diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/search-menu.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/search-menu.scss
index e521e17ec03580..6598f189edebd9 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/search-menu.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/search-menu.scss
@@ -277,10 +277,10 @@
     }
 
     .topic-title {
+      display: inline-block;
+      color: var(--tertiary);
       overflow-wrap: anywhere;
-      font-size: var(--font-up-1);
       line-height: $line-height-medium;
-
       @supports not (overflow-wrap: anywhere) {
         word-break: break-word;
       }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/search.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/search.scss
index ad8dfe77bd1b23..d7e425e14d35cb 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/search.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/search.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 .search-highlight {
   font-weight: bold;
-  background: var(--highlight-medium);
 }
 
 .search-container {