diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.DesktopTarget-monobook.css b/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.DesktopTarget-monobook.css
index f10931cc05..9e4ec8a61c 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.DesktopTarget-monobook.css
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.DesktopTarget-monobook.css
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 .ve-init-mw-desktopArticleTarget-toolbar,
-.ve-ui-debugBar,
+.ve-init-mw-desktopArticleTarget > .ve-ui-debugBar,
 .ve-ui-overlay-global {
 	/* Enforce different font-size for all UI elements of VisualEditor. The difference is tiny, but
 	   enough to make the icon containers 23.813px rather than 24px and thus the icons blurry */
diff --git a/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.DesktopTarget-vector.css b/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.DesktopTarget-vector.css
index 7f1f0505b3..b1d3584b02 100644
--- a/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.DesktopTarget-vector.css
+++ b/modules/ve-mw/init/styles/ve.init.mw.DesktopTarget-vector.css
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 
 .ve-init-mw-desktopArticleTarget-toolbar,
-.ve-ui-debugBar,
+.ve-init-mw-desktopArticleTarget > .ve-ui-debugBar,
 .ve-ui-overlay {
 	/* Enforce different font-size for all UI elements of VisualEditor */
 	font-size: 0.8em;