diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/discourse.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/discourse.scss
index 1aaab8a8203..edd907e4957 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/discourse.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/discourse.scss
@@ -83,3 +83,8 @@ h2#site-text-logo
   margin: 0;
   margin-left: 10px;
 }
+
+// categories should not be bold on mobile; they fight with the topic title too much
+.badge-wrapper {
+  font-weight: normal;
+}
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic-list.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic-list.scss
index e682b506009..d23bc8e12aa 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic-list.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic-list.scss
@@ -305,6 +305,5 @@ button.dismiss-read {
 td.main-link {
   a.title {
     padding: 5px 10px 5px 0;
-    font-weight: bold;
   }
 }