diff --git a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
index d8eb7a744..e666cc1e6 100644
--- a/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
+++ b/spec/app/editor-spec.coffee
@@ -1596,7 +1596,7 @@ describe "Editor", ->
         expect(miniEditor.find('.line.cursor-line').length).toBe 0
 
 
-  describe "gutter line highlighting", ->
+  fdescribe "gutter line highlighting", ->
     beforeEach ->
       editor.attachToDom(heightInLines: 5.5)
 
diff --git a/src/app/gutter.coffee b/src/app/gutter.coffee
index 026d1d41f..12b65f957 100644
--- a/src/app/gutter.coffee
+++ b/src/app/gutter.coffee
@@ -41,16 +41,11 @@ class Gutter extends View
     cursorScreenRow = @editor().getCursorScreenPosition().row
     @lineNumbers[0].innerHTML = $$$ ->
       for row in rows
-        rowClass = 'line-number'
-        rowValue = null
-
         if row == lastScreenRow
           rowValue = '•'
         else
           rowValue = row + 1
-          rowClass += ' cursor-line-number' if row == cursorScreenRow
-
-        @div {class: rowClass}, rowValue
+        @div {class: 'line-number'}, rowValue
         lastScreenRow = row
 
     @calculateWidth()