diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/reorder-categories.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/reorder-categories.hbs
index 91bd68f1277..67b4456a234 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/reorder-categories.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/templates/modal/reorder-categories.hbs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
     <th class="th-pos">{{i18n "categories.reorder.position"}}</th>
     <th class="th-cat">{{i18n "categories.category"}}</th>
     </thead>
+    <tbody>
     {{#each categoriesOrdered as |cat|}}
       <tr data-category-id="{{cat.id}}">
         <td>
@@ -21,6 +22,7 @@
         <td>{{category-badge cat allowUncategorized="true"}}</td>
       </tr>
     {{/each}}
+    </tbody>
   </table>
   <div id="rc-scroll-bottom"></div>
 {{/d-modal-body}}
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/admin_base.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/admin_base.scss
index c81f77d1733..48ead3d93c4 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/admin_base.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/admin_base.scss
@@ -99,21 +99,6 @@ $mobile-breakpoint: 700px;
   th {
     padding: 8px;
   }
-  th {
-    text-align: left;
-    &.sortable {
-      cursor: pointer;
-
-      &:hover {
-        background-color: #e9e9e9;
-        background-color: lighten($primary, 80%);
-      }
-      .d-icon-chevron-down,
-      .d-icon-chevron-up {
-        margin-left: 0.5em;
-      }
-    }
-  }
   tr:hover {
     background-color: darken($secondary, 2.5%);
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/dashboard_previous.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/dashboard_previous.scss
index a040f1c5954..4014f06085a 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/dashboard_previous.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/dashboard_previous.scss
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
     }
     th {
       background: transparent;
-      text-align: left;
       padding: 0;
     }
   }
@@ -139,7 +138,6 @@
       }
     }
     th {
-      font-weight: normal;
       text-align: center;
       background: $primary-low;
     }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/moderation_history.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/moderation_history.scss
index 66c174e0a5b..e6cc1573292 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/moderation_history.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/admin/moderation_history.scss
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 .moderation-history {
   width: 100%;
-  th {
-    text-align: left;
-  }
   td.date {
     padding-right: 1em;
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/_topic-list.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/_topic-list.scss
index 564a736e4a7..8f17a9ce33b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/_topic-list.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/_topic-list.scss
@@ -118,15 +118,12 @@
     vertical-align: middle;
   }
   th {
-    color: dark-light-choose($primary-medium, $secondary-medium);
-    font-weight: normal;
-    font-size: $font-0;
     button .d-icon {
-      color: dark-light-choose($primary-medium, $secondary-medium);
+      color: $primary-medium;
     }
   }
   td {
-    color: dark-light-choose($primary-medium, $secondary-medium);
+    color: $primary-medium;
     font-size: $font-0;
   }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/about.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/about.scss
index c147abe6fff..5e17e1b1c63 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/about.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/about.scss
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@ section.about {
   table {
     width: auto;
 
-    th {
-      text-align: left;
-    }
-
-    td,
-    th {
+    td {
       padding: 10px;
     }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/cat_reorder.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/cat_reorder.scss
index ce0155129ed..004bd621fe0 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/cat_reorder.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/cat_reorder.scss
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 .reorder-categories {
   thead {
-    border-bottom: 1px solid $primary-low;
     th {
       padding-bottom: 0.5em;
-      text-align: left;
     }
   }
   input {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/directory.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/directory.scss
index b12ce4ff1a8..6aa071c0e7f 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/directory.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/directory.scss
@@ -46,20 +46,10 @@
     }
 
     th.sortable {
-      cursor: pointer;
-      white-space: nowrap;
       width: 13%;
       .d-icon-heart {
         color: $love;
-        margin-right: 0.5em;
-      }
-      .d-icon-chevron-down,
-      .d-icon-chevron-up {
-        margin-left: 0.5em;
-      }
-
-      &:hover {
-        background-color: $primary-low;
+        margin: 0 0.25em 0 0;
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/discourse.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/discourse.scss
index be05dfd9a8a..fd26b7d6ae0 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/discourse.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/discourse.scss
@@ -276,7 +276,31 @@ select {
   border: 1px solid $primary-low;
 }
 
+table {
+  th {
+    font-weight: normal;
+    color: $primary-medium;
+    text-align: left;
+    padding: 0.5em;
+  }
+}
+
 // Common Classes
+
+.sortable {
+  white-space: nowrap;
+  cursor: pointer;
+  .discourse-no-touch & {
+    &:hover {
+      background-color: $primary-low;
+    }
+  }
+  .d-icon {
+    margin-left: 0.25em;
+  }
+  @include unselectable;
+}
+
 .radio,
 .checkbox {
   min-height: 18px;
@@ -532,21 +556,6 @@ select {
 
   .control-group {
     @include clearfix;
-
-    .table {
-      width: 100%;
-
-      th,
-      td {
-        padding: 10px;
-        text-align: center;
-      }
-    }
-
-    &.highlighted {
-      animation: background-fade-highlight 2.5s ease-out;
-      background-color: dark-light-choose($highlight-low, $highlight);
-    }
   }
 
   .control-label {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/group.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/group.scss
index 0c585c74345..60186921bd8 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/group.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/group.scss
@@ -82,20 +82,15 @@
 table.group-manage-logs {
   width: 100%;
 
-  th {
-    text-align: left;
-    padding: 5px 0;
-  }
-
   td {
-    padding: 10px 0;
+    padding: 0.5em;
   }
 
   .group-manage-logs-expand-details {
     cursor: pointer;
 
     .d-icon {
-      color: blend-primary-secondary(50%);
+      color: $primary-medium;
     }
   }
 }
@@ -119,20 +114,6 @@ table.group-members {
 
   th {
     text-align: center;
-    padding: 5px 0 5px 5px;
-    color: dark-light-choose($primary-medium, $secondary-medium);
-    font-weight: normal;
-  }
-
-  th.sortable {
-    .d-icon {
-      margin-left: 5px;
-    }
-
-    &:hover {
-      cursor: pointer;
-      background-color: $primary-low;
-    }
   }
 
   tr {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/groups.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/groups.scss
index e2d91113d69..ff638b978f7 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/groups.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/groups.scss
@@ -26,19 +26,6 @@
 .groups-table {
   width: 100%;
 
-  th {
-    border-bottom: 1px solid $primary-low;
-    padding: 0.5em;
-    text-align: left;
-  }
-
-  .sortable {
-    &:hover {
-      background-color: $primary-low;
-      cursor: pointer;
-    }
-  }
-
   tr {
     td {
       padding: 0.8em;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss
index 23dcb1e8019..e17493e8830 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/topic-post.scss
@@ -607,16 +607,16 @@ blockquote > *:last-child {
 .cooked table,
 .d-editor-preview table {
   thead {
-    border-bottom: 2px solid lighten($primary, 80%);
     th {
       text-align: left;
       padding-bottom: 2px;
+      font-weight: bold;
+      color: $primary;
     }
   }
 
-  td,
-  th {
-    padding: 3px 3px 3px 10px;
+  td {
+    padding: 3px 3px 3px 0.5em;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/category-list.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/category-list.scss
index ef1c7065cd8..2fc738478c2 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/category-list.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/category-list.scss
@@ -12,9 +12,7 @@
   }
 
   th {
-    text-align: left;
     vertical-align: middle;
-    font-weight: normal;
   }
 
   td:first-of-type {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/group.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/group.scss
index 680d94c63be..458a6c5b258 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/group.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/group.scss
@@ -50,11 +50,3 @@
   top: 20px;
   right: 20px;
 }
-
-.groups-table {
-  thead {
-    .d-icon {
-      padding-left: 2px;
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss
index 877f8f8c76c..ee3073ff4ad 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss
@@ -111,13 +111,6 @@
     left: -2px;
   }
 
-  .sortable {
-    cursor: pointer;
-    &:hover {
-      background-color: $primary-low;
-    }
-    @include unselectable;
-  }
   .likes {
     width: 65px;
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/user.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/user.scss
index f871661a235..f04ae567021 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/user.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/user.scss
@@ -115,18 +115,6 @@
 .user-invite-list {
   width: 100%;
   margin-top: 15px;
-
-  th {
-    text-align: left;
-    padding: 0 0 10px 0;
-    color: dark-light-choose($primary-medium, $secondary-medium);
-    font-weight: normal;
-  }
-
-  td {
-    padding: 10px 0 10px 0;
-    border-bottom: 1px solid $primary-low;
-  }
 }
 
 .user-invite-search {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic-list.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic-list.scss
index 669df4b7eae..2a470883bb6 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic-list.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/topic-list.scss
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@
   th,
   td {
     padding: 7px 0;
-    color: dark-light-choose($primary-medium, $secondary-medium);
     max-width: 300px;
   }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/user.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/user.scss
index bec296e3bba..97a78dbd43d 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/user.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/mobile/user.scss
@@ -19,9 +19,7 @@
       text-overflow: ellipsis;
     }
     th {
-      padding: 0.5em;
       text-align: right;
-      border-bottom: 1px solid $primary-low;
     }
     td {
       padding: 0.5em;
@@ -51,17 +49,6 @@
     table {
       width: 100%;
       margin-top: 10px;
-
-      th {
-        text-align: left;
-        border-bottom: 1px solid $primary-low;
-        padding: 5px;
-      }
-
-      td {
-        padding: 5px;
-        border-bottom: 1px solid $primary-low;
-      }
     }
   }