diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/discourse.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/discourse.scss
index 98fda631472..e27ab13c2db 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/discourse.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/discourse.scss
@@ -166,11 +166,6 @@ body {
 .avatar-wrapper {
   background-color: $secondary;
   display: inline-block;
-  border: 1px solid scale-color-diff();
-  @include border-radius-all(5px);
-  img {
-    @include border-radius-all(4px);
-  }
 }
 
 .profiler-results.profiler-left {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/user.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/user.scss
index 02e43471050..4d09ac6180f 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/user.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/user.scss
@@ -10,12 +10,8 @@
     display: inline-block;
     color: $primary;
   }
-  .avatar-wrapper {
-    border: none;
-  }
   .avatar-link {
     margin-right: 3px;
-
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/user.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/user.scss
index 5d61972389f..8a141db558f 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/user.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/user.scss
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@
     }
     .avatar-link {
       float: left;
-      margin-right: 10px;
+      margin-right: 4px;
     }
     .title {
       display: block;