diff --git a/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/widget/src/button.ts b/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/widget/src/button.ts
index 2905bb760..125f5dc42 100644
--- a/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/widget/src/button.ts
+++ b/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/widget/src/button.ts
@@ -60,8 +60,18 @@ export function createButtonInstance (element: Element, htmlId?: string): App {
 	app.config.errorHandler = (error, _vm, info) => {
 		console.error('[pretix-button]', info, error)
 	}
-	app.mount(element)
-	observer.observe(element, { attributes: true })
+	// Instead of mounting to the element directly, replicate vue2.7 behaviour, where
+	// the HTML-element gets replaced instead of vue3’s behaviour to replace innerHTML.
+	// The latter can cause issues with custom CSS as HTML structure would change.
+	// app.mount(element)
+	// observer.observe(element, { attributes: true })
+	const fragment = document.createDocumentFragment()
+	app.mount(fragment)
+	for (const attr of element.attributes) {
+		fragment.firstChild.setAttribute(attr.name, attr.value)
+	}
+	observer.observe(fragment.firstChild, { attributes: true })
+	element.parentNode.replaceChild(fragment, element)
 
 	return app
 }
diff --git a/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/widget/src/widget.ts b/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/widget/src/widget.ts
index 68f01a0bb..c5cdef329 100644
--- a/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/widget/src/widget.ts
+++ b/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/widget/src/widget.ts
@@ -56,8 +56,18 @@ export function createWidgetInstance (element: Element, htmlId?: string): App {
 	app.config.errorHandler = (error, _vm, info) => {
 		console.error('[pretix-widget]', info, error)
 	}
-	app.mount(element)
-	observer.observe(element, { attributes: true })
+	// Instead of mounting to the element directly, replicate vue2.7 behaviour, where
+	// the HTML-element gets replaced instead of vue3’s behaviour to replace innerHTML.
+	// The latter can cause issues with custom CSS as HTML structure would change.
+	// app.mount(element)
+	// observer.observe(element, { attributes: true })
+	const fragment = document.createDocumentFragment()
+	app.mount(fragment)
+	for (const attr of element.attributes) {
+		fragment.firstChild.setAttribute(attr.name, attr.value)
+	}
+	observer.observe(fragment.firstChild, { attributes: true })
+	element.parentNode.replaceChild(fragment, element)
 
 	return app
 }