diff --git a/src/ColumnsBlock/styles.less b/src/ColumnsBlock/styles.less
index 7a460f3..5124900 100644
--- a/src/ColumnsBlock/styles.less
+++ b/src/ColumnsBlock/styles.less
@@ -179,6 +179,10 @@
   margin-top: 0.8rem;
   margin-bottom: 0.8rem;
 }
+/* remove padding from column-grid when we have styled-with-bg style from volto-block-style */
+.styled-with-bg .grid.column-grid {
+  padding: 0;
+}
 
 .drag-drop-list-widget {
   .columns-area {