diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 398a7c2d..8ac33c8a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 ### Issues closed
 
+* #975 Variable `$table-head-color` isn't used
 * #964 Tabs sass file throwing error with `!important`
 * #949 `.is-size-7` helper is missing
 
diff --git a/sass/elements/table.sass b/sass/elements/table.sass
index dd1b87b3..3c444647 100755
--- a/sass/elements/table.sass
+++ b/sass/elements/table.sass
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ $table-cell-border-width: 0 0 1px !default
 $table-cell-padding: 0.5em 0.75em !default
 $table-cell-heading-color: $text-strong !default
 
-$table-head-color: $grey !default
 $table-head-cell-border-width: 0 0 2px !default
 $table-head-cell-color: $text-strong !default
 $table-foot-cell-border-width: 2px 0 0 !default