diff --git a/gnome-shell/_common.scss b/gnome-shell/_common.scss
index f51b0ac..bb2d009 100644
--- a/gnome-shell/_common.scss
+++ b/gnome-shell/_common.scss
@@ -532,11 +532,6 @@ StScrollBar {
     &:ltr { padding-right: 1.75em; padding-left: 0; }
     &:rtl { padding-right: 0; padding-left: 1.75em; }
 
-    // Fix overlaping text in 'opened windows' title
-    &:first-child:insensitive {
-      margin-bottom: 10px;
-      margin-left: 0;
-    }
     &:checked {
       @include gradient();
      // background-color: transparentize($selected_bg_color,0.1);
@@ -583,8 +578,8 @@ StScrollBar {
   }
 
   .popup-separator-menu-item {
-
-    &, &-separator {
+    background: transparent;
+    &-separator {
       //-margin-horizontal: 24px;
       height: 1px; //not really the whole box
       margin: 6px 64px;
@@ -1112,9 +1107,10 @@ StScrollBar {
             //@include gradient();
             box-shadow: 2px 0px 0px 0px $g2 inset;
            }
-           border: 1px solid darken($bg_color, 5%);
-           border-radius: 3px;
-           background: darken($bg_color, 1%);
+          border: 1px solid darken($bg_color, 5%);
+          border-radius: 3px;
+          background: darken($bg_color, 1%);
+          box-shadow: none;
         }
 
           .message-icon-bin {
@@ -1677,8 +1673,10 @@ StScrollBar {
       spacing: 1px;
     }
     .notification-button {
-      padding: 0px;
+      padding: 5px;
       background-color: transparentize($bg_color, 0.1);
+      box-shadow: none;
+      border: none;
       &:first-child { border-radius: 0 0 0 3px; }
       &:last-child { border-radius: 0 0 3px 0; }
       &:hover, &focus { background-color: darken($bg_color,2%); color: $selected_bg_color;}
diff --git a/gnome-shell/gnome-shell.css b/gnome-shell/gnome-shell.css
index 3287311..38fee84 100644
--- a/gnome-shell/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/gnome-shell/gnome-shell.css
@@ -510,9 +510,6 @@ StScrollBar {
     .popup-menu .popup-menu-item:rtl {
       padding-right: 0;
       padding-left: 1.75em; }
-    .popup-menu .popup-menu-item:first-child:insensitive {
-      margin-bottom: 10px;
-      margin-left: 0; }
     .popup-menu .popup-menu-item:checked {
       background-gradient-start: #F67E7D;
       background-gradient-end: #E1DD8F;
@@ -553,17 +550,18 @@ StScrollBar {
   -arrow-rise: 11px;
   -arrow-box-shadow: 0 1px 3px black; }
 
-.popup-separator-menu-item, .popup-separator-menu-item-separator {
-  height: 1px;
-  margin: 6px 64px;
-  background-color: transparent;
-  border-color: transparent;
-  border-bottom-width: 1px;
-  border-bottom-style: solid; }
-
-.popup-sub-menu .popup-separator-menu-item .popup-separator-menu-item-separator {
-  margin: 0 64px 0 32px;
+.popup-separator-menu-item {
   background: transparent; }
+  .popup-separator-menu-item-separator {
+    height: 1px;
+    margin: 6px 64px;
+    background-color: transparent;
+    border-color: transparent;
+    border-bottom-width: 1px;
+    border-bottom-style: solid; }
+  .popup-sub-menu .popup-separator-menu-item .popup-separator-menu-item-separator {
+    margin: 0 64px 0 32px;
+    background: transparent; }
 
 .background-menu {
   -boxpointer-gap: 4px;
@@ -1018,7 +1016,8 @@ StScrollBar {
 .message {
   border: 1px solid #0f1113;
   border-radius: 3px;
-  background: #181b1e; }
+  background: #181b1e;
+  box-shadow: none; }
   .message:hover, .message:focus {
     background-color: #181b1e;
     box-shadow: 2px 0px 0px 0px #E1DD8F inset; }
@@ -1543,8 +1542,10 @@ StScrollBar {
     padding-top: 2px;
     spacing: 1px; }
   .notification-banner .notification-button {
-    padding: 0px;
-    background-color: rgba(26, 30, 33, 0.9); }
+    padding: 5px;
+    background-color: rgba(26, 30, 33, 0.9);
+    box-shadow: none;
+    border: none; }
     .notification-banner .notification-button:first-child {
       border-radius: 0 0 0 3px; }
     .notification-banner .notification-button:last-child {