diff --git a/src/app/components/favorites/favorites.component.html b/src/app/components/favorites/favorites.component.html
index d8369726a..b7915e05a 100644
--- a/src/app/components/favorites/favorites.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/favorites/favorites.component.html
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@
     <div class="inner-layout__content">
         <div class="inner-layout__panel">
             <adf-document-list #documentList
-                [attr.class]="documentList.isEmpty() ? 'adf-document-list--empty' : ''"
                 currentFolderId="-favorites-"
                 selectionMode="multiple"
                 [navigate]="false"
diff --git a/src/app/components/files/files.component.html b/src/app/components/files/files.component.html
index 439f6ca0f..9171f2fc8 100644
--- a/src/app/components/files/files.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/files/files.component.html
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@
                 [disabled]="!permission.check(node, ['create'])">
 
                 <adf-document-list #documentList
-                    [attr.class]="documentList.isEmpty() ? 'adf-document-list--empty' : ''"
                     [currentFolderId]="node?.id"
                     [sorting]="sorting"
                     [allowDropFiles]="true"
diff --git a/src/app/components/libraries/libraries.component.html b/src/app/components/libraries/libraries.component.html
index 3a11a4767..b4a1274dc 100644
--- a/src/app/components/libraries/libraries.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/libraries/libraries.component.html
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@
     <div class="inner-layout__content">
         <div class="inner-layout__panel">
             <adf-document-list #documentList
-                [attr.class]="documentList.isEmpty() ? 'adf-document-list--empty' : ''"
                 currentFolderId="-mysites-"
                 selectionMode="none"
                 [navigate]="false"
diff --git a/src/app/components/recent-files/recent-files.component.html b/src/app/components/recent-files/recent-files.component.html
index 83102ad7f..9f1f76458 100644
--- a/src/app/components/recent-files/recent-files.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/recent-files/recent-files.component.html
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@
     <div class="inner-layout__content">
         <div class="inner-layout__panel">
             <adf-document-list #documentList
-                [attr.class]="documentList.isEmpty() ? 'adf-document-list--empty' : ''"
                 currentFolderId="-recent-"
                 selectionMode="multiple"
                 [navigate]="false"
diff --git a/src/app/components/search/search.component.html b/src/app/components/search/search.component.html
index e80eb26f0..fc28df84f 100644
--- a/src/app/components/search/search.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/search/search.component.html
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
             [showHeader]="false"
             [sortingMode]="'server'"
             [sorting]="sorting"
-            [attr.class]="documentList.isEmpty() ? 'adf-document-list--empty' : ''"
             [node]="data">
 
             <empty-folder-content>
diff --git a/src/app/components/shared-files/shared-files.component.html b/src/app/components/shared-files/shared-files.component.html
index 15c563421..e021c5f6c 100644
--- a/src/app/components/shared-files/shared-files.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/shared-files/shared-files.component.html
@@ -96,7 +96,6 @@
     <div class="inner-layout__content">
         <div class="inner-layout__panel">
             <adf-document-list #documentList
-                [attr.class]="documentList.isEmpty() ? 'adf-document-list--empty' : ''"
                 currentFolderId="-sharedlinks-"
                 selectionMode="multiple"
                 [sorting]="sorting"
diff --git a/src/app/components/trashcan/trashcan.component.html b/src/app/components/trashcan/trashcan.component.html
index f475d16f1..ce0ba44da 100644
--- a/src/app/components/trashcan/trashcan.component.html
+++ b/src/app/components/trashcan/trashcan.component.html
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@
     <div class="inner-layout__content">
         <div class="inner-layout__panel">
             <adf-document-list #documentList
-                [attr.class]="documentList.isEmpty() ? 'adf-document-list--empty' : ''"
                 currentFolderId="-trashcan-"
                 selectionMode="multiple"
                 [navigate]="false"
diff --git a/src/app/ui/overrides/_alfresco-document-list.scss b/src/app/ui/overrides/_alfresco-document-list.scss
index 55e9d2293..737b54ecd 100644
--- a/src/app/ui/overrides/_alfresco-document-list.scss
+++ b/src/app/ui/overrides/_alfresco-document-list.scss
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ adf-datatable {
     .adf-datatable-row:last-child .adf-datatable-table-cell {
         border-bottom: 1px solid rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.07);
     }
-}
 
-.adf-document-list--empty {
-    .adf-data-table .adf-datatable-row:hover,
-    .adf-data-table .adf-datatable-row:focus {
-        background-color: unset;
+    &.adf-data-table--empty {
+        .adf-datatable-row:hover,
+        .adf-datatable-row:focus {
+            background-color: unset;
+        }
     }
 }