diff --git a/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml b/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml
index 116b6573f2a..15b03ddbd84 100644
--- a/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml
@@ -1328,6 +1328,9 @@
 		<member name="text_editor/script_list/group_help_pages" type="bool" setter="" getter="">
 			If [code]true[/code], class reference pages are grouped together at the bottom of the Script Editor's script list.
 		</member>
+		<member name="text_editor/script_list/highlight_scene_scripts" type="bool" setter="" getter="">
+			If [code]true[/code], the scripts that are used by the current scene are highlighted in the Script Editor's script list.
+		</member>
 		<member name="text_editor/script_list/list_script_names_as" type="int" setter="" getter="">
 			Specifies how script paths should be displayed in Script Editor's script list. If using the "Name" option and some scripts share the same file name, more parts of their paths are revealed to avoid conflicts.
 		</member>
diff --git a/editor/editor_settings.cpp b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
index 44690f81f03..b0d1c3e6bb1 100644
--- a/editor/editor_settings.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
@@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ void EditorSettings::_load_defaults(Ref<ConfigFile> p_extra_config) {
 	_initial_set("text_editor/script_list/sort_members_outline_alphabetically", false, true);
 	_initial_set("text_editor/script_list/script_temperature_enabled", true);
 	_initial_set("text_editor/script_list/script_temperature_history_size", 15);
+	_initial_set("text_editor/script_list/highlight_scene_scripts", true);
 	_initial_set("text_editor/script_list/group_help_pages", true);
 	EDITOR_SETTING(Variant::INT, PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "text_editor/script_list/sort_scripts_by", 0, "Name,Path,None");
 	EDITOR_SETTING(Variant::INT, PROPERTY_HINT_ENUM, "text_editor/script_list/list_script_names_as", 0, "Name,Parent Directory And Name,Full Path");
diff --git a/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp b/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
index 2edc0963820..8c3979918d5 100644
--- a/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
+++ b/editor/plugins/script_editor_plugin.cpp
@@ -2185,8 +2185,6 @@ void ScriptEditor::_update_script_colors() {
 			continue;
 		}
 
-		script_list->set_item_custom_bg_color(i, Color(0, 0, 0, 0));
-
 		if (script_temperature_enabled) {
 			int pass = n->get_meta("__editor_pass", -1);
 			if (pass < 0) {
@@ -2212,7 +2210,7 @@ void ScriptEditor::_update_script_names() {
 
 	HashSet<Ref<Script>> used;
 	Node *edited = EditorNode::get_singleton()->get_edited_scene();
-	if (edited) {
+	if (edited && EDITOR_GET("text_editor/script_list/highlight_scene_scripts")) {
 		_find_scripts(edited, edited, used);
 	}
 
@@ -2382,7 +2380,7 @@ void ScriptEditor::_update_script_names() {
 		script_list->set_item_tooltip(index, sedata_filtered[i].tooltip);
 		script_list->set_item_metadata(index, sedata_filtered[i].index); /* Saving as metadata the script's index in the tab container and not the filtered one */
 		if (sedata_filtered[i].used) {
-			script_list->set_item_custom_bg_color(index, Color(88 / 255.0, 88 / 255.0, 60 / 255.0));
+			script_list->set_item_custom_bg_color(index, Color(.5, .5, .5, .125));
 		}
 		if (tab_container->get_current_tab() == sedata_filtered[i].index) {
 			script_list->select(index);