diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/bootstrap_migration.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/bootstrap_migration.scss
index d5679177f8f..15c80a93707 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/bootstrap_migration.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/bootstrap_migration.scss
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ table {
 
 .nav-tabs {
   .nav-link {
-    border: 0;
+    border-top: 0;
+    border-left: 0;
+    border-right: 0;
   }
 
   .nav-item {
diff --git a/app/views/projects/new.html.haml b/app/views/projects/new.html.haml
index 35a09f06bfa..5bb1bfb7059 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/new.html.haml
@@ -29,16 +29,16 @@
 
     .col-lg-9.js-toggle-container
       %ul.nav.nav-tabs.nav-links.gitlab-tabs{ role: 'tablist' }
-        %li{ class: active_when(active_tab == 'blank'), role: 'presentation' }
-          %a{ href: '#blank-project-pane', id: 'blank-project-tab', data: { toggle: 'tab' }, role: 'tab' }
+        %li.nav-item{ role: 'presentation' }
+          %a.nav-link.active{ href: '#blank-project-pane', id: 'blank-project-tab', data: { toggle: 'tab' }, role: 'tab' }
             %span.d-none.d-sm-block Blank project
             %span.d-block.d-sm-none Blank
-        %li{ class: active_when(active_tab == 'template'), role: 'presentation' }
-          %a{ href: '#create-from-template-pane', id: 'create-from-template-tab', data: { toggle: 'tab' }, role: 'tab' }
+        %li.nav-item{ role: 'presentation' }
+          %a.nav-link{ href: '#create-from-template-pane', id: 'create-from-template-tab', data: { toggle: 'tab' }, role: 'tab' }
             %span.d-none.d-sm-block Create from template
             %span.d-block.d-sm-none Template
-        %li{ class: active_when(active_tab == 'import'), role: 'presentation' }
-          %a{ href: '#import-project-pane', id: 'import-project-tab', data: { toggle: 'tab' }, role: 'tab' }
+        %li.nav-item{ role: 'presentation' }
+          %a.nav-link{ href: '#import-project-pane', id: 'import-project-tab', data: { toggle: 'tab' }, role: 'tab' }
             %span.d-none.d-sm-block Import project
             %span.d-block.d-sm-none Import