diff --git a/res/css/structures/_RoomView.scss b/res/css/structures/_RoomView.scss
index b019fe7e01..09e1d58617 100644
--- a/res/css/structures/_RoomView.scss
+++ b/res/css/structures/_RoomView.scss
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 .mx_RoomView_MessageList li {
     clear: both;
-    contain: content;
 }
 
 li.mx_RoomView_myReadMarker_container {
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx
index 67df5a84ba..7b652cbba2 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/EventTile.tsx
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ export default class EventTile extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
 
         // return early if there are no read receipts
         if (!this.props.readReceipts || this.props.readReceipts.length === 0) {
-            return (<span className="mx_EventTile_readAvatars" />);
+            return null;
         }
 
         const ReadReceiptMarker = sdk.getComponent('rooms.ReadReceiptMarker');