diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomTile.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomTile.scss
index 20b24a8088..a98a81048d 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomTile.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomTile.scss
@@ -154,8 +154,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 }
 
 .mx_RoomTile_unread, .mx_RoomTile_highlight {
-    font-weight: 700 !important;
-
     .mx_RoomTile_name {
         // Parent weighting won't apply to this because the above mx_RoomTile_name overrides.
         font-weight: 700;