diff --git a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/textcell.js b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/textcell.js
index 22db8a4..148b771 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/textcell.js
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/js/textcell.js
@@ -84,8 +84,8 @@ define([
         var input_area = $('<div/>').addClass('input_area');
         this.code_mirror = new CodeMirror(input_area.get(0), this.cm_config);
         // The tabindex=-1 makes this div focusable.
-        var render_area = $('<div/>').addClass('text_cell_render border-box-sizing').
-            addClass('rendered_html').attr('tabindex','-1');
+        var render_area = $('<div/>').addClass('text_cell_render rendered_html')
+            .attr('tabindex','-1');
         inner_cell.append(input_area).append(render_area);
         cell.append(inner_cell);
         this.element = cell;
diff --git a/IPython/html/static/notebook/less/textcell.less b/IPython/html/static/notebook/less/textcell.less
index 9d0e7f7..8721423 100644
--- a/IPython/html/static/notebook/less/textcell.less
+++ b/IPython/html/static/notebook/less/textcell.less
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ div.text_cell_render {
     border-style: none;
     padding: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em @code_padding;
     color: @text-color;
+    .border-box-sizing();
 }
 
 a.anchor-link:link {