diff --git a/common/gnome-shell/3.16/gnome-shell.css b/common/gnome-shell/3.16/gnome-shell.css
index be123aa..0333c49 100644
--- a/common/gnome-shell/3.16/gnome-shell.css
+++ b/common/gnome-shell/3.16/gnome-shell.css
@@ -420,6 +420,7 @@ StScrollBar {
     .popup-menu .popup-menu-item:rtl {
       padding: 0.4em 0em 0.4em 3em; }
     .popup-menu .popup-menu-item:checked {
+      font-weight: normal;
       background: none;
       box-shadow: none;
       border-image: url("light-assets/menu/submenu-open.svg") 9 9 9 9; }
diff --git a/common/gnome-shell/3.16/sass/_common.scss b/common/gnome-shell/3.16/sass/_common.scss
index a6a2136..76880e8 100644
--- a/common/gnome-shell/3.16/sass/_common.scss
+++ b/common/gnome-shell/3.16/sass/_common.scss
@@ -523,6 +523,7 @@ StScrollBar {
     &:rtl { padding: .4em 0em .4em 3em; }
 
     &:checked {
+      font-weight: normal;
       background: none;
       box-shadow: none;
       border-image: url("#{$asset_path}/menu/submenu-open.svg") 9 9 9 9;