diff --git a/theme/base/style/question.css b/theme/base/style/question.css
index 37ae02709d7..6b996682b9f 100644
--- a/theme/base/style/question.css
+++ b/theme/base/style/question.css
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ body.jsenabled #qtypechoicecontainer {display: block;}
 #qtypechoicecontainer #chooseqtype .qtypeoption {margin-bottom: 0; padding: 0.2em 0 0.2em 0.3em;}
 #qtypechoicecontainer #chooseqtype .qtypeoption img {vertical-align: middle;}
 #qtypechoicecontainer #chooseqtype .instruction,
-#qtypechoicecontainer #chooseqtype .qtypesummary {display: none;position: absolute;top: 0px;right: 0px;bottom: 0px;left: 60%;margin: 0;border-left: 1px solid grey;padding: 0.3em 0.5em;}
+#qtypechoicecontainer #chooseqtype .qtypesummary {display: none;position: absolute;top: 0px;right: 0px;bottom: 0px;left: 60%;margin: 0;border-left: 1px solid grey;padding: 0.3em 0.5em;background-color: white;}
 #qtypechoicecontainer #chooseqtype .instruction,
 #qtypechoicecontainer #chooseqtype .selected .qtypesummary {display: block;}
 
diff --git a/theme/standard/style/question.css b/theme/standard/style/question.css
index 4a12aa82b99..5ecddc20588 100644
--- a/theme/standard/style/question.css
+++ b/theme/standard/style/question.css
@@ -18,14 +18,10 @@
 #qtypechoicecontainer #chooseqtype .qtypes {border-bottom-color: gray;}
 #qtypechoicecontainer #chooseqtype .selected {background: #dddddd;}
 #qtypechoicecontainer #chooseqtype .instruction,
-#qtypechoicecontainer #chooseqtype .qtypesummary {border-left-color: gray;background-color: white;}
-
+#qtypechoicecontainer #chooseqtype .qtypesummary {border-left-color: gray;}
 
 .calculated .answer,
 .numerical .answer,
 .shortanswer .answer {background-color: #EEE;}
 
 .essay .answerreview {background-color: #EEE;}
-
-
-