diff --git a/res/css/structures/_MainSplit.scss b/res/css/structures/_MainSplit.scss
index 6dfbb14d1a3..215e87940c1 100644
--- a/res/css/structures/_MainSplit.scss
+++ b/res/css/structures/_MainSplit.scss
@@ -28,15 +28,16 @@ limitations under the License.
     margin-left: 8px;
     height: calc(100vh - 51px); // height of .mx_RoomHeader.light-panel
 
-    &:hover .mx_RightPanel_ResizeHandle {
-        // Need to use important to override element style attributes
-        // set by re-resizable
-        top: 50% !important;
+    &:hover .mx_ResizeHandle_horizontal::before {
+        position: absolute;
+        top: 50%;
         transform: translate(0, -50%);
 
-        height: 64px !important; // to match width of the ones on roomlist
-        width: 4px !important;
-        border-radius: 4px !important;
+        height: 64px; // to match width of the ones on roomlist
+        width: 4px;
+        border-radius: 4px;
+
+        content: '';
 
         background-color: $primary-content;
         opacity: 0.8;
diff --git a/src/components/structures/MainSplit.tsx b/src/components/structures/MainSplit.tsx
index af7645767dc..f4b15429493 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/MainSplit.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/MainSplit.tsx
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export default class MainSplit extends React.Component<IProps> {
                 onResize={this.onResize}
                 onResizeStop={this.onResizeStop}
                 className="mx_RightPanel_ResizeWrapper"
-                handleClasses={{ left: "mx_RightPanel_ResizeHandle" }}
+                handleClasses={{ left: "mx_ResizeHandle_horizontal" }}
             >
                 { panelView }
             </Resizable>;