diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/views/_manual.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/views/_manual.scss
index a19c6c05b6..98d7cb91da 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/views/_manual.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/views/_manual.scss
@@ -42,15 +42,6 @@
   &.hmrc {
     background: govuk-organisation-colour("hm-revenue-customs");
   }
-
-  .gem-c-metadata--inverse {
-    background: none;
-    padding: 0;
-
-    .gem-c-metadata__list {
-      margin: 0;
-    }
-  }
 }
 
 .section-list {
diff --git a/app/presenters/content_item/manual.rb b/app/presenters/content_item/manual.rb
index b2a92cf896..26e515376d 100644
--- a/app/presenters/content_item/manual.rb
+++ b/app/presenters/content_item/manual.rb
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ def manual_metadata
         first_published: published,
         other: other_metadata,
         inverse: true,
+        inverse_compress: true,
       }
     end