diff --git a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css
index d22d2f2edb038..7189437bbaa54 100644
--- a/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css
+++ b/src/librustdoc/html/static/css/rustdoc.css
@@ -902,10 +902,11 @@ so that we can apply CSS-filters to change the arrow color in themes */
 	top: 100%;
 	right: 0;
 	z-index: 2;
-	display: block;
 	margin-top: 7px;
 	border-radius: 3px;
 	border: 1px solid var(--border-color);
+	background-color: var(--main-background-color);
+	color: var(--main-color);
 	--popover-arrow-offset: 11px;
 }
 
@@ -916,16 +917,12 @@ so that we can apply CSS-filters to change the arrow color in themes */
 	right: var(--popover-arrow-offset);
 	border: solid var(--border-color);
 	border-width: 1px 1px 0 0;
+	background-color: var(--main-background-color);
 	padding: 4px;
 	transform: rotate(-45deg);
 	top: -5px;
 }
 
-.popover, .popover::before {
-	background-color: var(--main-background-color);
-	color: var(--main-color);
-}
-
 /* use larger max-width for help popover, but not for help.html */
 #help.popover {
 	max-width: 600px;