diff --git a/bootstrap.css b/bootstrap.css
index bcba5b457..8f1058535 100644
--- a/bootstrap.css
+++ b/bootstrap.css
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  *
  * Designed and built with all the love in the world @twitter by @mdo and @fat.
- * Date: Fri Sep 16 09:47:29 PDT 2011
+ * Date: Fri Sep 16 10:13:51 PDT 2011
  */
 /* Reset.less
  * Props to Eric Meyer (meyerweb.com) for his CSS reset file. We're using an adapted version here	that cuts out some of the reset HTML elements we will never need here (i.e., dfn, samp, etc).
@@ -1591,22 +1591,23 @@ a.menu:after, .dropdown-toggle:after {
 .tabs > li > a {
   margin-right: 2px;
   padding: 0 15px;
-  line-height: 35px;
+  line-height: 36px;
+  border: 1px solid transparent;
   -webkit-border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;
   -moz-border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;
   border-radius: 4px 4px 0 0;
 }
 .tabs > li > a:hover {
-  background-color: #eee;
-  border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
   text-decoration: none;
+  background-color: #eee;
+  border-color: #eee #eee #ddd;
 }
 .tabs > li.active > a {
-  background-color: #ffffff;
   padding: 0 14px;
-  border: 1px solid #ddd;
-  border-bottom: 0;
   color: #808080;
+  background-color: #ffffff;
+  border: 1px solid #ddd;
+  border-bottom-color: transparent;
 }
 .tabs .menu-dropdown, .tabs .dropdown-menu {
   top: 35px;
diff --git a/bootstrap.min.css b/bootstrap.min.css
index 0e0c04b12..4b06450f9 100644
--- a/bootstrap.min.css
+++ b/bootstrap.min.css
@@ -240,8 +240,8 @@ a.menu:after,.dropdown-toggle:after{width:0;height:0;display:inline-block;conten
 .tabs,.pills{margin:0 0 20px;padding:0;list-style:none;zoom:1;}.tabs:before,.pills:before,.tabs:after,.pills:after{display:table;content:"";zoom:1;*display:inline;}
 .tabs:after,.pills:after{clear:both;}
 .tabs>li,.pills>li{float:left;}.tabs>li>a,.pills>li>a{display:block;}
-.tabs{float:left;width:100%;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;}.tabs>li{position:relative;top:1px;}.tabs>li>a{margin-right:2px;padding:0 15px;line-height:35px;-webkit-border-radius:4px 4px 0 0;-moz-border-radius:4px 4px 0 0;border-radius:4px 4px 0 0;}.tabs>li>a:hover{background-color:#eee;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;text-decoration:none;}
-.tabs>li.active>a{background-color:#ffffff;padding:0 14px;border:1px solid #ddd;border-bottom:0;color:#808080;}
+.tabs{float:left;width:100%;border-bottom:1px solid #ddd;}.tabs>li{position:relative;top:1px;}.tabs>li>a{margin-right:2px;padding:0 15px;line-height:36px;border:1px solid transparent;-webkit-border-radius:4px 4px 0 0;-moz-border-radius:4px 4px 0 0;border-radius:4px 4px 0 0;}.tabs>li>a:hover{text-decoration:none;background-color:#eee;border-color:#eee #eee #ddd;}
+.tabs>li.active>a{padding:0 14px;color:#808080;background-color:#ffffff;border:1px solid #ddd;border-bottom-color:transparent;}
 .tabs .menu-dropdown,.tabs .dropdown-menu{top:35px;border-width:1px;-webkit-border-radius:0 6px 6px 6px;-moz-border-radius:0 6px 6px 6px;border-radius:0 6px 6px 6px;}
 .tabs a.menu:after,.tabs .dropdown-toggle:after{border-top-color:#999;margin-top:15px;margin-left:5px;}
 .tabs li.open.menu .menu,.tabs .open.dropdown .dropdown-toggle{border-color:#999;}
diff --git a/docs/index.html b/docs/index.html
index 1d20bc3a2..1e446c72b 100644
--- a/docs/index.html
+++ b/docs/index.html
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@
     </div>
     <div class="span12">
       <ul class="tabs">
-        <li class="active"><a href="#">Home</a></li>
+        <li class=""><a href="#">Home</a></li>
         <li><a href="#">Profile</a></li>
         <li><a href="#">Messages</a></li>
         <li><a href="#">Settings</a></li>
diff --git a/lib/patterns.less b/lib/patterns.less
index 543332086..cb92126aa 100644
--- a/lib/patterns.less
+++ b/lib/patterns.less
@@ -342,22 +342,22 @@ a.menu:after,
     position: relative; // For the dropdowns mostly
     top: 1px;
     > a {
-      margin-right: 2px;
       padding: 0 15px;
-      line-height: (@baseline * 2) - 1;
+      margin-right: 2px;
+      line-height: @baseline * 2;
+      border: 1px solid transparent;
       .border-radius(4px 4px 0 0);
       &:hover {
-        background-color: #eee;
-        border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
         text-decoration: none;
+        background-color: #eee;
+        border-color: #eee #eee #ddd;
       }
     }
     &.active > a {
-      background-color: @white;
-      padding: 0 14px;
-      border: 1px solid #ddd;
-      border-bottom: 0;
       color: @gray;
+      background-color: @white;
+      border: 1px solid #ddd;
+      border-bottom-color: transparent;
     }
   }
   // first one for backwards compatibility