diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common.scss
index 6df4c14ac..4f2571917 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common.scss
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ textarea,
 body { font: #{$typeheight}/#{$lineheight} "Helvetica Neue",Arial,sans-serif; }
 
 abbr, acronym {
-  border-bottom: .1em dotted;
   cursor: help;
 }