diff --git a/themes/base/jquery.ui.tabs.css b/themes/base/jquery.ui.tabs.css
index b8f77b040..4994f210a 100644
--- a/themes/base/jquery.ui.tabs.css
+++ b/themes/base/jquery.ui.tabs.css
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 	padding: 0;
 	white-space: nowrap;
 }
-.ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li a {
+.ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav .ui-tabs-anchor {
 	float: left;
 	padding: .5em 1em;
 	text-decoration: none;
@@ -35,13 +35,12 @@
 	margin-bottom: -1px;
 	padding-bottom: 1px;
 }
-.ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-active a,
-.ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-state-disabled a,
-.ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-loading a {
+.ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-active .ui-tabs-anchor,
+.ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-state-disabled .ui-tabs-anchor,
+.ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-loading .ui-tabs-anchor {
 	cursor: text;
 }
-.ui-tabs .ui-tabs-nav li a, /* first selector in group seems obsolete, but required to overcome bug in Opera applying cursor: text overall if defined elsewhere... */
-.ui-tabs-collapsible .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-active a {
+.ui-tabs-collapsible .ui-tabs-nav li.ui-tabs-active .ui-tabs-anchor {
 	cursor: pointer;
 }
 .ui-tabs .ui-tabs-panel {