diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomSublist2.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomSublist2.scss
index bd00a7fc72..3744641390 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomSublist2.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_RoomSublist2.scss
@@ -241,11 +241,7 @@ limitations under the License.
 
         // Update the render() function for RoomSublist2 if these change
         // Update the ListLayout class for minVisibleTiles if these change.
-        //
-        // At 24px high, 8px padding on the top and 4px padding on the bottom  this equates to 0.73 of
-        // a tile due to how the padding calculations work.
         height: 24px;
-        padding-top: 8px;
         padding-bottom: 4px;
 
         // We create a flexbox to cheat at alignment
diff --git a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomSublist2.tsx b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomSublist2.tsx
index 70d65f2437..66b5a4aad1 100644
--- a/src/components/views/rooms/RoomSublist2.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/rooms/RoomSublist2.tsx
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ import RoomListLayoutStore from "../../../stores/room-list/RoomListLayoutStore";
  * warning disappears.                                             *
  *******************************************************************/
 
-const SHOW_N_BUTTON_HEIGHT = 32; // As defined by CSS
+const SHOW_N_BUTTON_HEIGHT = 28; // As defined by CSS
 const RESIZE_HANDLE_HEIGHT = 4; // As defined by CSS
 export const HEADER_HEIGHT = 32; // As defined by CSS