diff --git a/app/coffee/modules/taskboard/main.coffee b/app/coffee/modules/taskboard/main.coffee
index 15e5cf7d..e578a06e 100644
--- a/app/coffee/modules/taskboard/main.coffee
+++ b/app/coffee/modules/taskboard/main.coffee
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ TaskboardSquishColumnDirective = (rs) ->
             if width
                 column.css('max-width', width)
             else
-                column.removeAttr("style")
+                column.css("max-width", 'none')
 
         refreshTaskboardTableWidth = () =>
             columnWidths = []