diff --git a/includes/templates/skin-legacy.mustache b/includes/templates/skin-legacy.mustache
index af32b0dd2..f94a83e82 100644
--- a/includes/templates/skin-legacy.mustache
+++ b/includes/templates/skin-legacy.mustache
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 		<div class="printfooter">{{{html-printfooter}}}</div>
 		{{/html-printfooter}}
 		{{{html-catlinks}}}
-		<div class="visualClear"></div>
 		{{{html-debuglog}}}
 	</div>
 </div>
diff --git a/includes/templates/skin.mustache b/includes/templates/skin.mustache
index 7731fe6ba..4e4cd15fb 100644
--- a/includes/templates/skin.mustache
+++ b/includes/templates/skin.mustache
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@
 			<div class="printfooter">{{{html-printfooter}}}</div>
 		{{/html-printfooter}}
 		{{{html-catlinks}}}
-		<div class="visualClear"></div>
 		{{{html-debuglog}}}
 	</div>
 </main>
diff --git a/resources/skins.vector.styles/legacy/layout.less b/resources/skins.vector.styles/legacy/layout.less
index f97d9c903..2169f179b 100644
--- a/resources/skins.vector.styles/legacy/layout.less
+++ b/resources/skins.vector.styles/legacy/layout.less
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ body {
 .mw-body-content {
 	position: relative;
 	z-index: @z-index-base;
+	// Clearfix here for legacy reasons of floated children (gadgets?),
+	// to be revisited to clarify historic need and possibly remove.
+	.mixin-clearfix();
 }
 
 /* Head */