diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/_topic-list.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/_topic-list.scss
index cfde43de91..99637d9972 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/_topic-list.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/_topic-list.scss
@@ -84,9 +84,11 @@
 .show-more {
   width: 100%;
   z-index: z("base");
-  &.has-topics {
-    position: absolute;
-    top: 7px;
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  .alert {
+    margin: 0;
+    padding: 1.1em 2em 1.1em 0.65em;
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss
index 1c274156ae..30d21f8ad1 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/desktop/topic-list.scss
@@ -163,12 +163,6 @@
   h2 {
     margin: 20px 0 10px;
   }
-  .show-more.has-topics {
-    top: 0;
-    .alert {
-      padding: 16px 35px 16px 14px;
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 .bulk-select-topics {