diff --git a/_includes/frontpage/event-card.html b/_includes/frontpage/event-card.html
index accd7ad2481d0ed803f6b5b38af3687fcdd2a856..73cb8c8bfd44a9adeb127bdd7da668d536ff605d 100644
--- a/_includes/frontpage/event-card.html
+++ b/_includes/frontpage/event-card.html
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@
         {% if event.excerpt %}
         {% assign card_text = event.excerpt | strip_html %}
         <p class="card-text">
-            {{ card_text | slice: 0, 40 }}
-            {% if card_text.size > 40 %} &mldr; {% endif %}
+            {{ card_text | slice: 0, 150 }}
+            {% if card_text.size > 150 %} &mldr; {% endif %}
         </p>
         {% endif %}
 
diff --git a/assets/css/frontpage.scss b/assets/css/frontpage.scss
index 938844905a59c4de37f470e1bfd18ca35d3f5036..7640df10dcbbdcc30b8703c1e0a18e3b8a8b86d2 100644
--- a/assets/css/frontpage.scss
+++ b/assets/css/frontpage.scss
@@ -23,32 +23,6 @@
     }
 }
 
-.frontpage-card {
-    @include drop-shadow;
-
-    width:      13rem;
-    max-width:  13rem;
-    max-height: 9rem;
-
-    margin:     0.5rem;
-    border:     0;
-
-    color: black;
-
-    .card-body {
-        display:    flex;
-        flex-flow:  column nowrap;
-
-        .badge {
-            margin: 0.1rem;
-        }
-
-        a {
-            margin-top: auto;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
 .howto-col {
     display: grid;
     grid-template-columns: 1fr 1fr  1fr  1fr  1fr;