diff --git a/src/components/structures/LoggedInView.tsx b/src/components/structures/LoggedInView.tsx
index fb3cb8e291..0acfef92c1 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/LoggedInView.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/LoggedInView.tsx
@@ -265,7 +265,6 @@ class LoggedInView extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
         resizer.setClassNames({
             handle: "mx_ResizeHandle",
             vertical: "mx_ResizeHandle_vertical",
-            reverse: "mx_ResizeHandle_reverse",
         });
         return resizer;
     }
diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/ResizeHandle.tsx b/src/components/views/elements/ResizeHandle.tsx
index 10dba1b735..c3609f3129 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/ResizeHandle.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/ResizeHandle.tsx
@@ -19,21 +19,17 @@ import React from "react"; // eslint-disable-line no-unused-vars
 //see src/resizer for the actual resizing code, this is just the DOM for the resize handle
 interface IResizeHandleProps {
     vertical?: boolean;
-    reverse?: boolean;
     id?: string;
     passRef?: React.RefObject<HTMLDivElement>;
 }
 
-const ResizeHandle: React.FC<IResizeHandleProps> = ({ vertical, reverse, id, passRef }) => {
+const ResizeHandle: React.FC<IResizeHandleProps> = ({ vertical, id, passRef }) => {
     const classNames = ["mx_ResizeHandle"];
     if (vertical) {
         classNames.push("mx_ResizeHandle_vertical");
     } else {
         classNames.push("mx_ResizeHandle_horizontal");
     }
-    if (reverse) {
-        classNames.push("mx_ResizeHandle_reverse");
-    }
     return (
         <div ref={passRef} className={classNames.join(" ")} data-id={id}>
             <div />
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/AppsDrawer.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/AppsDrawer.tsx
index cd5e9bc889..bf4e0fb0ac 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/AppsDrawer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/AppsDrawer.tsx
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ export default class AppsDrawer extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
         const classNames = {
             handle: "mx_ResizeHandle",
             vertical: "mx_ResizeHandle_vertical",
-            reverse: "mx_ResizeHandle_reverse",
         };
         const collapseConfig = {
             onResizeStart: () => {
@@ -267,7 +266,7 @@ export default class AppsDrawer extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
                     if (i < 1) return app;
                     return (
                         <React.Fragment key={app.key}>
-                            <ResizeHandle reverse={i > apps.length / 2} />
+                            <ResizeHandle />
                             {app}
                         </React.Fragment>
                     );