diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/menu-panel.js.es6 b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/menu-panel.js.es6
index 8a1ede9663c..607da731a2e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/menu-panel.js.es6
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/widgets/menu-panel.js.es6
@@ -4,7 +4,11 @@ import { h } from 'virtual-dom';
 createWidget('menu-links', {
   html(attrs) {
     const links = [].concat(attrs.contents());
-    const liOpts = { className: attrs.heading ? 'heading' : '' };
+    const liOpts = {};
+
+    if (attrs.heading) {
+      liOpts.className = 'header';
+    }
 
     const result = [];
     result.push(h('ul.menu-links.columned', links.map(l => h('li', liOpts, l))));
diff --git a/test/javascripts/widgets/hamburger-menu-test.js.es6 b/test/javascripts/widgets/hamburger-menu-test.js.es6
index a6ed500761d..9c6454e47ce 100644
--- a/test/javascripts/widgets/hamburger-menu-test.js.es6
+++ b/test/javascripts/widgets/hamburger-menu-test.js.es6
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ widgetTest('general links', {
   anonymous: true,
 
   test(assert) {
+    assert.ok(this.$("li[class='']").length === 0);
     assert.ok(this.$('.latest-topics-link').length);
     assert.ok(!this.$('.new-topics-link').length);
     assert.ok(!this.$('.unread-topics-link').length);