diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/ItemList/MigrationList.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/ItemList/MigrationList.php
index 27f9b6eb9..d1836cd98 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/ItemList/MigrationList.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/ItemList/MigrationList.php
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ use Icinga\Application\MigrationManager;
 use Icinga\Forms\MigrationForm;
 use ipl\I18n\Translation;
 use ipl\Web\Common\BaseItemList;
-use ipl\Web\Widget\EmptyState;
+use ipl\Web\Widget\EmptyStateBar;
 
 class MigrationList extends BaseItemList
 {
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class MigrationList extends BaseItemList
 
         if ($this->isEmpty()) {
             $this->setTag('div');
-            $this->addHtml(new EmptyState(t('No items found.')));
+            $this->addHtml(new EmptyStateBar(t('No items found.')));
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/ItemList/MigrationListItem.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/ItemList/MigrationListItem.php
index ee0f03fef..89ceade82 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/ItemList/MigrationListItem.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/ItemList/MigrationListItem.php
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ use ipl\Html\HtmlString;
 use ipl\Html\Text;
 use ipl\I18n\Translation;
 use ipl\Web\Common\BaseListItem;
+use ipl\Web\Widget\EmptyState;
 use ipl\Web\Widget\Icon;
 
 class MigrationListItem extends BaseListItem
@@ -67,8 +68,7 @@ class MigrationListItem extends BaseListItem
         if ($this->item->getDescription()) {
             $caption->addHtml(Text::create($this->item->getDescription()));
         } else {
-            $caption->getAttributes()->add('class', 'empty-state');
-            $caption->addHtml(Text::create($this->translate('No description provided.')));
+            $caption->addHtml(new EmptyState(Text::create($this->translate('No description provided.'))));
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/ItemList/MigrationListItemMinimal.php b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/ItemList/MigrationListItemMinimal.php
index f4137e39c..a45288808 100644
--- a/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/ItemList/MigrationListItemMinimal.php
+++ b/library/Icinga/Web/Widget/ItemList/MigrationListItemMinimal.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ use ipl\Html\Text;
 use ipl\I18n\Translation;
 use ipl\Web\Common\BaseListItem;
 use ipl\Web\Url;
+use ipl\Web\Widget\EmptyState;
 use ipl\Web\Widget\Icon;
 use ipl\Web\Widget\Link;
 use LogicException;
@@ -74,8 +75,7 @@ class MigrationListItemMinimal extends BaseListItem
             if ($migration->getDescription()) {
                 $caption->addHtml(Text::create($migration->getDescription()));
             } else {
-                $caption->getAttributes()->add('class', 'empty-state');
-                $caption->addHtml(Text::create($this->translate('No description provided.')));
+                $caption->addHtml(new EmptyState(Text::create($this->translate('No description provided.'))));
             }
 
             $scriptPath = $migration->getScriptPath();
diff --git a/public/css/icinga/pending-migration.less b/public/css/icinga/pending-migration.less
index 46ba09b11..96f693bd4 100644
--- a/public/css/icinga/pending-migration.less
+++ b/public/css/icinga/pending-migration.less
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@
       color: @state-critical;
     }
 
-    .caption.empty-state {
-      color: @gray-semilight;
-    }
-
     span.version {
       color: @text-color;
     }