diff --git a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/theme/stylesheet.css b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/theme/stylesheet.css
index 726efdca0a..c2b6718d87 100644
--- a/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/theme/stylesheet.css
+++ b/phpBB/styles/subsilver2/theme/stylesheet.css
@@ -210,13 +210,13 @@ p.topicdetails {
 	margin: 1px 0;
 }
 
-.postreported, .postreported a:visited, .postreported a:hover, .postreported a:link, .postreported a:active {
+.postreported, .postreported a:link, .postreported a:visited, .postreported a:hover, .postreported a:active {
 	margin: 1px 0;
 	color: red;
 	font-weight:bold;
 }
 
-.postapprove, .postapprove a:visited, .postapprove a:hover, .postapprove a:link, .postapprove a:active {
+.postapprove, .postapprove a:link, .postapprove a:visited, .postapprove a:hover, .postapprove a:active {
 	color: green;
 	font-weight:bold;
 }
@@ -386,12 +386,13 @@ hr {
 	unicode-bidi: embed;
 }
 
+/* CSS spec requires a:link, a:visited, a:hover and a:active rules to be specified in this order. */
+/* See http://www.phpbb.com/bugs/phpbb3/59685 */
 a:link {
 	color: #006597;
 	text-decoration: none;
 }
 
-a:active,
 a:visited {
 	color: #005784;
 	text-decoration: none;
@@ -402,6 +403,11 @@ a:hover {
 	text-decoration: underline;
 }
 
+a:active {
+	color: #005784;
+	text-decoration: none;
+}
+
 a.forumlink {
 	color: #069;
 	font-weight: bold;
@@ -667,4 +673,4 @@ pre {
 
 .username-coloured {
 	font-weight: bold;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}