diff --git a/resources/content-server/index.html b/resources/content-server/index.html
index 8a2aaf3eba..f5347addf3 100644
--- a/resources/content-server/index.html
+++ b/resources/content-server/index.html
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
         <meta name="robots" content="noindex">
         <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
         <link rel="icon" type="image/png" href="favicon.png">
-        <link rel="stylesheet" href="static/reset.css"></link>
     </head>
     <body>
         <div id="page_load_progress">
@@ -22,9 +21,16 @@
 }
             </style>
         </div>
+<!-- reset styles  {{{ -->
+        <style type="text/css">
+RESET_STYLES
+        </style>
+<!-- }}} -->
+
 <!-- SVG icon definitions {{{ -->
 ICONS
 <!-- }}} -->
+
 <!-- main.js {{{ -->
     <script id="main_js">MAIN_JS</script>
 <!-- }}} -->
diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/rapydscript.py b/src/calibre/utils/rapydscript.py
index 2ad4b7eba0..040b36f3af 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/rapydscript.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/rapydscript.py
@@ -104,6 +104,8 @@ def compile_srv():
     g = {'__file__': iconf}
     execfile(iconf, g)
     icons = g['merge']().encode('utf-8')
+    with lopen(os.path.join(base, 'resources', 'content-server', 'reset.css'), 'rb') as f:
+        reset = f.read()
     rapydscript_dir = os.path.join(base, 'src', 'pyj')
     rb = os.path.join(base, 'src', 'calibre', 'srv', 'render_book.py')
     with lopen(rb, 'rb') as f:
@@ -113,7 +115,7 @@ def compile_srv():
     with lopen(fname, 'rb') as f:
         js = compile_pyj(f.read(), fname).replace('__RENDER_VERSION__', rv).encode('utf-8')
     with lopen(os.path.join(base, 'index.html'), 'rb') as f:
-        html = f.read().replace(b'MAIN_JS', js).replace(b'ICONS', icons)
+        html = f.read().replace(b'RESET_STYLES', reset, 1).replace(b'ICONS', icons, 1).replace(b'MAIN_JS', js, 1)
     with lopen(os.path.join(base, 'index-generated.html'), 'wb') as f:
         f.write(html)
 
