diff --git a/src/vs/editor/common/modes/supports/tokenization.ts b/src/vs/editor/common/modes/supports/tokenization.ts
index e701b60f0a9d1..12566c3b00e7b 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/common/modes/supports/tokenization.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/common/modes/supports/tokenization.ts
@@ -399,10 +399,10 @@ export function generateTokensCSSForColorMap(colorMap: Color[]): string {
 	let rules: string[] = [];
 	for (let i = 1, len = colorMap.length; i < len; i++) {
 		let color = colorMap[i];
-		rules[i] = `.monaco-editor .mtk${i} { color: ${color}; }`;
+		rules[i] = `.mtk${i} { color: ${color}; }`;
 	}
-	rules.push('.monaco-editor .mtki { font-style: italic; }');
-	rules.push('.monaco-editor .mtkb { font-weight: bold; }');
-	rules.push('.monaco-editor .mtku { text-decoration: underline; text-underline-position: under; }');
+	rules.push('.mtki { font-style: italic; }');
+	rules.push('.mtkb { font-weight: bold; }');
+	rules.push('.mtku { text-decoration: underline; text-underline-position: under; }');
 	return rules.join('\n');
 }