diff --git a/src/components/Header.tsx b/src/components/Header.tsx
index f8ee1fb..379ad03 100644
--- a/src/components/Header.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Header.tsx
@@ -243,8 +243,7 @@ export default function Header() {
   };
 
   return (
-    <div className="bb-header-rails relative">
-      <div className="bb-header-top-rail" aria-hidden />
+    <div className="relative">
       {/* TOP BAR */}
       <div className="max-w-container mx-auto px-4">
         <div className="bg-[#1a2535] border-b border-[#2a3a50] h-8 flex items-center justify-between">
diff --git a/src/styles/tailwind.css b/src/styles/tailwind.css
index ebb4b69..eac88d3 100644
--- a/src/styles/tailwind.css
+++ b/src/styles/tailwind.css
@@ -1545,46 +1545,6 @@ h1, h2, h3 {
   border-color: #00d4ff !important;
 }
 
-/* ─── Header neon rails ──────────────────────────────────────────────────
-   Two vertical neon-green lines pinned to the left + right edges of the
-   centered max-w-container (1200px), running from the very top of the
-   site down to the bottom of the browse bar. They line up exactly with
-   the horizontal neon-green border under the "search all content
-   sitewide" row, framing the whole header as a single bracket. */
-.bb-header-rails::before,
-.bb-header-rails::after {
-  content: "";
-  position: absolute;
-  top: 0;
-  bottom: 0;
-  width: 1px;
-  background: rgba(0, 255, 159, 0.55);
-  box-shadow: 0 0 2px rgba(0, 255, 159, 0.25);
-  pointer-events: none;
-  /* Must beat the sticky main-nav (z-50) and ticker sub-bars so the line
-     paints across every sub-bar background, not behind them. */
-  z-index: 60;
-}
-.bb-header-rails::before { left: max(12px, calc((100% - 1200px) / 2 + 12px)); }
-.bb-header-rails::after  { right: max(12px, calc((100% - 1200px) / 2 + 12px)); }
-/* Top horizontal connector — closes the bracket along the very top of
-   the site between the two vertical rails. */
-.bb-header-top-rail {
-  position: absolute;
-  top: 0;
-  left: max(12px, calc((100% - 1200px) / 2 + 12px));
-  right: max(12px, calc((100% - 1200px) / 2 + 12px));
-  height: 1px;
-  background: rgba(0, 255, 159, 0.55);
-  box-shadow: 0 0 2px rgba(0, 255, 159, 0.25);
-  pointer-events: none;
-  z-index: 61;
-}
-@media (max-width: 768px) {
-  .bb-header-rails::before, .bb-header-rails::after,
-  .bb-header-top-rail { display: none; }
-}
-
 /* ─── Article body — NYT/WaPo-classy typography ──────────────────────────
    Apply this class alongside the existing `prose prose-invert` on the
    article body render in /news/[slug] and /articles/[slug]. */