diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/layout.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/layout.scss
index 94d403528..7c204bced 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/layout.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/layout.scss
@@ -587,12 +587,8 @@ footer {
     padding-left: 0;
   }
 
-  h2 a {
-    border-bottom: 1px solid $text-light;
-    display: block;
-    font-size: rem-calc(24);
-    line-height: rem-calc(31);
-    padding-bottom: $line-height/4;
+  a.title {
+    font-weight: bold;
     text-decoration: none;
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_footer.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/_footer.html.erb
index eedd0ac89..2e2f5c063 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_footer.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_footer.html.erb
@@ -17,23 +17,17 @@
 
     <div class="footer-sections small-12 large-8 column">
       <div class="small-12 medium-4 column">
-        <h2>
-          <%= link_to t("layouts.footer.participation_title"), root_path %>
-        </h2>
+        <%= link_to t("layouts.footer.participation_title"), root_path, class: "title" %>
         <p><%= t("layouts.footer.participation_text") %></p>
       </div>
 
       <div class="small-12 medium-4 column">
-        <h2>
-          <%= link_to t("layouts.footer.transparency_title"), setting['transparency_url'].presence || t("layouts.footer.transparency_url"), rel: "nofollow" %>
-        </h2>
+        <%= link_to t("layouts.footer.transparency_title"), setting['transparency_url'].presence || t("layouts.footer.transparency_url"), class: "title", rel: "nofollow" %>
         <p><%= t("layouts.footer.transparency_text") %></p>
       </div>
 
       <div class="small-12 medium-4 column">
-        <h2>
-          <%= link_to t("layouts.footer.open_data_title"), setting['opendata_url'].presence || t("layouts.header.external_link_opendata_url"), rel: "nofollow" %>
-        </h2>
+        <%= link_to t("layouts.footer.open_data_title"), setting['opendata_url'].presence || t("layouts.header.external_link_opendata_url"), class: "title", rel: "nofollow" %>
         <p><%= t("layouts.footer.open_data_text") %></p>
       </div>
     </div>