diff --git a/CREDITS b/CREDITS
index b4dc766a7a9..06959abdefa 100644
--- a/CREDITS
+++ b/CREDITS
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ following names for their contribution to the product.
 * church of emacs
 * Daniel Arnold
 * Danny B.
+* Derk-Jan Hartman
 * FunPika
 * Happy-melon
 * Jeremy Baron
diff --git a/RELEASE-NOTES b/RELEASE-NOTES
index 771016afb33..b939db4cc37 100644
--- a/RELEASE-NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE-NOTES
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ it from source control: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Download_from_SVN
   or 'wikidiff2' but extension is not installed
 * (bug 18326) Chmod errors in file repos have been hidden
 * (bug 18718) Comma after a } create a error in IE
+* (bug 18716) Removed redundant class in Modern skin CSS for category links and
+  tweaked spacing.
 
 == API changes in 1.16 ==
 
diff --git a/skins/modern/main.css b/skins/modern/main.css
index b4929632d81..6d99a043e87 100644
--- a/skins/modern/main.css
+++ b/skins/modern/main.css
@@ -607,15 +607,10 @@ img.thumbborder {
 .catlinks {
 	border: solid 1px #bbbbbb;
 	background-color: #f0f0f0;
-	padding: 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em 0.5em;
+	padding: 0.1em 0.3em 0.1em 0.3em;
 	margin: 0 0 0 0;
 }
 
-.catlinks {
-	margin: 0 0 0 0;
-	padding: 0 0 0 0;
-}
-
 #mw_header h1,
 #p-personal,
 #p-cactions {