499431e770bfcc5f57a0678931b71475a346eb..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.constants.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-export const BACKGROUNDS_FETCHING_ERROR_PREFIX = 'Failed to fetch backgrounds';
-export const PATHWAYS_AND_COMPARTMENTS_BACKGROUND = 'Pathways and compartments';
-export const SEMANTIC_BACKGROUND = 'Semantic';
diff --git a/src/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.reducers.test.ts b/src/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.reducers.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index dd13a7711f9d39428ffa0ea0d3b22f90a448a962..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.reducers.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,86 +0,0 @@
-import { PROJECT_ID } from '@/constants';
-import { backgroundsFixture } from '@/models/fixtures/backgroundsFixture';
-import {
-  ToolkitStoreWithSingleSlice,
-  createStoreInstanceUsingSliceReducer,
-} from '@/utils/createStoreInstanceUsingSliceReducer';
-import { mockNetworkResponse } from '@/utils/mockNetworkResponse';
-import { HttpStatusCode } from 'axios';
-import { unwrapResult } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
-import { apiPath } from '../apiPath';
-import backgroundsReducer from './backgrounds.slice';
-import { getAllBackgroundsByProjectId } from './backgrounds.thunks';
-import { BackgroundsState } from './backgrounds.types';
-
-jest.mock('../../utils/showToast');
-
-const mockedAxiosClient = mockNetworkResponse();
-
-const INITIAL_STATE: BackgroundsState = {
-  data: [],
-  loading: 'idle',
-  error: { name: '', message: '' },
-};
-
-describe('backgrounds reducer', () => {
-  let store = {} as ToolkitStoreWithSingleSlice<BackgroundsState>;
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    store = createStoreInstanceUsingSliceReducer('backgrounds', backgroundsReducer);
-  });
-
-  it('should match initial state', () => {
-    const action = { type: 'unknown' };
-
-    expect(backgroundsReducer(undefined, action)).toEqual(INITIAL_STATE);
-  });
-  it('should update store after succesfull getAllBackgroundsByProjectId query', async () => {
-    mockedAxiosClient
-      .onGet(apiPath.getAllBackgroundsByProjectIdQuery(PROJECT_ID))
-      .reply(HttpStatusCode.Ok, backgroundsFixture);
-
-    const { type } = await store.dispatch(getAllBackgroundsByProjectId(PROJECT_ID));
-    const { data, loading, error } = store.getState().backgrounds;
-
-    expect(type).toBe('backgrounds/getAllBackgroundsByProjectId/fulfilled');
-    expect(loading).toEqual('succeeded');
-    expect(error).toEqual({ message: '', name: '' });
-    expect(data).toEqual(backgroundsFixture);
-  });
-
-  it('should update store after failed getAllBackgroundsByProjectId query', async () => {
-    mockedAxiosClient
-      .onGet(apiPath.getAllBackgroundsByProjectIdQuery(PROJECT_ID))
-      .reply(HttpStatusCode.NotFound, []);
-
-    const action = await store.dispatch(getAllBackgroundsByProjectId(PROJECT_ID));
-    const { data, loading, error } = store.getState().backgrounds;
-
-    expect(action.type).toBe('backgrounds/getAllBackgroundsByProjectId/rejected');
-    expect(loading).toEqual('failed');
-    expect(error).toEqual({ message: '', name: '' });
-    expect(data).toEqual([]);
-    expect(() => unwrapResult(action)).toThrow(
-      "Failed to fetch backgrounds: The page you're looking for doesn't exist. Please verify the URL and try again.",
-    );
-  });
-
-  it('should update store on loading getAllBackgroundsByProjectId query', async () => {
-    mockedAxiosClient
-      .onGet(apiPath.getAllBackgroundsByProjectIdQuery(PROJECT_ID))
-      .reply(HttpStatusCode.Ok, backgroundsFixture);
-
-    const actionPromise = store.dispatch(getAllBackgroundsByProjectId(PROJECT_ID));
-
-    const { data, loading } = store.getState().backgrounds;
-    expect(data).toEqual([]);
-    expect(loading).toEqual('pending');
-
-    actionPromise.then(() => {
-      const { data: dataPromiseFulfilled, loading: promiseFulfilled } =
-        store.getState().backgrounds;
-
-      expect(dataPromiseFulfilled).toEqual(backgroundsFixture);
-      expect(promiseFulfilled).toEqual('succeeded');
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.reducers.ts b/src/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.reducers.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 2f0868b4a10d853b4c4d74e5ec913e42b05df9b9..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.reducers.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-import { ActionReducerMapBuilder } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
-import { getAllBackgroundsByProjectId } from './backgrounds.thunks';
-import { BackgroundsState } from './backgrounds.types';
-
-export const getAllBackgroundsByProjectIdReducer = (
-  builder: ActionReducerMapBuilder<BackgroundsState>,
-): void => {
-  builder.addCase(getAllBackgroundsByProjectId.pending, state => {
-    state.loading = 'pending';
-  });
-  builder.addCase(getAllBackgroundsByProjectId.fulfilled, (state, action) => {
-    state.data = action.payload || [];
-    state.loading = 'succeeded';
-  });
-  builder.addCase(getAllBackgroundsByProjectId.rejected, state => {
-    state.loading = 'failed';
-    // TODO to discuss manage state of failure
-  });
-};
diff --git a/src/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.slice.ts b/src/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.slice.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 491e981d8d91db22a34f03dff1a14559b746d642..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.slice.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import { createSlice } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
-import { getAllBackgroundsByProjectIdReducer } from './backgrounds.reducers';
-import { BackgroundsState } from './backgrounds.types';
-
-const initialState: BackgroundsState = {
-  data: [],
-  loading: 'idle',
-  error: { name: '', message: '' },
-};
-
-const backgroundsState = createSlice({
-  name: 'backgrounds',
-  initialState,
-  reducers: {},
-  extraReducers: builder => {
-    getAllBackgroundsByProjectIdReducer(builder);
-  },
-});
-
-export default backgroundsState.reducer;
diff --git a/src/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.thunks.ts b/src/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.thunks.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d2ce1949ef25fd4f9768f23e63e556925be48b2b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.thunks.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-import { mapBackground } from '@/models/mapBackground';
-import { axiosInstance } from '@/services/api/utils/axiosInstance';
-import { MapBackground } from '@/types/models';
-import { validateDataUsingZodSchema } from '@/utils/validateDataUsingZodSchema';
-import { createAsyncThunk } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
-import { z } from 'zod';
-import { ThunkConfig } from '@/types/store';
-import { getError } from '@/utils/error-report/getError';
-import { apiPath } from '../apiPath';
-import { BACKGROUNDS_FETCHING_ERROR_PREFIX } from './backgrounds.constants';
-
-export const getAllBackgroundsByProjectId = createAsyncThunk<MapBackground[], string, ThunkConfig>(
-  'backgrounds/getAllBackgroundsByProjectId',
-  async (projectId: string) => {
-    try {
-      const response = await axiosInstance.get<MapBackground[]>(
-        apiPath.getAllBackgroundsByProjectIdQuery(projectId),
-      );
-
-      const isDataValid = validateDataUsingZodSchema(response.data, z.array(mapBackground));
-
-      return isDataValid ? response.data : [];
-    } catch (error) {
-      return Promise.reject(getError({ error, prefix: BACKGROUNDS_FETCHING_ERROR_PREFIX }));
-    }
-  },
-);
diff --git a/src/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.types.ts b/src/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.types.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7ce8fcfc7643e9ea526d79895928037fd19d27b8..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.types.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-import { FetchDataState } from '@/types/fetchDataState';
-import { MapBackground } from '@/types/models';
-
-export type BackgroundsState = FetchDataState<MapBackground[]>;
diff --git a/src/redux/map/map.constants.ts b/src/redux/map/map.constants.ts
index 55b67d50eb035d951828d2d97e23891ebaee4a83..92de423dbafd9a7d61d155f5ff2171dd478bcbb1 100644
--- a/src/redux/map/map.constants.ts
+++ b/src/redux/map/map.constants.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export const MAP_BACKGROUND_TYPES = [
 
 export const MODEL_ID_DEFAULT: number = 0;
 
-export const BACKGROUND_ID_DEFAULT: number = 0;
+export const BACKGROUND_ID_DEFAULT: number = MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC;
 
 export const OVERVIEW_IMAGE_ID_DEFAULT: number = 0;
 
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ export const MAP_INITIAL_STATE: MapState = {
   loading: 'idle',
   error: { name: '', message: '' },
   openedMaps: OPENED_MAPS_INITIAL_STATE,
-  backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
 };
 
 export const INIT_MAP_SIZE_MODEL_ID_ERROR_PREFIX = 'Failed to initialize map size and model ID';
diff --git a/src/redux/map/map.fixtures.ts b/src/redux/map/map.fixtures.ts
index 21674c65af5aac7d322980696da5e9acf65c84ed..77d17df669117c8e40c8b81adff2c2f2383d1580 100644
--- a/src/redux/map/map.fixtures.ts
+++ b/src/redux/map/map.fixtures.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export const initialMapDataFixture: MapData = {
   projectId: 'pdmap',
   meshId: '',
   modelId: 0,
-  backgroundId: 0,
+  backgroundId: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
   overlaysIds: [],
   position: {
     initial: { x: 0, y: 0, z: 5 },
@@ -60,7 +60,6 @@ export const initialMapStateFixture: MapState = {
   loading: 'idle',
   error: DEFAULT_ERROR,
   openedMaps: openedMapsInitialValueFixture,
-  backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
 };
 
 export const mapStateWithCurrentlySelectedMainMapFixture: MapState = {
@@ -78,5 +77,4 @@ export const mapStateWithCurrentlySelectedMainMapFixture: MapState = {
   loading: 'idle',
   error: DEFAULT_ERROR,
   openedMaps: openedMapsInitialValueFixture,
-  backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
 };
diff --git a/src/redux/map/map.reducers.ts b/src/redux/map/map.reducers.ts
index 5ae6707d283f8a037a537100d8f99d6dd1e23d62..553ad6174bafe72ad673348b7096bbc2a265a0ab 100644
--- a/src/redux/map/map.reducers.ts
+++ b/src/redux/map/map.reducers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { DEFAULT_ZOOM } from '@/constants/map';
 import { PluginsEventBus } from '@/services/pluginsManager/pluginsEventBus';
-import { ActionReducerMapBuilder, PayloadAction } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
+import { ActionReducerMapBuilder } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
 import { getPointMerged } from '@/utils/object/getPointMerged';
 import {
   initMapBackground,
@@ -221,11 +221,3 @@ export const initOpenedMapsReducer = (builder: ActionReducerMapBuilder<MapState>
     state.openedMaps = action.payload;
   });
 };
-
-export const setMapBackgroundTypeReducer = (
-  state: MapState,
-  action: PayloadAction<number>,
-): void => {
-  const { payload } = action;
-  state.backgroundType = payload;
-};
diff --git a/src/redux/map/map.selectors.ts b/src/redux/map/map.selectors.ts
index 8cb88035a07364e800f227f5361345112ab98e88..92737498e2fbe7f002dfd4b001c319961ca10f28 100644
--- a/src/redux/map/map.selectors.ts
+++ b/src/redux/map/map.selectors.ts
@@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ export const mapDataLastZoomValue = createSelector(
 
 export const mapDataMaxZoomValue = createSelector(mapDataSizeSelector, model => model.maxZoom);
 
-export const mapBackgroundTypeSelector = createSelector(mapSelector, map => map.backgroundType);
+export const mapBackgroundSelector = createSelector(mapSelector, map => map.data.backgroundId);
diff --git a/src/redux/map/map.slice.ts b/src/redux/map/map.slice.ts
index dbfd8bbe316b76183fd1f37884cf2dec618e1b2b..3106a118eaa14cdcc373ea0366b74c53e121dffb 100644
--- a/src/redux/map/map.slice.ts
+++ b/src/redux/map/map.slice.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {
   setActiveMapReducer,
   setLastPositionZoomReducer,
   setMapBackgroundReducer,
-  setMapBackgroundTypeReducer,
   setMapDataReducer,
   setMapPositionReducer,
   updateLastClickReducer,
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ const mapSlice = createSlice({
     setLastPositionZoom: setLastPositionZoomReducer,
     updateLastClick: updateLastClickReducer,
     updateLastRightClick: updateLastRightClickReducer,
-    setMapBackgroundType: setMapBackgroundTypeReducer,
   },
   extraReducers: builder => {
     initMapPositionReducers(builder);
@@ -59,7 +57,6 @@ export const {
   setLastPositionZoom,
   updateLastClick,
   updateLastRightClick,
-  setMapBackgroundType,
 } = mapSlice.actions;
 
 export default mapSlice.reducer;
diff --git a/src/redux/map/map.thunks.test.ts b/src/redux/map/map.thunks.test.ts
index b44d0fd824b9540377b335ebefaded9cd727a8b7..81feb7da60b6c941b7d64469fc06c34c743d634c 100644
--- a/src/redux/map/map.thunks.test.ts
+++ b/src/redux/map/map.thunks.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { Project } from '@/types/models';
 import { PROJECT_STATE_INITIAL_MOCK } from '@/redux/project/project.mock';
 import { ProjectState } from '@/redux/project/project.types';
 import { MAIN_MAP_ID } from '@/constants/mocks';
-import { BACKGROUNDS_MOCK, BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK } from '../backgrounds/background.mock';
+import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { MODELS_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK } from '../models/models.mock';
 import { INITIAL_STORE_STATE_MOCK } from '../root/root.fixtures';
 import { RootState } from '../store';
@@ -68,33 +68,27 @@ const STATE_WITH_MODELS: RootState = {
 
 describe('map thunks - utils', () => {
   describe('getBackgroundId', () => {
-    it('should return backgroundId value from queryData', () => {
-      const backgroundId = getBackgroundId(INITIAL_STORE_STATE_MOCK, QUERY_DATA_WITH_BG);
-      expect(backgroundId).toBe(21);
-    });
-    it('should return main map background id if query param does not include background id', () => {
+    it('should return main map background id (2 - semantic) if query param does not include background id', () => {
       const store: RootState = {
         ...INITIAL_STORE_STATE_MOCK,
-        backgrounds: { ...BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, data: BACKGROUNDS_MOCK },
       };
       const backgroundId = getBackgroundId(store, EMPTY_QUERY_DATA);
 
-      expect(backgroundId).toBe(13);
+      expect(backgroundId).toBe(MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC);
     });
-    it('should return default value (0) if query data does not include backgroundId and could not find main background in the store', () => {
+    it('should return default value (2 - semantic) if query data does not include backgroundId and could not find main background in the store', () => {
       const backgroundId = getBackgroundId(INITIAL_STORE_STATE_MOCK, EMPTY_QUERY_DATA);
 
-      expect(backgroundId).toBe(0);
+      expect(backgroundId).toBe(MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC);
     });
 
-    it('should return main map background id if query param background id is invalid', () => {
+    it('should return semantic map background id if query param background id is invalid', () => {
       const store: RootState = {
         ...INITIAL_STORE_STATE_MOCK,
-        backgrounds: { ...BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, data: BACKGROUNDS_MOCK },
       };
       const backgroundId = getBackgroundId(store, QUERY_DATA_WITH_BG);
 
-      expect(backgroundId).toBe(13);
+      expect(backgroundId).toBe(MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC);
     });
   });
 
diff --git a/src/redux/map/map.thunks.ts b/src/redux/map/map.thunks.ts
index 363b1d9c02c8479a01abf2a8f91078125c52b621..bb1a81d314e93c7fa4b10301825242fa0b6800a5 100644
--- a/src/redux/map/map.thunks.ts
+++ b/src/redux/map/map.thunks.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { getPointMerged } from '@/utils/object/getPointMerged';
 import { PluginsEventBus } from '@/services/pluginsManager/pluginsEventBus';
 import { ThunkConfig } from '@/types/store';
 import { getError } from '@/utils/error-report/getError';
+import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import type { AppDispatch, RootState } from '../store';
 import {
   InitMapBackgroundActionPayload,
@@ -21,10 +22,6 @@ import {
   OppenedMap,
   Position,
 } from './map.types';
-import {
-  backgroundsDataSelector,
-  mainBackgroundsDataSelector,
-} from '../backgrounds/background.selectors';
 import {
   currentModelSelector,
   mainMapModelSelector,
@@ -43,21 +40,13 @@ import {
 /** UTILS - in the same file because of dependency cycle */
 
 export const getBackgroundId = (state: RootState, queryData: QueryData): number => {
-  const mainMapBackground = mainBackgroundsDataSelector(state);
-  const backgrounds = backgroundsDataSelector(state);
-  let backgroundId = queryData?.backgroundId || mainMapBackground?.id || ZERO;
+  let backgroundId = queryData?.backgroundId;
 
-  if (backgrounds.length > 0) {
-    if (
-      backgrounds.filter(background => {
-        return background.id === backgroundId;
-      }).length === 0
-    ) {
-      backgroundId = backgrounds[ZERO].id;
-    }
+  if (!backgroundId || !Object.values(MapBackgroundsEnum).includes(backgroundId)) {
+    backgroundId = MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC;
   }
 
-  if (backgroundId !== mainMapBackground?.id) {
+  if (backgroundId !== MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC) {
     PluginsEventBus.dispatchEvent('onBackgroundOverlayChange', backgroundId);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/redux/map/map.types.ts b/src/redux/map/map.types.ts
index dc838aaa4ff842eaed325314c6149c6ab7f5836d..72b600dcf1a42cc08ea329d65d82144db088abaa 100644
--- a/src/redux/map/map.types.ts
+++ b/src/redux/map/map.types.ts
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ export type MapData = {
   };
 };
 
-export type MapState = FetchDataState<MapData, MapData> & { openedMaps: OppenedMap[] } & {
-  backgroundType: number;
-};
+export type MapState = FetchDataState<MapData, MapData> & { openedMaps: OppenedMap[] };
 
 export type SetMapDataActionPayload =
   | (Omit<Partial<MapData>, 'position' | 'projectId'> & {
diff --git a/src/redux/map/middleware/checkIfIsMapUpdateActionValid.test.ts b/src/redux/map/middleware/checkIfIsMapUpdateActionValid.test.ts
index 1509a08944985fd50828be7932f272ba5b4864dd..5580c0242b1e669dddc051a2f0f181a0e0ebe8c4 100644
--- a/src/redux/map/middleware/checkIfIsMapUpdateActionValid.test.ts
+++ b/src/redux/map/middleware/checkIfIsMapUpdateActionValid.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { RootState } from '@/redux/store';
 import { Loading } from '@/types/loadingState';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import {
   MAP_DATA_INITIAL_STATE,
   MIDDLEWARE_ALLOWED_ACTIONS,
@@ -18,7 +17,6 @@ const state: Pick<RootState, 'map'> = {
     loading: 'idle' as Loading,
     error: { name: '', message: '' },
     openedMaps: OPENED_MAPS_INITIAL_STATE,
-    backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
   },
 };
 
diff --git a/src/redux/map/middleware/map.middleware.test.ts b/src/redux/map/middleware/map.middleware.test.ts
index cb928afd24b3272fe030444861946c6c5ceaf95a..b783347eadc765d134bc0692faee79c878cf4d2b 100644
--- a/src/redux/map/middleware/map.middleware.test.ts
+++ b/src/redux/map/middleware/map.middleware.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { modelsFixture } from '@/models/fixtures/modelsFixture';
 import { Loading } from '@/types/loadingState';
 import { getReduxWrapperWithStore } from '@/utils/testing/getReduxWrapperWithStore';
 import { Action } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import {
   MAP_DATA_INITIAL_STATE,
   MIDDLEWARE_ALLOWED_ACTIONS,
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ const { store } = getReduxWrapperWithStore({
       modelId: modelsFixture[0].id,
     },
     openedMaps: OPENED_MAPS_INITIAL_STATE,
-    backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
   },
   models: {
     ...defaultSliceState,
diff --git a/src/redux/map/middleware/map.middleware.ts b/src/redux/map/middleware/map.middleware.ts
index bacbb729dd6ff290e3861487912d61f071d9ea32..d4eef340ecc8db9e115197de10794ff2ecc21462 100644
--- a/src/redux/map/middleware/map.middleware.ts
+++ b/src/redux/map/middleware/map.middleware.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-import { currentBackgroundSelector } from '@/redux/backgrounds/background.selectors';
 import type { AppListenerEffectAPI, AppStartListening } from '@/redux/store';
 import { getUpdatedMapData } from '@/utils/map/getUpdatedMapData';
 import { Action, createListenerMiddleware, isAnyOf } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
-import { mapOpenedMapPositionByIdSelector } from '../map.selectors';
+import { mapBackgroundSelector, mapOpenedMapPositionByIdSelector } from '../map.selectors';
 import {
   closeMapAndSetMainMapActive,
   openMapAndOrSetActiveIfSelected,
@@ -31,7 +30,7 @@ export const mapDataMiddlewareListener = async (
     return;
   }
 
-  const background = currentBackgroundSelector(state);
+  const background = mapBackgroundSelector(state);
   const modelId = updatedModel.id;
   const lastPosition = mapOpenedMapPositionByIdSelector(state, modelId);
   const updatedMapData = getUpdatedMapData({
diff --git a/src/redux/overlayBioEntity/overlayBioEntity.thunk.ts b/src/redux/overlayBioEntity/overlayBioEntity.thunk.ts
index f726bd8fff76200318f7e4f0b40c64bfb985eb3e..c0d3daed0ab35768017fe8024ac11ffae7963d2b 100644
--- a/src/redux/overlayBioEntity/overlayBioEntity.thunk.ts
+++ b/src/redux/overlayBioEntity/overlayBioEntity.thunk.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ import {
 import { apiPath } from '../apiPath';
 import { modelsIdsSelector } from '../models/models.selectors';
 import type { RootState } from '../store';
-import { setMapBackground } from '../map/map.slice';
-import { emptyBackgroundIdSelector } from '../backgrounds/background.selectors';
 import { overlaySelector, userOverlaySelector } from '../overlays/overlays.selectors';
 import {
   INIT_OVERLAYS_ERROR_PREFIX,
@@ -89,11 +87,6 @@ export const getInitOverlays = createAsyncThunk<
   try {
     const state = getState();
 
-    const emptyBackgroundId = emptyBackgroundIdSelector(state);
-    if (emptyBackgroundId) {
-      dispatch(setMapBackground(emptyBackgroundId));
-    }
-
     overlaysId.forEach(id => {
       const userOverlay = userOverlaySelector(state, id);
       const overlay = overlaySelector(state, id);
diff --git a/src/redux/root/init.selectors.ts b/src/redux/root/init.selectors.ts
index 67cdfa08df4a16ab64f183a41c1c741ccc62bb74..5ddcf77a923747da79dcb8030a4ade31828680ec 100644
--- a/src/redux/root/init.selectors.ts
+++ b/src/redux/root/init.selectors.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { createSelector } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
-import { backgroundsSelector } from '../backgrounds/background.selectors';
 import { mapSelector } from '../map/map.selectors';
 import { modelsSelector } from '../models/models.selectors';
 import { overlaysSelector } from '../overlays/overlays.selectors';
@@ -7,7 +6,6 @@ import { projectSelector } from '../project/project.selectors';
 
 export const initDataLoadingInitialized = createSelector(
   projectSelector,
-  backgroundsSelector,
   modelsSelector,
   overlaysSelector,
   (...selectors) => selectors.every(selector => selector.loading !== 'idle'),
@@ -15,7 +13,6 @@ export const initDataLoadingInitialized = createSelector(
 
 export const initDataLoadingFinishedSelector = createSelector(
   projectSelector,
-  backgroundsSelector,
   modelsSelector,
   overlaysSelector,
   (...selectors) => selectors.every(selector => selector.loading === 'succeeded'),
@@ -23,7 +20,6 @@ export const initDataLoadingFinishedSelector = createSelector(
 
 export const initDataAndMapLoadingFinished = createSelector(
   projectSelector,
-  backgroundsSelector,
   modelsSelector,
   overlaysSelector,
   mapSelector,
diff --git a/src/redux/root/init.thunks.ts b/src/redux/root/init.thunks.ts
index ba7f305972bdad744aa4ce396ae86f9a9f9b2cb6..562789dc95102028e759397bbebaf13825dd78b0 100644
--- a/src/redux/root/init.thunks.ts
+++ b/src/redux/root/init.thunks.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import {
 } from '@/components/FunctionalArea/CookieBanner/CookieBanner.constants';
 import { injectMatomoTracking } from '@/utils/injectMatomoTracking';
 import { getGlyphs } from '@/redux/glyphs/glyphs.thunks';
-import { getAllBackgroundsByProjectId } from '../backgrounds/backgrounds.thunks';
 import { getConfiguration, getConfigurationOptions } from '../configuration/configuration.thunks';
 import {
   initMapBackground,
@@ -64,7 +63,6 @@ export const fetchInitialAppData = createAsyncThunk<
     dispatch(getConfiguration()),
     dispatch(getConfigurationOptions()),
     dispatch(getProjectById(PROJECT_ID)),
-    dispatch(getAllBackgroundsByProjectId(PROJECT_ID)),
     dispatch(getAllPublicOverlaysByProjectId(PROJECT_ID)),
     dispatch(getModels()),
     dispatch(getShapes()),
diff --git a/src/redux/root/root.fixtures.ts b/src/redux/root/root.fixtures.ts
index c90d96c3c158bb301cd7533634e652c0e47fec7a..f6d6110c91c93ae6dbc73c2109ac52d30180f3c1 100644
--- a/src/redux/root/root.fixtures.ts
+++ b/src/redux/root/root.fixtures.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import { LAYERS_STATE_INITIAL_MOCK } from '@/redux/layers/layers.mock';
 import { NEW_REACTIONS_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK } from '@/redux/newReactions/newReactions.mock';
 import { GLYPHS_STATE_INITIAL_MOCK } from '@/redux/glyphs/glyphs.mock';
 import { MAP_EDIT_TOOLS_STATE_INITIAL_MOCK } from '@/redux/mapEditTools/mapEditTools.mock';
-import { BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK } from '../backgrounds/background.mock';
 import { BIOENTITY_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK } from '../bioEntity/bioEntity.mock';
 import { CHEMICALS_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK } from '../chemicals/chemicals.mock';
 import { COMPARTMENT_PATHWAYS_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK } from '../compartmentPathways/compartmentPathways.mock';
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ export const INITIAL_STORE_STATE_MOCK: RootState = {
   modelElements: MODEL_ELEMENTS_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
   layers: LAYERS_STATE_INITIAL_MOCK,
   bioEntity: BIOENTITY_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
-  backgrounds: BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
   drawer: drawerInitialStateMock,
   map: initialMapStateFixture,
   oauth: OAUTH_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
diff --git a/src/redux/store.ts b/src/redux/store.ts
index 0e3a85b9cf87d116826427e61d973595c2c9fe79..a98370bc8f1c4f26e642fa1b2283c67fa696f381 100644
--- a/src/redux/store.ts
+++ b/src/redux/store.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import backgroundsReducer from '@/redux/backgrounds/backgrounds.slice';
 import bioEntityReducer from '@/redux/bioEntity/bioEntity.slice';
 import chemicalsReducer from '@/redux/chemicals/chemicals.slice';
 import configurationReducer from '@/redux/configuration/configuration.slice';
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ export const reducers = {
   drawer: drawerReducer,
   modal: modalReducer,
   map: mapReducer,
-  backgrounds: backgroundsReducer,
   overlays: overlaysReducer,
   models: modelsReducer,
   shapes: shapesReducer,
diff --git a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/data/getBounds.test.ts b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/data/getBounds.test.ts
index b824df10325ec77f2569016ec8c813aa32af680a..99f587dab60eacdc703580964f06e5333f4f559c 100644
--- a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/data/getBounds.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/data/getBounds.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import { MAP_DATA_INITIAL_STATE } from '@/redux/map/map.constants';
 import { store } from '@/redux/store';
 import { Map } from 'ol';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { MapManager } from '../mapManager';
 import { getBounds } from './getBounds';
 
@@ -46,7 +45,6 @@ describe('getBounds', () => {
               message: '',
             },
             openedMaps: [],
-            backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
           },
           // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
         }) as any,
diff --git a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/fitBounds/fitBounds.test.ts b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/fitBounds/fitBounds.test.ts
index de852078e266a7a2342e03011f94dcd0ce6fcd69..1fd5ec32d5a0c87f3327da2042ec443c7f8d7579 100644
--- a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/fitBounds/fitBounds.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/fitBounds/fitBounds.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 import { MAP_DATA_INITIAL_STATE } from '@/redux/map/map.constants';
 import { Map } from 'ol';
 import { store } from '@/redux/store';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { fitBounds } from './fitBounds';
 import { MapManager } from '../mapManager';
 
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ describe('fitBounds', () => {
                 message: '',
               },
               openedMaps: [],
-              backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
             },
             // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
           }) as any,
@@ -103,7 +101,6 @@ describe('fitBounds', () => {
                 message: '',
               },
               openedMaps: [],
-              backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
             },
             // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
           }) as any,
diff --git a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/openMap.test.ts b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/openMap.test.ts
index 69aca9db5a1a8b97945bbd19f911512c38da782b..ddebdab0eb97cab097541199da442415b0458c0f 100644
--- a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/openMap.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/openMap.test.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { openMapAndSetActive, setActiveMap } from '@/redux/map/map.slice';
 import { RootState, store } from '@/redux/store';
 import { initialMapDataFixture, openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture } from '@/redux/map/map.fixtures';
 import { MODELS_MOCK, MODELS_MOCK_SHORT } from '@/models/mocks/modelsMock';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { HISTAMINE_MAP_ID, MAIN_MAP_ID } from '@/constants/mocks';
 import { PluginsEventBus } from '../pluginsEventBus';
 import { openMap } from './openMap';
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@ describe('openMap', () => {
             loading: 'succeeded',
             error: { message: '', name: '' },
             openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-            backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
           },
           models: {
             data: MODELS_MOCK_SHORT,
@@ -53,7 +51,6 @@ describe('openMap', () => {
             loading: 'succeeded',
             error: { message: '', name: '' },
             openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-            backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
           },
           models: {
             data: MODELS_MOCK,
@@ -81,7 +78,6 @@ describe('openMap', () => {
             loading: 'succeeded',
             error: { message: '', name: '' },
             openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-            backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
           },
           models: {
             data: MODELS_MOCK,
diff --git a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/overlays/showDataOverlay/setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable.test.ts b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/overlays/showDataOverlay/setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 15b32c94cf7c96ce2acb9972717a7e3d412ee20b..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/overlays/showDataOverlay/setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,52 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  BACKGROUNDS_MOCK,
-  BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
-} from '@/redux/backgrounds/background.mock';
-import { initialMapStateFixture } from '@/redux/map/map.fixtures';
-import { RootState, store } from '@/redux/store';
-import { setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable } from './setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable';
-
-const DEFAULT_BACKGROUND_ID = 0;
-const EMPTY_BACKGROUND_ID = 15;
-
-describe('setEmptyBackground', () => {
-  beforeEach(() => {
-    jest.clearAllMocks();
-  });
-  const getStateSpy = jest.spyOn(store, 'getState');
-  const dispatchSpy = jest.spyOn(store, 'dispatch');
-  it('should not set background to empty if its not available', () => {
-    getStateSpy.mockImplementation(
-      () =>
-        ({
-          map: initialMapStateFixture,
-          backgrounds: BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
-        }) as RootState,
-    );
-
-    expect(store.getState().map.data.backgroundId).toBe(DEFAULT_BACKGROUND_ID);
-
-    setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable();
-
-    expect(dispatchSpy).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
-
-  it('should set background to empty if its available', () => {
-    getStateSpy.mockImplementation(
-      () =>
-        ({
-          map: initialMapStateFixture,
-          backgrounds: { ...BACKGROUND_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK, data: BACKGROUNDS_MOCK },
-        }) as RootState,
-    );
-
-    expect(store.getState().map.data.backgroundId).toBe(DEFAULT_BACKGROUND_ID);
-
-    setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable();
-
-    expect(dispatchSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
-      payload: EMPTY_BACKGROUND_ID,
-      type: 'map/setMapBackground',
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/overlays/showDataOverlay/setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable.ts b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/overlays/showDataOverlay/setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 59c6c06103cdaff3be28cfaaa149e1337f8e39f1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/overlays/showDataOverlay/setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import { emptyBackgroundIdSelector } from '@/redux/backgrounds/background.selectors';
-import { setMapBackground } from '@/redux/map/map.slice';
-import { store } from '@/redux/store';
-
-export const setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable = (): void => {
-  const { dispatch, getState } = store;
-  const emptyBackgroundId = emptyBackgroundIdSelector(getState());
-
-  if (emptyBackgroundId) {
-    dispatch(setMapBackground(emptyBackgroundId));
-  }
-};
diff --git a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/overlays/showDataOverlay/showDataOverlay.test.ts b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/overlays/showDataOverlay/showDataOverlay.test.ts
index da92e7f915ce3c20495cc1ef696fb7b3787cc114..7709f9ec650974834f2503749d90de29d131c67e 100644
--- a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/overlays/showDataOverlay/showDataOverlay.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/overlays/showDataOverlay/showDataOverlay.test.ts
@@ -11,11 +11,9 @@ import {
 import { getOverlayBioEntityForAllModels } from '@/redux/overlayBioEntity/overlayBioEntity.thunk';
 import { PluginsEventBus } from '@/services/pluginsManager/pluginsEventBus';
 import { showDataOverlay } from './showDataOverlay';
-import { setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable } from './setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable';
 
 jest.mock('../../../../../redux/overlayBioEntity/overlayBioEntity.thunk');
 jest.mock('../../../../../redux/store');
-jest.mock('./setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable');
 
 const OVERLAY_ID = overlaysPageFixture.content[0].idObject;
 
@@ -110,45 +108,4 @@ describe('showDataOverlay function', () => {
       overlaysPageFixture.content[0],
     );
   });
-
-  it('should not set empty background when it show overlay', () => {
-    getStateSpy.mockImplementation(
-      () =>
-        ({
-          overlays: {
-            ...OVERLAYS_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
-            userOverlays: {
-              data: overlaysPageFixture.content,
-              loading: 'idle',
-              error: DEFAULT_ERROR,
-            },
-          },
-          overlayBioEntity: { ...OVERLAY_BIO_ENTITY_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK },
-        }) as RootState,
-    );
-
-    showDataOverlay(OVERLAY_ID);
-
-    expect(setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
-  it('should set empty background when it show overlay if setBackgroundEmpty is true', () => {
-    getStateSpy.mockImplementation(
-      () =>
-        ({
-          overlays: {
-            ...OVERLAYS_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK,
-            userOverlays: {
-              data: overlaysPageFixture.content,
-              loading: 'idle',
-              error: DEFAULT_ERROR,
-            },
-          },
-          overlayBioEntity: { ...OVERLAY_BIO_ENTITY_INITIAL_STATE_MOCK },
-        }) as RootState,
-    );
-
-    showDataOverlay(OVERLAY_ID, true);
-
-    expect(setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable).toHaveBeenCalled();
-  });
 });
diff --git a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/overlays/showDataOverlay/showDataOverlay.ts b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/overlays/showDataOverlay/showDataOverlay.ts
index 8304beed8c8ddf35a0ec97f6f9d4ce90cb76efce..34359036d54d2b13ba498518592773baae5cb709 100644
--- a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/overlays/showDataOverlay/showDataOverlay.ts
+++ b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/overlays/showDataOverlay/showDataOverlay.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ import {
   ERROR_OVERLAY_ID_ALREADY_ACTIVE,
   ERROR_OVERLAY_ID_NOT_FOUND,
 } from '@/services/pluginsManager/errorMessages';
-import { setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable } from './setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable';
+import { setMapBackground } from '@/redux/map/map.slice';
+import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 
 export const showDataOverlay = (overlayId: number, setBackgroundEmpty?: boolean): void => {
   const { dispatch, getState } = store;
@@ -25,7 +26,7 @@ export const showDataOverlay = (overlayId: number, setBackgroundEmpty?: boolean)
   }
 
   if (setBackgroundEmpty) {
-    setBackgroundtoEmptyIfAvailable();
+    dispatch(setMapBackground(MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC));
   }
 
   dispatch(getOverlayBioEntityForAllModels({ overlayId }));
diff --git a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/position/getCenter.test.ts b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/position/getCenter.test.ts
index fe23d527e9cd9e816912430d615bf272c6c5333c..f9d9dd545bda215f262f039e2d9c5f2ae7349ab5 100644
--- a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/position/getCenter.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/position/getCenter.test.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { initialMapDataFixture, openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture } from '@/redux/map/map.fixtures';
 import { RootState, store } from '@/redux/store';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { getCenter } from './getCenter';
 
 jest.mock('../../../../redux/store');
@@ -26,7 +25,6 @@ describe('getCenter - plugin method', () => {
           loading: 'succeeded',
           error: { message: '', name: '' },
           openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-          backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
         },
       }) as RootState,
   );
diff --git a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/triggerSearch/triggerSearch.test.ts b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/triggerSearch/triggerSearch.test.ts
index 293f9476661069b2c9edaa882a2cdb445b8e0f86..abb470aa4b1fc5e1738a4b2962b0b36b2c168431 100644
--- a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/triggerSearch/triggerSearch.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/triggerSearch/triggerSearch.test.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { RootState, store } from '@/redux/store';
 import { mockNetworkNewAPIResponse, mockNetworkResponse } from '@/utils/mockNetworkResponse';
 import { waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { HttpStatusCode } from 'axios';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { triggerSearch } from './triggerSearch';
 import { ERROR_INVALID_MODEL_ID_TYPE } from '../../errorMessages';
 
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ const MOCK_STATE = {
     loading: 'succeeded',
     error: { message: '', name: '' },
     openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-    backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
   },
   configuration: CONFIGURATION_INITIAL_STORE_MOCKS,
 };
diff --git a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/zoom/getZoom.test.ts b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/zoom/getZoom.test.ts
index 669d8773b813f557294555dec1f34ea6a81c2cff..b7808d53163d34fa802f14c8e090119590c3c11f 100644
--- a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/zoom/getZoom.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/zoom/getZoom.test.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-magic-numbers */
 import { initialMapDataFixture, openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture } from '@/redux/map/map.fixtures';
 import { RootState, store } from '@/redux/store';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { getZoom } from './getZoom';
 
 jest.mock('../../../../redux/store');
@@ -29,7 +28,6 @@ describe('getZoom - plugin method', () => {
               loading: 'succeeded',
               error: { message: '', name: '' },
               openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-              backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
             },
           }) as RootState,
       );
@@ -59,7 +57,6 @@ describe('getZoom - plugin method', () => {
               loading: 'succeeded',
               error: { message: '', name: '' },
               openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-              backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
             },
           }) as RootState,
       );
diff --git a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/zoom/setZoom.test.ts b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/zoom/setZoom.test.ts
index 2d5f8a3d2de05d808f0c92bbc033d62f25d22c32..55502f302a70e74e6e7b7983e1bc12601e1071d9 100644
--- a/src/services/pluginsManager/map/zoom/setZoom.test.ts
+++ b/src/services/pluginsManager/map/zoom/setZoom.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { initialMapDataFixture, openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture } from '@/redux/ma
 import { setLastPositionZoom } from '@/redux/map/map.slice';
 import { RootState, store } from '@/redux/store';
 import { ZodError } from 'zod';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { setZoom } from './setZoom';
 
 jest.mock('../../../../redux/store');
@@ -37,7 +36,6 @@ describe('setZoom - plugin method', () => {
             loading: 'succeeded',
             error: { message: '', name: '' },
             openedMaps: openedMapsThreeSubmapsFixture,
-            backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
           },
         }) as RootState,
     );
diff --git a/src/types/mapLayers.ts b/src/types/mapLayers.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d5b7bb6aaff107991b1aec21a9fd956ec00d3ed1..0000000000000000000000000000000000000000
--- a/src/types/mapLayers.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-/* excluded from map.ts due to depenceny cycle */
-
-import { useOlMapOverlaysLayer } from '@/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/overlaysLayer/useOlMapOverlaysLayer';
-import { useOlMapPinsLayer } from '@/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/pinsLayer/useOlMapPinsLayer';
-import { useOlMapReactionsLayer } from '@/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/reactionsLayer/useOlMapReactionsLayer';
-import { useOlMapTileLayer } from '@/components/Map/MapViewer/utils/config/useOlMapTileLayer';
-
-export type MapLayers =
-  | {
-      tileLayer: ReturnType<typeof useOlMapTileLayer>;
-      reactionsLayer: ReturnType<typeof useOlMapReactionsLayer>;
-      pinsLayer: ReturnType<typeof useOlMapPinsLayer>;
-      overlaysLayer: ReturnType<typeof useOlMapOverlaysLayer>;
-    }
-  | undefined;
diff --git a/src/types/models.ts b/src/types/models.ts
index c70bb0b7c2b737c78090520f96d4faf39845f1f8..168c7fde106887fcb19aae57f79bebf0538b7240 100644
--- a/src/types/models.ts
+++ b/src/types/models.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ import { exportElementsSchema, exportNetworkchema } from '@/models/exportSchema'
 import { geneVariant } from '@/models/geneVariant';
 import { lineSchema } from '@/models/lineSchema';
 import { loginSchema } from '@/models/loginSchema';
-import { mapBackground } from '@/models/mapBackground';
 import {
   createdOverlayFileSchema,
   createdOverlaySchema,
@@ -116,7 +115,6 @@ export type ShapeRelAbs = z.infer<typeof shapeRelAbsSchema>;
 export type ShapeRelAbsBezierPoint = z.infer<typeof shapeRelAbsBezierPointSchema>;
 export type Modification = z.infer<typeof modelElementModificationSchema>;
 export type MapOverlay = z.infer<typeof mapOverlay>;
-export type MapBackground = z.infer<typeof mapBackground>;
 export type Organism = z.infer<typeof organism>;
 export type Disease = z.infer<typeof disease>;
 export type Drug = z.infer<typeof drugSchema>;
diff --git a/src/utils/initialize/useInitializeStore.test.ts b/src/utils/initialize/useInitializeStore.test.ts
index 34a1e072e0a64d13b8d47bf18892fbb5fbe4de35..92b5d635da758cbad836baf5286f82531db09836 100644
--- a/src/utils/initialize/useInitializeStore.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/initialize/useInitializeStore.test.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,18 @@
 import { PROJECT_ID } from '@/constants';
-import { backgroundsFixture } from '@/models/fixtures/backgroundsFixture';
 import { modelsFixture, modelsPageFixture } from '@/models/fixtures/modelsFixture';
 import { overlaysPageFixture } from '@/models/fixtures/overlaysFixture';
 import { projectFixture } from '@/models/fixtures/projectFixture';
 import { apiPath } from '@/redux/apiPath';
-import { backgroundsDataSelector } from '@/redux/backgrounds/background.selectors';
 import { modelsDataSelector } from '@/redux/models/models.selectors';
 import { overlaysDataSelector } from '@/redux/overlays/overlays.selectors';
 import { projectDataSelector } from '@/redux/project/project.selectors';
 import { initDataLoadingInitialized } from '@/redux/root/init.selectors';
-import { mockNetworkNewAPIResponse, mockNetworkResponse } from '@/utils/mockNetworkResponse';
+import { mockNetworkNewAPIResponse } from '@/utils/mockNetworkResponse';
 import { getReduxWrapperWithStore } from '@/utils/testing/getReduxWrapperWithStore';
 import { renderHook, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { HttpStatusCode } from 'axios';
 import * as hook from './useInitializeStore';
 
-const mockedAxiosClient = mockNetworkResponse();
 const mockedAxiosNewClient = mockNetworkNewAPIResponse();
 
 describe('useInitializeStore - hook', () => {
@@ -30,9 +27,6 @@ describe('useInitializeStore - hook', () => {
       mockedAxiosNewClient
         .onGet(apiPath.getProjectById(PROJECT_ID))
         .reply(HttpStatusCode.Ok, projectFixture);
-      mockedAxiosClient
-        .onGet(apiPath.getAllBackgroundsByProjectIdQuery(PROJECT_ID))
-        .reply(HttpStatusCode.Ok, backgroundsFixture);
     });
 
     it('should fetch project data in store', async () => {
@@ -45,16 +39,6 @@ describe('useInitializeStore - hook', () => {
       });
     });
 
-    it('should fetch backgrounds data in store', async () => {
-      const { Wrapper, store } = getReduxWrapperWithStore();
-      renderHook(() => hook.useInitializeStore(), { wrapper: Wrapper });
-
-      await waitFor(() => {
-        const data = backgroundsDataSelector(store.getState());
-        expect(data).toEqual(backgroundsFixture);
-      });
-    });
-
     it('should fetch overlays data in store', async () => {
       const { Wrapper, store } = getReduxWrapperWithStore();
       renderHook(() => hook.useInitializeStore(), { wrapper: Wrapper });
diff --git a/src/utils/initialize/useInitializeStore.ts b/src/utils/initialize/useInitializeStore.ts
index c648112775ac249fb74cc4ab3b439f803430297f..3c6ed38940f5055989c97e2c30b87fa263844c05 100644
--- a/src/utils/initialize/useInitializeStore.ts
+++ b/src/utils/initialize/useInitializeStore.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import { useAppSelector } from '@/redux/hooks/useAppSelector';
 import { parseQueryToTypes } from '../parseQueryToTypes';
 
 /**
- * 1. Initialise all required data before app starts: Project info, available Backgrounds, available Overlays, available Models (maps,submaps)
+ * 1. Initialise all required data before app starts: Project info, available Overlays, available Models (maps,submaps)
  * 2. Based on that set required map data to correctly display view. If query params are available -> use them to set map data
  */
 
@@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ export const useInitializeStore = (): void => {
     if (isInitialized || !isQueryReady) {
       return;
     }
-
     dispatch(fetchInitialAppData({ queryData: parseQueryToTypes(query) }));
   }, [dispatch, isInitialized, query, isQueryReady, isInitDataLoadingFinished]);
 };
diff --git a/src/utils/map/getUpdatedMapData.ts b/src/utils/map/getUpdatedMapData.ts
index 1e4fc498ac190f2d3161910b4dd25f36c2112dcf..1d5632f8e43fc31117f9a5f7b7a18f29fa60f6a6 100644
--- a/src/utils/map/getUpdatedMapData.ts
+++ b/src/utils/map/getUpdatedMapData.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 import { DEFAULT_ZOOM } from '@/constants/map';
 import { MAP_DATA_INITIAL_STATE } from '@/redux/map/map.constants';
 import { GetUpdatedMapDataResult, MapData } from '@/redux/map/map.types';
-import { MapBackground, MapModel } from '@/types/models';
+import { MapModel } from '@/types/models';
 import { DeepPartial } from '@reduxjs/toolkit';
+import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { getPointMerged } from '../object/getPointMerged';
 
 interface GetUpdatedMapDataArgs {
   model: MapModel;
   position?: DeepPartial<MapData['position']>;
-  background?: MapBackground;
+  background?: MapBackgroundsEnum;
 }
 
 const HALF = 2;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ export const getUpdatedMapData = ({
 
   return {
     modelId: model.id,
-    backgroundId: background?.id || MAP_DATA_INITIAL_STATE.backgroundId,
+    backgroundId: background || MAP_DATA_INITIAL_STATE.backgroundId,
     size: {
       width: model.width,
       height: model.height,
diff --git a/src/utils/map/useSetBounds.test.ts b/src/utils/map/useSetBounds.test.ts
index fde34efdc5a1e3aade15b00395bc380a5a050843..71ee12602b0c344b7276446cb952b1dbb1d687d9 100644
--- a/src/utils/map/useSetBounds.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/map/useSetBounds.test.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { MAP_DATA_INITIAL_STATE } from '@/redux/map/map.constants';
 import { renderHook } from '@testing-library/react';
 import { Map } from 'ol';
 import { Coordinate } from 'ol/coordinate';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { getReduxWrapperWithStore } from '../testing/getReduxWrapperWithStore';
 import { useSetBounds } from './useSetBounds';
 
@@ -35,7 +34,6 @@ describe('useSetBounds - hook', () => {
               message: '',
             },
             openedMaps: [],
-            backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
           },
         },
         {
@@ -81,7 +79,6 @@ describe('useSetBounds - hook', () => {
               message: '',
             },
             openedMaps: [],
-            backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
           },
         },
         {
diff --git a/src/utils/query-manager/useReduxBusQueryManager.test.ts b/src/utils/query-manager/useReduxBusQueryManager.test.ts
index e71069d63bac0604541af3b4a56007ab400af912..9283e65bb0f280e25038efd5dd8b83cd07de31c4 100644
--- a/src/utils/query-manager/useReduxBusQueryManager.test.ts
+++ b/src/utils/query-manager/useReduxBusQueryManager.test.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ import { MAP_DATA_INITIAL_STATE, OPENED_MAPS_INITIAL_STATE } from '@/redux/map/m
 import { Loading } from '@/types/loadingState';
 import { renderHook, waitFor } from '@testing-library/react';
 import mockRouter from 'next-router-mock';
-import MapBackgroundsEnum from '@/redux/map/map.enums';
 import { getReduxWrapperWithStore } from '../testing/getReduxWrapperWithStore';
 import { useReduxBusQueryManager } from './useReduxBusQueryManager';
 
@@ -71,9 +70,7 @@ describe('useReduxBusQueryManager - util', () => {
           },
         },
         openedMaps: OPENED_MAPS_INITIAL_STATE,
-        backgroundType: MapBackgroundsEnum.SEMANTIC,
       },
-      backgrounds: loadedDataMock,
       models: loadedDataMock,
       overlays: loadedDataMock,
     });