diff --git a/3p-filters.html b/3p-filters.html
index 11b00a6a0..a29ab29dc 100644
--- a/3p-filters.html
+++ b/3p-filters.html
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 
 <div id="externalListsDiv">
 <p data-i18n="3pExternalListsHint" style="margin: 0 0 0.25em 0; font-size: 13px;"></p>
-<textarea id="externalLists"></textarea>
+<textarea id="externalLists" dir="auto"></textarea>
 <p style="margin: 0.25em 0 0 0"><button id="externalListsApply" disabled="true" data-i18n="3pExternalListsApply"></button></p>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/css/3p-filters.css b/css/3p-filters.css
index 6407e1810..d92f175e1 100644
--- a/css/3p-filters.css
+++ b/css/3p-filters.css
@@ -94,7 +94,6 @@ span.obsolete {
     width: 48em;
     height: 8em;
     white-space: nowrap;
-    direction: __MSG_@@bidi_dir__;
 	text-align: left;
     }
 body #loadingOverlay {