diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_IRCLayout.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_IRCLayout.scss
index 94ff681029..10d8c701c3 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_IRCLayout.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_IRCLayout.scss
@@ -122,4 +122,12 @@ $right-padding: 5px;
             visibility: hidden;
         }
     }
+
+    // Suppress highlight thing from the normal Layout.
+    .mx_EventTile:hover.mx_EventTile_verified .mx_EventTile_line,
+    .mx_EventTile:hover.mx_EventTile_unverified .mx_EventTile_line,
+    .mx_EventTile:hover.mx_EventTile_unknown .mx_EventTile_line {
+        padding-left: 0;
+        border-left: 0;
+    }
 }