diff --git a/lib/css/components/post-summary.less b/lib/css/components/post-summary.less
index 4043cc5cea..0fc2e49ddc 100644
--- a/lib/css/components/post-summary.less
+++ b/lib/css/components/post-summary.less
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@
     }
 }
 
-.s-post-summary__deleted {
+.s-post-summary.s-post-summary__deleted { // Increased specificity to 0,2,0 (this is needed to get a higher priority for rewriting primary.css)
     background-color: var(--red-025);
 
     .s-badge__filled {