diff --git a/app/javascript/src/styles/base/040_colors.css b/app/javascript/src/styles/base/040_colors.css
index 1e98f1a6f..5441c46f4 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/styles/base/040_colors.css
+++ b/app/javascript/src/styles/base/040_colors.css
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@
 
   --autocomplete-selected-background-color: var(--subnav-menu-background-color);
   --autocomplete-border: 1px solid #CCC;
-  --autocomplete-arrow-color: var(--text-color);
   --autocomplete-tag-autocorrect-underline: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAQAAAADCAYAAAC09K7GAAAAHElEQVQYV2NkQAL/GRj+M4IJBgY4zQhSABMEsQHMOAgCT5YN9gAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==);
 
   --diff-list-added-color: green;
@@ -308,7 +307,6 @@ body[data-current-user-theme="dark"] {
   /* misc specific colors */
   --autocomplete-selected-background-color: var(--grey-3);
   --autocomplete-border: 1px solid var(--grey-4);
-  --autocomplete-arrow-color: var(--text-color);
 
   --bulk-update-request-approved-color: var(--green-1);
   --bulk-update-request-failed-color: var(--red-1);
diff --git a/app/javascript/src/styles/common/autocomplete.scss b/app/javascript/src/styles/common/autocomplete.scss
index b90dbd9e2..24ca1e129 100644
--- a/app/javascript/src/styles/common/autocomplete.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/src/styles/common/autocomplete.scss
@@ -1,25 +1,23 @@
 .ui-autocomplete.ui-widget {
-  font-size: 0.9em;
+  font-size: var(--text-sm);
   border: var(--autocomplete-border);
 
-  .ui-state-active {
+  div.ui-menu-item-wrapper {
+    padding: 0.25em 0.4em;
     border: none;
-    margin: 0 -1px;
-    background-color: var(--autocomplete-selected-background-color);
-    border-left: var(--autocomplete-border);
-    border-right: var(--autocomplete-border);
-  }
 
-  .ui-menu-item-wrapper {
-    padding: 3px 0.5em 3px 0.4em;
-
-    a {
-      margin-right: 1em;
+    &.ui-state-active {
+      cursor: pointer;
+      background-color: var(--autocomplete-selected-background-color);
     }
-  }
 
-  .autocomplete-arrow {
-    color: var(--autocomplete-arrow-color);
+    span.autocomplete-arrow {
+      color: var(--text-color);
+    }
+
+    span.post-count {
+      margin-left: 1em;
+    }
   }
 
   /* Display a red wavy underline beneath misspelled tags. */