diff --git a/templates/partials/posts_list_item.tpl b/templates/partials/posts_list_item.tpl
index 9637d78..e8a6fcb 100644
--- a/templates/partials/posts_list_item.tpl
+++ b/templates/partials/posts_list_item.tpl
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <li component="post" class="posts-list-item  {{{ if ./deleted }}} deleted{{{ else }}}{{{ if ./topic.deleted }}} deleted{{{ end }}}{{{ end }}}{{{ if ./topic.scheduled }}} scheduled{{{ end }}}" data-pid="{./pid}" data-uid="{./uid}">
     <hr/>
     <a class="topic-title fw-semibold fs-5 mb-2 text-reset text-break d-block" href="{{{ if ./isWikiArticle }}}{config.relative_path}{./wikiPath}{{{ else }}}{config.relative_path}/post/{encodeURIComponent(./pid)}{{{ end }}}">
-    {{{ if ./isWikiArticle }}}<span class="badge westgate-wiki-badge"><i class="fa fa-book-open"></i> [[westgate:wiki-badge]]</span> {{{ else }}}{{{ if ./isMainPost }}}<i class="fa fa-book text-muted" title="[[topic:topic]]"></i> {{{ end }}}{{{ end }}}{./topic.title}
+    {{{ if ./isWikiArticle }}}<span class="badge westgate-wiki-badge"><i class="fa fa-book-open"></i> [[westgate:wiki-badge]]</span> {{{ end }}}{./topic.title}
     </a>
 
     <div class="post-body d-flex flex-column gap-1 mb-2">
diff --git a/tests/wiki-search-badge-contract.test.js b/tests/wiki-search-badge-contract.test.js
index c998292..98b3537 100644
--- a/tests/wiki-search-badge-contract.test.js
+++ b/tests/wiki-search-badge-contract.test.js
@@ -39,4 +39,10 @@ assertIncludes(read('scss/westgate/_search.scss'), '.westgate-wiki-badge', 'sear
 const languageKeys = JSON.parse(read('languages/en-GB/westgate.json'));
 assert(languageKeys['wiki-badge'], 'westgate language file should define the wiki-badge label');
 
+const postsListItem = read('templates/partials/posts_list_item.tpl');
+assert(
+	!postsListItem.includes('./isMainPost }}}<i class="fa fa-book'),
+	'posts_list_item.tpl should not render a book icon for plain main posts'
+);
+
 console.log('wiki search badge contract tests passed');