diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_ibus-popup.scss b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_ibus-popup.scss
index 33f169787..eead703e4 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_ibus-popup.scss
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_ibus-popup.scss
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 // IBus Candidate Popup
+
+.candidate-popup-boxpointer {
+  @extend .popup-menu-boxpointer;
+}
+
 .candidate-popup-content {
   padding: 0.5em;
   spacing: 0.3em;
diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_popovers.scss b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_popovers.scss
index e45649899..5a741df66 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_popovers.scss
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell-sass/widgets/_popovers.scss
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 $popover_arrow_height: 12px;
 
 //.the popover itself
-.popup-menu-boxpointer,
-.candidate-popup-boxpointer {
+.popup-menu-boxpointer {
   -arrow-border-radius: $base_border_radius+4;
   -arrow-background-color: $bg_color;
   -arrow-border-width: 1px;