diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventBubbleTile.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventBubbleTile.scss
index 1717c611e2..52c115891a 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventBubbleTile.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventBubbleTile.scss
@@ -44,11 +44,6 @@ limitations under the License.
                 display: none;
             }
         }
-
-        // Mirror rough designs for "greyed out" text
-        &.mx_EventTile_contextual .mx_EventTile_line {
-            opacity: 0.4;
-        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
index e34347621f..29968ed41f 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
@@ -106,6 +106,12 @@ $threadInfoLineHeight: calc(2 * $font-12px); // See: _commons.scss
         }
     }
 
+    .mx_RoomView_searchResultsPanel & {
+        &.mx_EventTile_contextual {
+            opacity: 0.4;
+        }
+    }
+
     &.mx_EventTile_highlight,
     &.mx_EventTile_highlight .markdown-body {
         color: $alert;
@@ -299,10 +305,6 @@ $threadInfoLineHeight: calc(2 * $font-12px); // See: _commons.scss
         }
     }
 
-    &.mx_EventTile_contextual {
-        opacity: 0.4;
-    }
-
     .mx_EventTile_msgOption {
         float: right;
         text-align: right;