diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common.scss
index 736125bed..e4b8c2961 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common.scss
@@ -9,13 +9,6 @@
 body {
   font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Arial,sans-serif;
   font-size: $typeheight;
-  line-height: 1.6666;
-  color: #222;
-  background-color: #fff;
-  margin: 0px;
-  padding: 0px;
-  text-align: left;
-  height: 100%;
 }
 
 p > img {