diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/SimpleEditor.scss b/app/components/SimpleEditor/SimpleEditor.scss
index 232bebbdcaa1bfccbc9a61c8c353adc532b7abcd..83739089798e142e5fece770a08dea43bec5eab6 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/SimpleEditor.scss
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/SimpleEditor.scss
@@ -8,18 +8,16 @@ $fa-font-path: '~font-awesome/fonts';
 @import './notesEditor/notesEditor';
 
 // grays
-$border: #ccc;
-$dark-gray: #999;
 $light-gray: #ddd;
-$primary: #eee;
 $ultra-light-gray: #fafafa;
 
 $black: #000;
 $shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, .05);
-$teal: #46b9ba;
+
 $toolbar-active-bg: rgba(204, 204, 204, .75);
 $transparent-black: rgba(0, 0, 0, .75);
 $white: #fff;
+
 // track changes
 $inactive-grey: #404040;
 $active-blue: #4990e2;
@@ -199,7 +197,6 @@ $scrollbar-track: rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
 
     .sidenav {
       background-color: #e8e8e8;
-      // box-shadow: 0 0 12px $dark-gray;
       box-shadow: 2px 0px 1px -1px #ccc;
       height: 50%;
       left: 2%;
@@ -295,11 +292,4 @@ $scrollbar-track: rgba(0, 0, 0, .3);
     border-left: 1px solid $light-gray;
     box-shadow: inset 0 0 10px $shadow;
   }
-
-  .sc-comments-pane {
-    display: flex;
-    flex-direction: column;
-    flex-wrap: wrap;
-    margin-left: 4%;
-  }
 }
diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/comment/comment.scss b/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/comment/comment.scss
index a588093cd58da680c6ccbaed50ab26844c285791..e1292ca3c5a08e759c9de19e775932c5892cfe57 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/comment/comment.scss
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/elements/comment/comment.scss
@@ -8,13 +8,21 @@ $light-red: #fcc;
 $red: #d0011b;
 $white: #fff;
 
-.sc-comment {
-  border-bottom: 2px solid $red;
-  border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
-}
+.sc-comments-pane {
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  flex-wrap: wrap;
+  margin-left: 4%;
+
+
+  .sc-comment {
+    border-bottom: 2px solid $red;
+    border-radius: 3px 3px 0 0;
+  }
 
-.sc-comment-active {
-  background-color: $light-red;
+  .sc-comment-active {
+    background-color: $light-red;
+  }
 }
 
 .sc-overlay {
@@ -52,4 +60,4 @@ $white: #fff;
       right: 10px;
     }
   }
-}
+ }
diff --git a/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Comments/commentsPane.scss b/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Comments/commentsPane.scss
index 559189c79f5b7e8784c1cea745852d190e064664..42e1716ee78f8c47b418ee60f35ca112b13ae535 100644
--- a/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Comments/commentsPane.scss
+++ b/app/components/SimpleEditor/panes/Comments/commentsPane.scss
@@ -9,12 +9,10 @@ $white: #fff;
 
 .sc-prose-editor .se-content .sc-comment-pane-list {
   margin-top: 0;
-  padding-left: 5%;
   width: 100%;
 
   li {
     background-color: $white;
-    border: 1px solid $dark-gray;
     border-bottom: 0;
     border-radius: 3px;
     cursor: pointer;