diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
index b4538fe1c4..768eeb5e85 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_EventTile.scss
@@ -79,6 +79,10 @@ $threadInfoLineHeight: calc(2 * $font-12px); // See: _commons.scss
 
     &[data-layout=irc],
     &[data-layout=group] {
+        .mx_EventTile_e2eIcon {
+            position: absolute;
+        }
+
         .mx_MImageBody {
             margin-right: 34px;
         }
@@ -112,6 +116,10 @@ $threadInfoLineHeight: calc(2 * $font-12px); // See: _commons.scss
             line-height: $font-22px;
         }
 
+        .mx_EventTile_e2eIcon {
+            inset: 6px 0 0 44px;
+        }
+
         .mx_ThreadSummary,
         .mx_ThreadSummaryIcon {
             margin-left: $left-gutter;
@@ -295,14 +303,6 @@ $threadInfoLineHeight: calc(2 * $font-12px); // See: _commons.scss
             min-width: $font-44px;
         }
     }
-
-    .mx_EventTile_e2eIcon {
-        position: absolute;
-        top: 6px;
-        left: 44px;
-        bottom: 0;
-        right: 0;
-    }
 }
 
 .mx_GenericEventListSummary:not([data-layout=bubble]) {
diff --git a/res/css/views/rooms/_IRCLayout.scss b/res/css/views/rooms/_IRCLayout.scss
index edd2154e29..f7748b8609 100644
--- a/res/css/views/rooms/_IRCLayout.scss
+++ b/res/css/views/rooms/_IRCLayout.scss
@@ -80,12 +80,7 @@ $irc-line-height: $font-18px;
             text-align: right;
         }
 
-        > .mx_EventTile_e2eIcon {
-            position: absolute;
-            right: unset;
-            left: unset;
-            top: 0;
-
+        .mx_EventTile_e2eIcon {
             padding: 0;
 
             flex-shrink: 0;