diff --git a/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml b/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml
index a5097521dc45..69894238b2e1 100644
--- a/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/EditorSettings.xml
@@ -1314,6 +1314,9 @@
 		<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 12a7c3a2ff80..04ea6ffe092d 100644
--- a/editor/editor_settings.cpp
+++ b/editor/editor_settings.cpp
@@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ 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 2edc09638205..8c3979918d5d 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);