diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application/header.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/application/header.css.scss
index e880ddb1b72..a1687f4f817 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application/header.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application/header.css.scss
@@ -238,5 +238,6 @@
   .category {
     float: left;
     background-color: transparent;
+    line-height: 20px;
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/application/topic-list.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/application/topic-list.css.scss
index 7ec64a061b1..d7615fdb4a1 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/application/topic-list.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/application/topic-list.css.scss
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@
     color: $topic-list-th-color;
     font-weight: bold;
     font-size: 13px;
-    text-shadow: 0 1px 0 $white;
     @include box-shadow(inset 0 1px 0 $white);
     &:first-of-type {
       @include border-radius-all(4px 0 0 0);
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/badges.css.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/badges.css.scss
index 2b8d0eae8b0..5c9f6da4274 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/badges.css.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/badges.css.scss
@@ -21,12 +21,10 @@
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
 .badge-category {
-  @extend %badge;
-  padding: 3px 8px;
+  padding: 5px 8px;
   color: $white;
   font-size: 12px;
-  text-shadow: 0 1px 0 rgba($black, 0.3);
-  @include box-shadow(inset 0 1px 0 rgba($white, 0.22));
+  font-weight: bold;
   &[href] {
     color: $white;
   }