diff --git a/common/static/js/capa/jsme/gwt/chrome/chrome.css b/common/static/js/capa/jsme/gwt/chrome/chrome.css
index 9c7bcd627d..b8f084fe05 100644
--- a/common/static/js/capa/jsme/gwt/chrome/chrome.css
+++ b/common/static/js/capa/jsme/gwt/chrome/chrome.css
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
  *    }
  */
 
+/* Commented out the following that was messing up the CSS in sequential and had no use anyway when jsme is running inside edX platform.
+
 body, table td, select {
   font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Arial, sans-serif;
   font-size: small;
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ body {
 a, a:visited, a:hover {
   color: #0000AA;
 }
+*/
 
 /**
  * The reference theme can be used to determine when this style sheet has
diff --git a/common/static/js/capa/jsme/gwt/chrome/chrome_rtl.css b/common/static/js/capa/jsme/gwt/chrome/chrome_rtl.css
index 9d316660b1..602afd8c5d 100644
--- a/common/static/js/capa/jsme/gwt/chrome/chrome_rtl.css
+++ b/common/static/js/capa/jsme/gwt/chrome/chrome_rtl.css
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
  *    }
  */
 
+/* Commented out the following that was messing up the CSS in sequential and had no use anyway when jsme is running inside edX platform.
+ 
 body, table td, select {
   font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Arial, sans-serif;
   font-size: small;
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ body {
 a, a:visited, a:hover {
   color: #0000AA;
 }
+*/
 
 /**
  * The reference theme can be used to determine when this style sheet has
diff --git a/common/static/js/capa/jsme/gwt/chrome/mosaic.css b/common/static/js/capa/jsme/gwt/chrome/mosaic.css
index 9b6a242ea3..ccea6a69df 100644
--- a/common/static/js/capa/jsme/gwt/chrome/mosaic.css
+++ b/common/static/js/capa/jsme/gwt/chrome/mosaic.css
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
   zoom: 1;
 }
 
+/* Commented out the following that was messing up the CSS in sequential and had no use anyway when jsme is running inside edX platform.
+
 body {
 	font-family: arial,sans-serif;
 }
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ a:visited {
 a:active {
 	color:#ff0000;
 }
+*/
 
 /*** Button ***/
 
diff --git a/common/static/js/capa/jsme/gwt/chrome/mosaic_rtl.css b/common/static/js/capa/jsme/gwt/chrome/mosaic_rtl.css
index dda9c913e9..9b910d66a1 100644
--- a/common/static/js/capa/jsme/gwt/chrome/mosaic_rtl.css
+++ b/common/static/js/capa/jsme/gwt/chrome/mosaic_rtl.css
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
   zoom: 1;
 }
 
+/* Commented out the following that was messing up the CSS in sequential and had no use anyway when jsme is running inside edX platform.
+
 body {
 	font-family: arial,sans-serif;
 }
@@ -45,6 +47,7 @@ a:visited {
 a:active {
 	color:#ff0000;
 }
+*/
 
 /*** Button ***/
 
diff --git a/common/static/js/capa/jsmolcalc/gwt/clean/clean.css b/common/static/js/capa/jsmolcalc/gwt/clean/clean.css
index aa02d5385d..1800c0ee20 100644
--- a/common/static/js/capa/jsmolcalc/gwt/clean/clean.css
+++ b/common/static/js/capa/jsmolcalc/gwt/clean/clean.css
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
  *    }
  */
 
+/* Commented out the following that was messing up the CSS in sequential and had no use anyway when jsmolcalc is running inside edX platform.
+
 body, table td, select, button {
   font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Arial, sans-serif;
   font-size: small;
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ a:hover {
 select {
   background: white;
 }
+*/
 
 /**
  * The reference theme can be used to determine when this style sheet has
diff --git a/common/static/js/capa/jsmolcalc/gwt/clean/clean_rtl.css b/common/static/js/capa/jsmolcalc/gwt/clean/clean_rtl.css
index 7e2c695ccf..a80e7bd55f 100644
--- a/common/static/js/capa/jsmolcalc/gwt/clean/clean_rtl.css
+++ b/common/static/js/capa/jsmolcalc/gwt/clean/clean_rtl.css
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
  *    }
  */
 
+/* Commented out the following that was messing up the CSS in sequential and had no use anyway when jsmolcalc is running inside edX platform.
+
 body, table td, select, button {
   font-family: Arial Unicode MS, Arial, sans-serif;
   font-size: small;
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ a:hover {
 select {
   background: white;
 }
+*/
 
 /**
  * The reference theme can be used to determine when this style sheet has