diff --git a/themes/default/jquery.mobile.button.css b/themes/default/jquery.mobile.button.css
index e229ca10..8ccf5f82 100644
--- a/themes/default/jquery.mobile.button.css
+++ b/themes/default/jquery.mobile.button.css
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 .ui-header .ui-btn-inner, .ui-footer .ui-btn-inner, .ui-bar .ui-btn-inner { padding: .4em 8px .5em; }
 .ui-btn-icon-notext { width: 20px; height: 20px; padding: 2px 1px 2px 3px; text-indent: -9999px; }
 .ui-btn-icon-notext .ui-btn-inner { padding: 0; }
-.ui-btn-text { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
 .ui-btn-icon-notext .ui-btn-text { position: absolute; left: -999px; }
 .ui-btn-icon-left .ui-btn-inner { padding-left: 33px; }
 .ui-header .ui-btn-icon-left .ui-btn-inner,
@@ -35,7 +34,7 @@
 .ui-btn-icon-left .ui-icon, .ui-btn-icon-right .ui-icon { position: absolute; top: 50%; margin-top: -9px; }
 .ui-btn-icon-top .ui-icon, .ui-btn-icon-bottom .ui-icon { position: absolute; left: 50%;  margin-left: -9px; }
 .ui-btn-icon-left .ui-icon { left: 10px; }
-.ui-btn-icon-right .ui-icon { right: 10px; z-index: 0; }
+.ui-btn-icon-right .ui-icon { right: 10px; }
 .ui-header .ui-btn-icon-left .ui-icon,
 .ui-footer .ui-btn-icon-left .ui-icon,
 .ui-bar .ui-btn-icon-left .ui-icon { left: 4px; }
diff --git a/themes/default/jquery.mobile.listview.css b/themes/default/jquery.mobile.listview.css
index 11141d0a..b9ee7072 100644
--- a/themes/default/jquery.mobile.listview.css
+++ b/themes/default/jquery.mobile.listview.css
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 .ui-content .ui-listview-inset { margin: 1em 0;  }
 .ui-listview, .ui-li { list-style:none; padding:0; }
 .ui-li, .ui-li.ui-field-contain { display: block; margin:0; position: relative; overflow: visible; text-align: left; border-width: 0; border-top-width: 1px; }
+.ui-li .ui-btn-text { position: relative; z-index: 1; }
 .ui-li .ui-btn-text a.ui-link-inherit { text-overflow: ellipsis; overflow: hidden; white-space: nowrap;  }
 .ui-li-divider, .ui-li-static { padding: .5em 15px; font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold;  }
 .ui-li-divider { counter-reset: listnumbering;  }