diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/Mods/ModSelectColumn.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/Mods/ModSelectColumn.cs
index b2c5a054e1..61b29ef65b 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/Mods/ModSelectColumn.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/Mods/ModSelectColumn.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
 // See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
 
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Bindables;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
@@ -8,9 +9,11 @@ using osu.Framework.Graphics.Colour;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
 using osu.Framework.Localisation;
+using System.Linq;
 using osu.Game.Graphics;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Backgrounds;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.Containers;
+using osu.Game.Graphics.Sprites;
 using osuTK;
 using osuTK.Graphics;
 
@@ -181,17 +184,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays.Mods
         {
             headerText.Clear();
 
-            int wordIndex = 0;
+            ITextPart part = headerText.AddText(text);
+            part.DrawablePartsRecreated += applySemiBoldToFirstWord;
+            applySemiBoldToFirstWord(part.Drawables);
 
-            ITextPart part = headerText.AddText(text, t =>
+            void applySemiBoldToFirstWord(IEnumerable<Drawable> d)
             {
-                if (wordIndex == 0)
-                    t.Font = t.Font.With(weight: FontWeight.SemiBold);
-                wordIndex += 1;
-            });
-
-            // Reset the index so that if the parts are refreshed (e.g. through changes in localisation) the correct word is re-emboldened.
-            part.DrawablePartsRecreated += _ => wordIndex = 0;
+                if (d.FirstOrDefault() is OsuSpriteText firstWord)
+                    firstWord.Font = firstWord.Font.With(weight: FontWeight.SemiBold);
+            }
         }
 
         [BackgroundDependencyLoader]