diff --git a/src/Moonglade.Web/PagedList/HtmlHelper.cs b/src/Moonglade.Web/PagedList/HtmlHelper.cs
index 0bee90333..5e54915af 100644
--- a/src/Moonglade.Web/PagedList/HtmlHelper.cs
+++ b/src/Moonglade.Web/PagedList/HtmlHelper.cs
@@ -264,10 +264,7 @@ public string PagedListPager(IPagedList pagedList, Func<int, string> generatePag
             //append classes to all list item links
             foreach (var li in listItemLinks)
             {
-                foreach (var c in options.LiElementClasses ?? Enumerable.Empty<string>())
-                {
-                    li.AddCssClass(c);
-                }
+                li.AddCssClass("page-item");
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/Moonglade.Web/PagedList/PagedListRenderOptions.cs b/src/Moonglade.Web/PagedList/PagedListRenderOptions.cs
index 6296c4058..31db19c25 100644
--- a/src/Moonglade.Web/PagedList/PagedListRenderOptions.cs
+++ b/src/Moonglade.Web/PagedList/PagedListRenderOptions.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ public PagedListRenderOptions()
         ItemSliceAndTotalFormat = "Showing items {0} through {1} of {2}.";
         FunctionToDisplayEachPageNumber = null;
         UlElementClasses = ["pagination"];
-        LiElementClasses = ["page-item"];
         PageClasses = ["page-link"];
         PreviousElementClass = "PagedList-skip-to-previous";
         NextElementClass = "paged-list-skip-to-next";
@@ -29,11 +28,6 @@ public PagedListRenderOptions()
     ///</summary>
     public IEnumerable<string> UlElementClasses { get; set; }
 
-    ///<summary>
-    /// CSS Classes to append to every &lt;li&gt; element in the paging control.
-    ///</summary>
-    public IEnumerable<string> LiElementClasses { get; set; }
-
     ///<summary>
     /// CSS Classes to append to every &lt;a&gt; or &lt;span&gt; element that represent each page in the paging control.
     ///</summary>