diff --git a/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/chemicalequationinput.html b/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/chemicalequationinput.html
index b61172951a..3f18a699e6 100644
--- a/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/chemicalequationinput.html
+++ b/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/chemicalequationinput.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
              % endif
       />
 
-      <p class="status">
+      <p class="indicator-container">
         ${value|h}
         <%include file="status_span.html" args="status=status, status_id=id"/>
       </p>
diff --git a/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/drag_and_drop_input.html b/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/drag_and_drop_input.html
index a955453416..758968937e 100644
--- a/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/drag_and_drop_input.html
+++ b/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/drag_and_drop_input.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     style="display:none;"/>
 
 
-    <p class="status drag-and-drop--status" aria-describedby="input_${id}">
+    <p class="indicator-container drag-and-drop--status" aria-describedby="input_${id}">
         <%include file="status_span.html" args="status=status, status_id=id"/>
     </p>
 
diff --git a/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/editageneinput.html b/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/editageneinput.html
index c3dd75a3da..ae211835e0 100644
--- a/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/editageneinput.html
+++ b/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/editageneinput.html
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
     <input type="hidden" name="genex_problem_number" id="genex_problem_number" value ="${genex_problem_number}"></input>
     <input type="hidden" name="input_${id}" aria-describedby="answer_${id}" id="input_${id}" value="${value|h}"/>
 
-    <p class="status" aria-describedby="input_${id}">
+    <p class="indicator-container" aria-describedby="input_${id}">
         <%include file="status_span.html" args="status=status, status_id=id"/>
     </p>
 
diff --git a/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/editamolecule.html b/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/editamolecule.html
index 83ca14a4f0..b4db77ab0c 100644
--- a/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/editamolecule.html
+++ b/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/editamolecule.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
     <p id="answer_${id}" class="answer"></p>
 
-    <p class="status" aria-describedby="input_${id}">
+    <p class="indicator-container" aria-describedby="input_${id}">
       <%include file="status_span.html" args="status=status, status_id=id"/>
     </p>
 
diff --git a/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/jsinput.html b/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/jsinput.html
index 7c108817a8..61a04a40eb 100644
--- a/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/jsinput.html
+++ b/common/lib/capa/capa/templates/jsinput.html
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
   <br/>
     <p id="answer_${id}" class="answer"></p>
 
-    <p class="status">
-      <%include file="status_span.html" args="status=status, status_id=id"/>
-    </p>
+    <div class="indicator-container">
+        <%include file="status_span.html" args="status=status, status_id=id"/>
+    </div>
 
     <div class="error_message" style="padding: 5px 5px 5px 5px; background-color:#FA6666; height:60px;width:400px; display: none"></div>
 
diff --git a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/css/capa/display.scss b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/css/capa/display.scss
index 8e24e08b66..ea5a2f0769 100644
--- a/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/css/capa/display.scss
+++ b/common/lib/xmodule/xmodule/css/capa/display.scss
@@ -389,64 +389,31 @@ div.problem {
       }
     }
 
-    .unanswered {
-      p.status.drag-and-drop--status {
-        @include margin(8px, 0, 0, ($baseline/2));
-        text-indent: 100%;
-        white-space: nowrap;
-        overflow: hidden;
-      }
-    }
-
     &.correct, &.ui-icon-check {
-      p.status {
-        @include status-icon($correct, $checkmark-icon);
-      }
-
       input {
         border-color: $correct;
       }
     }
 
     &.partially-correct, &.ui-icon-check {
-      p.status {
-        @include status-icon($partially-correct, $asterisk-icon);
-      }
-
       input {
         border-color: $partially-correct;
       }
     }
 
     &.processing {
-      p.status {
-        display: inline-block;
-        width: 20px;
-        height: 20px;
-        background: url('#{$static-path}/images/spinner.gif') center center no-repeat;
-      }
-
       input {
         border-color: #aaa;
       }
     }
 
     &.ui-icon-close {
-      p.status {
-        @include status-icon($incorrect, $cross-icon);
-      }
-
       input {
         border-color: $incorrect;
       }
     }
 
     &.incorrect, &.incomplete {
-
-      p.status {
-        @include status-icon($incorrect, $cross-icon);
-      }
-
       input {
         border-color: $incorrect;
       }
diff --git a/common/static/css/capa/jsinput_css.css b/common/static/css/capa/jsinput_css.css
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000