diff --git a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
index 4467e69bd..61e5c402d 100644
--- a/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/data/theme/gnome-shell.css
@@ -754,18 +754,15 @@ StScrollBar StButton#vhandle:active {
 /* Search Results */
 
 #searchResults {
-    padding: 20px 10px 10px 10px;
     spacing: 18px;
 }
 
 #searchResultsContent {
-    padding-right: 20px;
     spacing: 16px;
-}
 
-#searchResultsContent:rtl {
-    padding-right: 0px;
+    /* for scrollbars */
     padding-left: 20px;
+    padding-right: 20px;
 }
 
 .search-section {
@@ -835,15 +832,10 @@ StScrollBar StButton#vhandle:active {
 }
 
 .all-app {
-    padding: 16px 25px 16px 16px;
+    padding: 16px;
     spacing: 20px;
 }
 
-.all-app:rtl {
-    padding-right: 16px;
-    padding-left: 25px;
-}
-
 .app-filter {
     font-weight: bold;
     height: 2.85em;
diff --git a/js/ui/overview.js b/js/ui/overview.js
index 949ad0eb9..01df6e9ba 100644
--- a/js/ui/overview.js
+++ b/js/ui/overview.js
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ const St = imports.gi.St;
 const Shell = imports.gi.Shell;
 const Gdk = imports.gi.Gdk;
 
+const CenterLayout = imports.ui.centerLayout;
 const Dash = imports.ui.dash;
 const DND = imports.ui.dnd;
 const Main = imports.ui.main;
@@ -141,8 +142,11 @@ const Overview = new Lang.Class({
                                             vertical: true });
         this._overview._delegate = this;
 
+        let layout = new CenterLayout.CenterLayout();
+        this._group = new St.Widget({ name: 'overview-group',
+                                      layout_manager: layout });
+
         this._spacing = 0;
-        this._group = new St.BoxLayout({ name: 'overview-group' });
         this._group.connect('style-changed',
             Lang.bind(this, function() {
                 let node = this._group.get_theme_node();