diff --git a/css/general/formatting.css b/css/general/formatting.css
index 01f9990555e92b4eefccc1abe3dd9469376ef91f..b0a408d0c50b27bd40e337e754731380ccefb372 100644
--- a/css/general/formatting.css
+++ b/css/general/formatting.css
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@
     font-weight: bold;
 }
 
-.major-link, .bold {
+/* strong is deprecated, use bold instead */
+.major-link, .bold, .strong {
     font-weight: bold;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/003-assets/CSS/slaveList.css b/src/003-assets/CSS/slaveList.css
index 1622a6a9f60b779856d1aa0468867cb8aadfaf3e..a88ed7430ab4fa4a8937d62476a57f45b9d22ae1 100644
--- a/src/003-assets/CSS/slaveList.css
+++ b/src/003-assets/CSS/slaveList.css
@@ -20,7 +20,3 @@ span.freeAssignment {
 	margin-right: 2em;
 	text-indent: 0;
 }
-
-.strong {
-	font-weight: bold;
-}