JavaFX - Get Rid of `CustomMenuItem` blue highlight?

I have been struggling to remove a blue highlight from a ContextMenu implementation when it is hovered over.

private void attachContextMenu() {
    CustomMenuItem item = FilterPanel.getInMenuItem(this);
    ContextMenu contextMenu = new ContextMenu();
    contextMenu.getItems().add(item);


    tableColumn.setContextMenu(contextMenu);
}

With the containing VBox I was able to paint it white and get rid of a majority of the blue flash.

filterVBox.setStyle("-fx-background-color: white;");

But i cannot figure out how to get the CustomerMenuItem to lose the blue border when focused with the mouse.I tried the following but it does not work

CustomMenuItem item = FilterPanel.getInMenuItem(this);
item.setStyle("-fx-text-fill: white;");

Here is the PR if you want the full picture, but does anybody have an idea how I can manipulate that to go away?

I was able to get it to go away by styling every MenuItem for the entire TableView with this CSS. But I'd like to apply it specifically to just that CustomMenuItem.

.menu-item:focused {
   -fx-background-color: transparent;
}