diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index 8b26fbc14..525aac44d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 CHANGELOG Roundcube Webmail
 ===========================
 
+- Fix #countcontrols issue in IE<=8 when text is very long (#1488890)
 - Add option to use envelope From address for MDN responses (#1488880)
 - Add possibility to search in message body only (#1488770)
 - Support "multipart/relative" as an alias for "multipart/related" type (#1488886)
diff --git a/skins/classic/iehacks.css b/skins/classic/iehacks.css
index 2bd3ce865..c8b9b3740 100644
--- a/skins/classic/iehacks.css
+++ b/skins/classic/iehacks.css
@@ -184,13 +184,7 @@ body.iframe div.messageheaderbox
   overflow: hidden;
 }
 
-#countcontrols
-{
-  width: 24em;
-  padding-right: 10px;
-}
-
-body.iframe 
+body.iframe
 {
   width: expression((parseInt(document.documentElement.clientWidth))+'px');
 }