diff --git a/MathMathML.php b/MathMathML.php
index 681b90ba7..40bc77c49 100644
--- a/MathMathML.php
+++ b/MathMathML.php
@@ -418,7 +418,6 @@ class MathMathML extends MathRenderer {
 	 * @return string the class name
 	 */
 	private function getClassName( $fallback = false ) {
-		global $wgMathElementClassName;
 		$class = 'mwe-math-';
 		if ( $fallback ) {
 			$class .= 'fallback-image-';
@@ -435,7 +434,7 @@ class MathMathML extends MathRenderer {
 			$class .= ' mwe-math-mathml-a11y';
 			// @codingStandardsIgnoreEnd
 		}
-		return $class . " $wgMathElementClassName";
+		return $class;
 	}
 
 	/**
diff --git a/MathSource.php b/MathSource.php
index 792e755d5..93d403d44 100644
--- a/MathSource.php
+++ b/MathSource.php
@@ -35,13 +35,11 @@ class MathSource extends MathRenderer {
 	function getHtmlOutput() {
 		# No need to render or parse anything more!
 		# New lines are replaced with spaces, which avoids confusing our parser (bugs 23190, 22818)
-		global $wgMathElementClassName;
 		if ( $this->getMathStyle() == 'display' ) {
 			$class = 'mwe-math-fallback-source-display';
 		} else {
 			$class = 'mwe-math-fallback-source-inline';
 		}
-		$class .= " $wgMathElementClassName";
 		return Xml::element( 'span',
 			$this->getAttributes(
 				'span',
diff --git a/MathTexvc.php b/MathTexvc.php
index aa64ea086..6c61d8610 100644
--- a/MathTexvc.php
+++ b/MathTexvc.php
@@ -137,7 +137,6 @@ class MathTexvc extends MathRenderer {
 	 * @return string img HTML
 	 */
 	public function getMathImageHTML() {
-		global $wgMathElementClassName;
 		$url = $this->getMathImageUrl();
 		$attributes = [
 			// the former class name was 'tex'
@@ -149,7 +148,6 @@ class MathTexvc extends MathRenderer {
 			// if DisplayStyle is true, the equation will be centered in a new line
 			$attributes[ 'class' ] = 'mwe-math-fallback-image-display tex';
 		}
-		$attributes[ 'class' ] .= " $wgMathElementClassName";
 		return Xml::element( 'img',
 			$this->getAttributes(
 				'img',
diff --git a/extension.json b/extension.json
index c9ce09323..a05965510 100644
--- a/extension.json
+++ b/extension.json
@@ -115,8 +115,7 @@
 		],
 		"MathEnableWikibaseDataType": true,
 		"Texvc": false,
-		"TexvcBackgroundColor": "transparent",
-		"MathElementClassName": "mw-math-element"
+		"TexvcBackgroundColor": "transparent"
 	},
 	"VisualEditorPluginModules": [
 		"ext.math.visualEditor"
diff --git a/modules/ext.math.css b/modules/ext.math.css
index 9892ce28e..69ea129b8 100644
--- a/modules/ext.math.css
+++ b/modules/ext.math.css
@@ -57,7 +57,3 @@ generated by Mathoid. See https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/166213/ */
 img.tex {
 	vertical-align: middle;
 }
-.mwe-math-element {
-	overflow-x: auto;
-	max-width: 100%;
-}