diff --git a/kallithea/public/css/style.css b/kallithea/public/css/style.css
--- a/kallithea/public/css/style.css
+++ b/kallithea/public/css/style.css
@@ -1227,9 +1227,11 @@ div.label-summary label {
     padding: 7px 7px 6px;
 }
 
+input[readonly],
 input.disabled {
     background-color: #F5F5F5 !important;
 }
+
 #content div.box div.form div.fields div.field div.input input.small {
     width: 30%;
 }
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/admin/my_account/my_account_profile.html b/kallithea/templates/admin/my_account/my_account_profile.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/admin/my_account/my_account_profile.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/admin/my_account/my_account_profile.html
@@ -20,11 +20,9 @@ ${h.form(url('my_account'), method='post
          </div>
 
         <% readonly = None %>
-        <% disabled = "" %>
         <div class="fields">
             %if c.user.extern_type != c.EXTERN_TYPE_INTERNAL:
                 <% readonly = "readonly" %>
-                <% disabled = " disabled" %>
                 <strong>${_('Your user is in an external Source of Record; some details cannot be managed here')}.</strong>
             %endif
              <div class="field">
@@ -32,7 +30,7 @@ ${h.form(url('my_account'), method='post
                     <label for="username">${_('Username')}:</label>
                 </div>
                 <div class="input">
-                  ${h.text('username',class_='medium%s' % disabled, readonly=readonly)}
+                  ${h.text('username',class_='medium', readonly=readonly)}
                 </div>
              </div>
 
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/admin/settings/settings_vcs.html b/kallithea/templates/admin/settings/settings_vcs.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/admin/settings/settings_vcs.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/admin/settings/settings_vcs.html
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ ${h.form(url('admin_settings'), method='
                     <label for="paths_root_path">${_('Location of repositories')}:</label>
                 </div>
                 <div class="input">
-                    ${h.text('paths_root_path',size=60,readonly="readonly", class_="disabled")}
+                    ${h.text('paths_root_path',size=60,readonly="readonly")}
                     <span id="path_unlock" class="tooltip" style="cursor: pointer"
                             title="${_('Click to unlock. You must restart Kallithea in order to make this setting take effect.')}">
                         <div class="btn btn-small"><i id="path_unlock_icon" class="icon-lock"></i></div>
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ ${h.form(url('admin_settings'), method='
             </div>
             %else:
             ## form still requires this but we cannot internally change it anyway
-            ${h.hidden('paths_root_path',size=30,readonly="readonly", class_="disabled")}
+            ${h.hidden('paths_root_path',size=30,readonly="readonly")}
             %endif
             <div class="buttons">
                 ${h.submit('save',_('Save Settings'),class_="btn")}
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ ${h.form(url('admin_settings'), method='
                 $('#path_unlock_icon').removeClass('icon-lock');
                 $('#path_unlock_icon').addClass('icon-lock-open-alt');
                 $('#paths_root_path').removeAttr('readonly');
-                $('#paths_root_path').removeClass('disabled');
             });
         });
     </script>
diff --git a/kallithea/templates/admin/users/user_edit_profile.html b/kallithea/templates/admin/users/user_edit_profile.html
--- a/kallithea/templates/admin/users/user_edit_profile.html
+++ b/kallithea/templates/admin/users/user_edit_profile.html
@@ -18,12 +18,10 @@ ${h.form(url('update_user', id=c.user.us
            </div>
         </div>
         <% readonly = None %>
-        <% disabled = "" %>
         <div class="fields">
             %if c.user.extern_type != c.EXTERN_TYPE_INTERNAL:
              <div class="field">
                <% readonly = "readonly" %>
-               <% disabled = " disabled" %>
                <strong>${_('This user is in an external Source of Record (%s); some details cannot be managed here.' % c.user.extern_type)}.</strong>
              </div>
             %endif
@@ -33,7 +31,7 @@ ${h.form(url('update_user', id=c.user.us
                     <label for="username">${_('Username')}:</label>
                 </div>
                 <div class="input">
-                  ${h.text('username',class_='medium%s' % disabled, readonly=readonly)}
+                  ${h.text('username',class_='medium', readonly=readonly)}
                 </div>
              </div>
 
@@ -51,7 +49,7 @@ ${h.form(url('update_user', id=c.user.us
                     <label for="extern_type">${_('Source of Record')}:</label>
                 </div>
                 <div class="input">
-                    ${h.text('extern_type',class_='medium disabled',readonly="readonly")}
+                    ${h.text('extern_type',class_='medium',readonly="readonly")}
                 </div>
              </div>
 
@@ -60,7 +58,7 @@ ${h.form(url('update_user', id=c.user.us
                     <label for="extern_name">${_('Name in Source of Record')}:</label>
                 </div>
                 <div class="input">
-                    ${h.text('extern_name',class_='medium disabled',readonly="readonly")}
+                    ${h.text('extern_name',class_='medium',readonly="readonly")}
                 </div>
              </div>
 
@@ -69,7 +67,7 @@ ${h.form(url('update_user', id=c.user.us
                     <label for="new_password">${_('New password')}:</label>
                 </div>
                 <div class="input">
-                    ${h.password('new_password',class_='medium%s' % disabled,readonly=readonly)}
+                    ${h.password('new_password',class_='medium',readonly=readonly)}
                 </div>
              </div>
 
@@ -78,7 +76,7 @@ ${h.form(url('update_user', id=c.user.us
                     <label for="password_confirmation">${_('New password confirmation')}:</label>
                 </div>
                 <div class="input">
-                    ${h.password('password_confirmation',class_="medium%s" % disabled,readonly=readonly)}
+                    ${h.password('password_confirmation',class_="medium",readonly=readonly)}
                 </div>
              </div>