diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
index 7d3644d16ff..725f5c3694a 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
@@ -1028,13 +1028,11 @@
     }
 
     .display-name {
+      color: $light-text-color;
+
       strong {
         color: $inverted-text-color;
       }
-
-      span {
-        color: $light-text-color;
-      }
     }
 
     .status__content {