diff --git a/web_src/css/markup/content.css b/web_src/css/markup/content.css
index c6a89edf25e58..14d95ca72671e 100644
--- a/web_src/css/markup/content.css
+++ b/web_src/css/markup/content.css
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 .markup {
   overflow: hidden;
-  font-size: 16px;
+  font-size: 14px; /* 14px for comments, overridden to 16px for .file-view below. */
   line-height: 1.5 !important;
   overflow-wrap: break-word;
 }
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ In markup content, we always use bottom margin for all elements */
 
 .file-view.markup {
   padding: 1em 2em;
+  font-size: 16px;
 }
 
 .file-view.markup:has(.file-not-rendered-prompt) {
diff --git a/web_src/css/repo.css b/web_src/css/repo.css
index 14db7d07e6bb1..386fc7139afef 100644
--- a/web_src/css/repo.css
+++ b/web_src/css/repo.css
@@ -300,10 +300,6 @@ td .commit-summary {
   min-width: 100px;
 }
 
-.repository.new.issue .comment.form .content .markup {
-  font-size: 14px;
-}
-
 .repository.view.issue .instruct-toggle {
   display: inline-block;
 }
@@ -630,10 +626,6 @@ td .commit-summary {
   background: var(--color-light);
 }
 
-.repository.view.issue .comment-list .comment .markup {
-  font-size: 14px;
-}
-
 .repository.view.issue .comment-list .comment .no-content {
   color: var(--color-text-light-2);
   font-style: italic;
@@ -723,10 +715,6 @@ td .commit-summary {
   text-align: center;
 }
 
-.repository.compare.pull .markup {
-  font-size: 14px;
-}
-
 .repository.branches .commit-divergence .bar-group {
   position: relative;
   float: left;