diff --git a/CHANGELOG.txt b/CHANGELOG.txt
index 89c08c411f..e15d4a534e 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.txt
+++ b/CHANGELOG.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ Changelog
  * Fix: Changed verbose names to start with lower case where necessary (Maris Serzans)
  * Fix: Invalid images no longer crash the image listing (Maris Serzans)
  * Fix: `MenuItem` `url` parameter can now take a lazy URL (Adon Metcalfe, rayrayndwiga)
+ * Fix: Restored correct highlighting behaviour of rich text toolbar buttons
 
 1.2 (12.11.2015)
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/docs/releases/1.3.rst b/docs/releases/1.3.rst
index b181af5684..022d25ac0c 100644
--- a/docs/releases/1.3.rst
+++ b/docs/releases/1.3.rst
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ Bug fixes
  * Invalid images no longer crash the image listing (Maris Serzans)
  * ``MenuItem`` ``url`` parameter can now take a lazy URL (Adon Metcalfe, rayrayndwiga)
  * Added missing translation tag to InlinePanel 'Add' button (jnns)
+ * Restored correct highlighting behaviour of rich text toolbar buttons
 
 
 Upgrade considerations
diff --git a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static_src/wagtailadmin/scss/panels/rich-text.scss b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static_src/wagtailadmin/scss/panels/rich-text.scss
index 06b357af6c..89b445c091 100644
--- a/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static_src/wagtailadmin/scss/panels/rich-text.scss
+++ b/wagtail/wagtailadmin/static_src/wagtailadmin/scss/panels/rich-text.scss
@@ -30,22 +30,8 @@
 }
 
 .hallotoolbar button {
-    // Some of this is copied from the jQuery UI style, forcing those styles to apply to 
-    // this selector. Without it, if your cursor is placed above a button while it's 
-    // appearing, the CSS from jQuery UI won't immediately be applied.
     border-radius: 0;
     height: 2.4em;
-    border: 1px solid $color-grey-3;
-    background: $color-white;
-    font-weight: normal;
-    color: $color-grey-1-1;
-
-    &:hover {
-        border: 1px solid $color-teal;
-        background: $color-teal;
-        font-weight: normal;
-        color: $color-white;
-    }
 }
 
 .richtext {