diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issues.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issues.scss
index fc9db97132d..58bd12ffd6b 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issues.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/issues.scss
@@ -96,8 +96,3 @@ form.edit-issue {
 .issue-form .select2-container {
   width: 250px !important;
 }
-
-.issue-closed-by-widget {
-  color: $gl-text-color;
-  margin-left: 52px;
-}
diff --git a/app/views/projects/issues/_merge_requests.html.haml b/app/views/projects/issues/_merge_requests.html.haml
index e953353567e..2f9dc867d0d 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/issues/_merge_requests.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/issues/_merge_requests.html.haml
@@ -24,5 +24,8 @@
             MERGED
           - elsif merge_request.closed?
             CLOSED
-    - if @closed_by_merge_requests.present?
+    %li
       = render partial: 'projects/issues/closed_by_box', locals: {merge_request_count: @merge_requests.count}
+    - if @closed_by_merge_requests.present?
+      %li
+        = render partial: 'projects/issues/closed_by_box', locals: {merge_request_count: @merge_requests.count}