diff --git a/components/style/properties/computed_value_flags.rs b/components/style/properties/computed_value_flags.rs
index 6a50cf312b9..a9e0eac520f 100644
--- a/components/style/properties/computed_value_flags.rs
+++ b/components/style/properties/computed_value_flags.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 
 //! Misc information about a given computed style.
 
-use properties::{ComputedValues, StyleBuilder};
-
 bitflags! {
     /// Misc information about a given computed style.
     ///
@@ -22,29 +20,3 @@ bitflags! {
         const HAS_TEXT_DECORATION_LINES = 1 << 0,
     }
 }
-
-impl ComputedValueFlags {
-    /// Get the computed value flags for the initial style.
-    pub fn initial() -> Self {
-        Self::empty()
-    }
-
-    /// Compute the flags for this style, given the parent style.
-    pub fn compute(
-        this_style: &StyleBuilder,
-        parent_style: &ComputedValues,
-    ) -> Self {
-        let mut ret = Self::empty();
-
-        // FIXME(emilio): This feels like it wants to look at the
-        // layout_parent_style, but the way it works in Gecko means it's not
-        // needed (we'd recascade a bit more when it changes, but that's fine),
-        // and this way it simplifies the code for text styles and similar.
-        if parent_style.flags.contains(HAS_TEXT_DECORATION_LINES) ||
-           !this_style.get_text().clone_text_decoration_line().is_empty() {
-            ret.insert(HAS_TEXT_DECORATION_LINES);
-        }
-
-        ret
-    }
-}
diff --git a/components/style/properties/gecko.mako.rs b/components/style/properties/gecko.mako.rs
index 53986e486cb..938cac51c84 100644
--- a/components/style/properties/gecko.mako.rs
+++ b/components/style/properties/gecko.mako.rs
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ impl ComputedValues {
             custom_properties: None,
             writing_mode: WritingMode::empty(), // FIXME(bz): This seems dubious
             font_computation_data: FontComputationData::default_values(),
-            flags: ComputedValueFlags::initial(),
+            flags: ComputedValueFlags::empty(),
             rules: None,
             visited_style: None,
             % for style_struct in data.style_structs:
diff --git a/components/style/properties/properties.mako.rs b/components/style/properties/properties.mako.rs
index bc3cefd7a06..e6fe8f8a125 100644
--- a/components/style/properties/properties.mako.rs
+++ b/components/style/properties/properties.mako.rs
@@ -2384,8 +2384,6 @@ impl<'a, T: 'a> Deref for StyleStructRef<'a, T> {
 /// actually cloning them, until we either build the style, or mutate the
 /// inherited value.
 pub struct StyleBuilder<'a> {
-    /// The style we're inheriting from.
-    inherited_style: &'a ComputedValues,
     /// The rule node representing the ordered list of rules matched for this
     /// node.
     rules: Option<StrongRuleNode>,
@@ -2396,6 +2394,8 @@ pub struct StyleBuilder<'a> {
     pub writing_mode: WritingMode,
     /// The keyword behind the current font-size property, if any.
     pub font_size_keyword: Option<(longhands::font_size::KeywordSize, f32)>,
+    /// Flags for the computed value.
+    pub flags: ComputedValueFlags,
     /// The element's style if visited, only computed if there's a relevant link
     /// for this element.  A element's "relevant link" is the element being
     /// matched if it is a link or the nearest ancestor link.
@@ -2418,7 +2418,6 @@ impl<'a> StyleBuilder<'a> {
         visited_style: Option<Arc<ComputedValues>>,
     ) -> Self {
         StyleBuilder {
-            inherited_style,
             rules,
             custom_properties,
             writing_mode,
@@ -2518,11 +2517,10 @@ impl<'a> StyleBuilder<'a> {
 
     /// Turns this `StyleBuilder` into a proper `ComputedValues` instance.
     pub fn build(self) -> ComputedValues {
-        let flags = ComputedValueFlags::compute(&self, &self.inherited_style);
         ComputedValues::new(self.custom_properties,
                             self.writing_mode,
                             self.font_size_keyword,
-                            flags,
+                            self.flags,
                             self.rules,
                             self.visited_style,
                             % for style_struct in data.active_style_structs():
@@ -2567,7 +2565,7 @@ mod lazy_static_module {
             % endfor
             custom_properties: None,
             writing_mode: WritingMode::empty(),
-            flags: ComputedValueFlags::initial(),
+            flags: ComputedValueFlags::empty(),
             font_computation_data: FontComputationData::default_values(),
             rules: None,
             visited_style: None,
diff --git a/components/style/style_adjuster.rs b/components/style/style_adjuster.rs
index a2c692455af..3c7c85443e6 100644
--- a/components/style/style_adjuster.rs
+++ b/components/style/style_adjuster.rs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
 
-//! A struct to encapsulate all the style fixups a computed style needs in order
-//! for it to adhere to the CSS spec.
+//! A struct to encapsulate all the style fixups and flags propagations
+//! a computed style needs in order for it to adhere to the CSS spec.
 
 use app_units::Au;
 use properties::{self, CascadeFlags, ComputedValues};
@@ -312,6 +312,15 @@ impl<'a, 'b: 'a> StyleAdjuster<'a, 'b> {
        self.style.mutate_inheritedtext().set_text_align(text_align::start);
     }
 
+    /// Set the HAS_TEXT_DECORATION_LINES flag based on parent style.
+    fn adjust_for_text_decoration_lines(&mut self, layout_parent_style: &ComputedValues) {
+        use properties::computed_value_flags::HAS_TEXT_DECORATION_LINES;
+        if layout_parent_style.flags.contains(HAS_TEXT_DECORATION_LINES) ||
+           !self.style.get_text().clone_text_decoration_line().is_empty() {
+            self.style.flags.insert(HAS_TEXT_DECORATION_LINES);
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Adjusts the style to account for various fixups that don't fit naturally
     /// into the cascade.
     ///
@@ -341,5 +350,6 @@ impl<'a, 'b: 'a> StyleAdjuster<'a, 'b> {
         self.adjust_for_border_width();
         self.adjust_for_outline();
         self.adjust_for_writing_mode(layout_parent_style);
+        self.adjust_for_text_decoration_lines(layout_parent_style);
     }
 }