diff --git a/mail/extensions/newsblog/content/FeedItem.js b/mail/extensions/newsblog/content/FeedItem.js
index 23b1f72e836..d9c09974f91 100755
--- a/mail/extensions/newsblog/content/FeedItem.js
+++ b/mail/extensions/newsblog/content/FeedItem.js
@@ -61,11 +61,6 @@ const MESSAGE_TEMPLATE = "\n\
\n\
%TITLE%\n\
\n\
\n\
@@ -82,6 +77,11 @@ const REMOTE_CONTENT_TEMPLATE = "\n\
";
const REMOTE_STYLE = "\n\
+ body {\n\
+ margin: 0;\n\
+ border: none;\n\
+ padding: 0;\n\
+ }\n\
iframe {\n\
position: fixed;\n\
top: 0;\n\
@@ -102,24 +102,11 @@ const REMOTE_STYLE = "\n\
// Mozilla bug 97283, which makes it hard to scroll an auto overflow div.
const LOCAL_CONTENT_TEMPLATE = "\n\
- \n\
%CONTENT%\n\
-
\n\
";
-// We pad the top more to account for the space taken up by the toolbar.
-// In theory the top should be padded 1.8em if we want 0.4em of padding between
-// the 1.4em high toolbar and the content, but extra padding seems to get added
-// to the top of the message, so we have to reduce the top padding accordingly.
-
-const LOCAL_STYLE = "\n\
- #content {\n\
- margin: 0;\n\
- border: none;\n\
- padding: 0.4em;\n\
- padding-top: 1.8em;\n\
- }\n\
-";
+// no local style overrides at this time
+const LOCAL_STYLE = "\n";
FeedItem.prototype.store = function() {
if (this.isStored()) {