diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/menu-panel.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/menu-panel.scss
index d5858c9fbfb..153ab25e03f 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/menu-panel.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/common/base/menu-panel.scss
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@
     float: left;
     background-color: transparent;
     display: inline-flex;
+    align-items: center;
     padding: 0.25em 0.5em;
     width: 50%;
     box-sizing: border-box;
@@ -122,9 +123,6 @@
     font-weight: normal;
     font-size: $font-down-1;
   }
-  .box + b.topics-count {
-    padding-top: 2px;
-  }
 
   span.badge-category {
     max-width: 90px;