diff --git a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/status.scss b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/status.scss
index fa26c470636..50b7f2a7260 100644
--- a/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/status.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/flavours/glitch/styles/components/status.scss
@@ -331,13 +331,11 @@
     }
 
     .display-name {
+      color: $light-text-color;
+
       strong {
         color: $inverted-text-color;
       }
-
-      span {
-        color: $lighter-text-color;
-      }
     }
 
     .status__content {