diff --git a/static/styles/zulip.scss b/static/styles/zulip.scss
index 0e3f6dd3d9..9b1013191e 100644
--- a/static/styles/zulip.scss
+++ b/static/styles/zulip.scss
@@ -1237,6 +1237,11 @@ div.message_table {
     z-index: 2;
 }
 
+.message_row .date_row {
+    /* We only want padding for the date rows between recipient blocks */
+    padding-bottom: 0px;
+}
+
 div.focused_table {
     display: block;
 }
@@ -2395,11 +2400,6 @@ div.topic_edit_spinner .loading_indicator_spinner {
     padding-bottom: 10px;
 }
 
-.message_row .date_row {
-    /* We only want padding for the date rows between recipient blocks */
-    padding-bottom: 0px;
-}
-
 .date_row {
     padding-left: 2px;
 }