diff --git a/src/app/editor.coffee b/src/app/editor.coffee
index 2727f0a56..ec242ecd5 100644
--- a/src/app/editor.coffee
+++ b/src/app/editor.coffee
@@ -661,7 +661,7 @@ class Editor extends View
     if width > @scrollView.width()
       @renderedLines.width(width)
     else
-      @renderedLines.width("inherit")
+      @renderedLines.css('width', '')
 
   handleScrollHeightChange: ->
     scrollHeight = @lineHeight * @screenLineCount()