diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_design/new_footer.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_design/new_footer.scss
index c64c24d50..2e6ee5c57 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/new_design/new_footer.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/new_design/new_footer.scss
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ footer {
 }
 
 .footer-text {
-  font-style: italic;
   margin-bottom: 14px;
 }
 
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index 57480651b..8383106fe 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 
     = preload_link_tag(asset_url("Muli-Regular.woff2"))
     = preload_link_tag(asset_url("Muli-Bold.woff2"))
-    = preload_link_tag(asset_url("Muli-Italic.woff2"))
 
     = stylesheet_link_tag 'new_design/new_application', media: 'all'
     = stylesheet_link_tag 'new_design/print', media: 'print'