diff --git a/src/lib/adblock/adblockmanager.cpp b/src/lib/adblock/adblockmanager.cpp
index 8f8f68640..6edc878fc 100644
--- a/src/lib/adblock/adblockmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/adblock/adblockmanager.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* ============================================================
 * QupZilla - WebKit based browser
-* Copyright (C) 2010-2014  David Rosca <nowrep@gmail.com>
+* Copyright (C) 2010-2016 David Rosca <nowrep@gmail.com>
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -390,8 +390,11 @@ bool AdBlockManager::canBeBlocked(const QUrl &url) const
     return !m_matcher->adBlockDisabledForUrl(url);
 }
 
-QString AdBlockManager::elementHidingRules() const
+QString AdBlockManager::elementHidingRules(const QUrl &url) const
 {
+    if (!isEnabled() || !canRunOnScheme(url.scheme()) || !canBeBlocked(url))
+        return QString();
+
     return m_matcher->elementHidingRules();
 }
 
@@ -400,10 +403,6 @@ QString AdBlockManager::elementHidingRulesForDomain(const QUrl &url) const
     if (!isEnabled() || !canRunOnScheme(url.scheme()) || !canBeBlocked(url))
         return QString();
 
-    // Acid3 doesn't like the way element hiding rules are embedded into page
-    if (url.host() == QLatin1String("acid3.acidtests.org"))
-        return QString();
-
     return m_matcher->elementHidingRulesForDomain(url.host());
 }
 
diff --git a/src/lib/adblock/adblockmanager.h b/src/lib/adblock/adblockmanager.h
index 2722295d0..3c627eaa8 100644
--- a/src/lib/adblock/adblockmanager.h
+++ b/src/lib/adblock/adblockmanager.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* ============================================================
 * QupZilla - WebKit based browser
-* Copyright (C) 2010-2014  David Rosca <nowrep@gmail.com>
+* Copyright (C) 2010-2016 David Rosca <nowrep@gmail.com>
 *
 * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public:
     bool useLimitedEasyList() const;
     void setUseLimitedEasyList(bool useLimited);
 
-    QString elementHidingRules() const;
+    QString elementHidingRules(const QUrl &url) const;
     QString elementHidingRulesForDomain(const QUrl &url) const;
 
     AdBlockSubscription* subscriptionByName(const QString &name) const;
diff --git a/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp b/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp
index 0f549db7c..cdec4bc89 100644
--- a/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/app/mainapplication.cpp
@@ -1079,7 +1079,6 @@ void MainApplication::setUserStyleSheet(const QString &filePath)
     userCss += QString("::selection {background: %1; color: %2;} ").arg(highlightColor, highlightedTextColor);
 #endif
 
-    userCss += AdBlockManager::instance()->elementHidingRules().replace(QL1S("\""), QL1S("\\\""));
     userCss += QzTools::readAllFileContents(filePath).remove(QLatin1Char('\n'));
 
     const QString name = QStringLiteral("_qupzilla_userstylesheet");
diff --git a/src/lib/webengine/webpage.cpp b/src/lib/webengine/webpage.cpp
index acfc7879a..741bbbd42 100644
--- a/src/lib/webengine/webpage.cpp
+++ b/src/lib/webengine/webpage.cpp
@@ -467,13 +467,15 @@ void WebPage::cleanBlockedObjects()
         return;
     }
 
-    // Apply domain-specific element hiding rules
-    const QString elementHiding = manager->elementHidingRulesForDomain(url());
-    if (elementHiding.isEmpty()) {
-        return;
-    }
+    // Apply global element hiding rules
+    const QString elementHiding = manager->elementHidingRules(url());
+    if (!elementHiding.isEmpty())
+        runJavaScript(Scripts::setCss(elementHiding), WebPage::SafeJsWorld);
 
-    runJavaScript(Scripts::setCss(elementHiding), WebPage::SafeJsWorld);
+    // Apply domain-specific element hiding rules
+    const QString siteElementHiding = manager->elementHidingRulesForDomain(url());
+    if (!siteElementHiding.isEmpty())
+        runJavaScript(Scripts::setCss(siteElementHiding), WebPage::SafeJsWorld);
 }
 
 bool WebPage::javaScriptPrompt(const QUrl &securityOrigin, const QString &msg, const QString &defaultValue, QString* result)