diff --git a/src/client/theme-default/styles/base.css b/src/client/theme-default/styles/base.css
index 5fb3a3cc..af2ed98a 100644
--- a/src/client/theme-default/styles/base.css
+++ b/src/client/theme-default/styles/base.css
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ body {
   font-weight: 400;
   color: var(--vp-c-text-1);
   background-color: var(--vp-c-bg);
-  direction: ltr;
   font-synthesis: style;
   text-rendering: optimizeLegibility;
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;