diff --git a/packages/tooltip/assets/index.html.ejs b/packages/tooltip/assets/index.html.ejs
index e91e6887c4fccec625cc5a5cccc1b6eefec09b16..d6d81fb623ae039e789bc1976d1b76f9914ce38d 100644
--- a/packages/tooltip/assets/index.html.ejs
+++ b/packages/tooltip/assets/index.html.ejs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 <head>
     <meta charset="UTF-8">
     <script type="module" src="dbp-tooltip-demo.js"></script>
-    <style src="tippy.css"></style>
 </head>
 
 <body>
diff --git a/packages/tooltip/src/dbp-tooltip-demo.js b/packages/tooltip/src/dbp-tooltip-demo.js
index a4d7e1e25ce3da5d5abf93aa39b0784e1de7057c..2e491ca94a93826e6143cbea3fb51bd1804f1571 100644
--- a/packages/tooltip/src/dbp-tooltip-demo.js
+++ b/packages/tooltip/src/dbp-tooltip-demo.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import * as commonUtils from '@dbp-toolkit/common/utils';
 import * as commonStyles from '@dbp-toolkit/common/styles';
 import {TooltipElement} from './tooltip';
 import DBPLitElement from "@dbp-toolkit/common/dbp-lit-element";
-import tippy2CSSPath from 'tippy.js/dist/tippy.css';
 
 
 export class TooltipDemo extends ScopedElementsMixin(DBPLitElement) {
@@ -53,18 +52,15 @@ export class TooltipDemo extends ScopedElementsMixin(DBPLitElement) {
 
     render() {
 
-        const tippy2CSS = commonUtils.getAssetURL(tippy2CSSPath);
-
         return html`
-
-            <link rel="stylesheet" href="${tippy2CSS}">
-
             <section class="section">
                 <div class="container">
                     <h1 class="title">Tooltip-Demo</h1>
                 </div>
                 <div class="container">
-                    <dbp-tooltip text-content="tippy tooltip demo text"></dbp-tooltip>
+                    <p>Mind the gap!
+                        <dbp-tooltip text-content="tippy tooltip demo text"></dbp-tooltip>
+                    </p>
                 </div>
             </section>
         `;
diff --git a/packages/tooltip/src/tooltip.js b/packages/tooltip/src/tooltip.js
index 3bd8fea8d2f38db51bc495c42ab057c5d45142cb..679556e7456915b73408317dbd2a045d34ecedea 100644
--- a/packages/tooltip/src/tooltip.js
+++ b/packages/tooltip/src/tooltip.js
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ export class TooltipElement extends ScopedElementsMixin(DBPLitElement) {
 
             .info-icon {
                 /* color: red; TODO: css-var ? */
-                padding: 0 4px;
+                display: inline;
+                opacity: 0.7;
             }
 
         `;