¿Cómo eliminar un marco negro en una presentación de proyector?

¿Cómo eliminar un marco negro en una presentación de proyector?

Me gustaría eliminar el marco negro que aparece en la parte superior de cada página, como puedes ver en la imagen a continuación.

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Me pregunto si no hubo un error en mi preámbulo. ¿Cómo podría solucionar eso? Este es mi MWE:

\documentclass{beamer}
\usetheme{default}
\usepackage{helvet}
\usepackage{framed,color}
\definecolor{shadecolor}{rgb}{0.74, 0.83, 0.9}
\useoutertheme[subsection=false]{smoothbars}
\usepackage[frenchb]{babel}
\usepackage[T1]{fontenc}
\usepackage[utf8]{inputenc}
\usepackage{helvet}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%paragraphes justifiés%%%%%
\usepackage{ragged2e}
\apptocmd{\frame}{}{\justifying}{} % Allow optional arguments after frame.
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\setbeamertemplate{caption}[numbered]
\usepackage[labelsep=period]{caption}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%footline%%%%%%%%%%%%
\addtobeamertemplate{footnote}{}{\vspace{2ex}}
\setbeamertemplate{footline}[text line]{%
  \parbox{\linewidth}{\vspace*{-8pt}Title
  \hfill\insertshortsubtitle\hfill\strut\insertframenumber/\inserttotalframenumber}}
  %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\setbeamertemplate{navigation symbols}{}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%NUMÉROTATION TOC%%%%%%%%
\setbeamertemplate{section in toc}{\hspace*{1em}\inserttocsectionnumber.~\inserttocsection\par}
\setbeamertemplate{subsection in toc}{\hspace*{2em}\inserttocsectionnumber.\inserttocsubsectionnumber.~\inserttocsubsection\par}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
%\useinnertheme{circles}
\makeatletter
\patchcmd{\beamer@sectionintoc}{\vskip1.5em}{\vskip0.5em}{}{}
\makeatother
\usepackage{graphicx}
\usepackage{hyperref}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%PLAN%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\AtBeginSubsection[]
{
\begin{frame}<beamer>
\frametitle{Plan}
\tableofcontents[
  currentsection,
  sectionstyle=show/show,
  subsectionstyle=show/shaded/hide
]
\end{frame}
}
%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%
\title[]{Title}
\subtitle[]{Subtitle}
\author[]{Author}
\institute[]{}
\date[] {}
\begin{document}
\frame{\titlepage}

\begin{frame}{Plan}
\tableofcontents    
\end{frame}

\end{document}

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