diff --git a/components/x-teaser/readme.md b/components/x-teaser/readme.md
index 1f75c7348..ad1e7b9ba 100644
--- a/components/x-teaser/readme.md
+++ b/components/x-teaser/readme.md
@@ -38,22 +38,24 @@ Teasers display _content_ but our content items are also decorated with hints an
 
 ### Rules
 
-Because there are so many [teaser properties](#properties) some options can conflict. In these cases one option must take precedence over the others. These sitations are resolved by using a _ruleset_. A ruleset is an array of functions ordered by importance. The first function in the array to return a truthy value wins and the name of the matching function will be returned.
+Because there are so many [teaser properties](#properties) some options can conflict. In these cases one option must take precedence over the others. These sitations are resolved by using a _ruleset_. A ruleset is a function which implements a series of conditions in order of precedence. When a condition evaluates to true it must return.
 
 For example to decide which media type to display (a video, headshot, or image) we define the following ruleset:
 
 ```js
-const media = [
-    function video(props) {
-        return props.showVideo && props.video;
-    },
-    function headshot(props) {
-        return props.showHeadshot && props.headshot && props.indicators.isColumn;
-    },
-    function image(props) {
-        return props.showImage && props.image;
-    }
-];
+const media = (props) => {
+	if (props.showVideo && props.video && props.video.url) {
+		return 'video';
+	}
+
+	if (props.showHeadshot && props.headshot && props.headshot.url && props.indicators.isColumn) {
+		return 'headshot';
+	}
+
+	if (props.showImage && props.image && props.image.url) {
+		return 'image';
+	}
+};
 ```
 
 ## Usage
diff --git a/components/x-teaser/src/concerns/rules.js b/components/x-teaser/src/concerns/rules.js
index efde3a5e7..ad2665097 100644
--- a/components/x-teaser/src/concerns/rules.js
+++ b/components/x-teaser/src/concerns/rules.js
@@ -1,33 +1,35 @@
 /**
- * Rules are collections of exclusive properties. They are declared in a ruleset
- * (an array of functions) in order of precedence. Each value returned by a rule
- * will evaluated as a boolean and the name of any matching rule returned.
+ * Rules are sets of exclusive properties.
+ * They are used to ensure that only one property can take precedence.
  */
 const rulesets = {
-	media: [
-		function video(props) {
-			return props.showVideo && props.video && props.video.url;
-		},
-		function headshot(props) {
-			return (
-				props.showHeadshot && props.headshot && props.headshot.url && props.indicators.isColumn
-			);
-		},
-		function image(props) {
-			return props.showImage && props.image && props.image.url;
+	media: (props) => {
+		// If this condition evaluates to true then no headshot nor image will be displayed.
+		if (props.showVideo && props.video && props.video.url) {
+			return 'video';
 		}
-	],
-	theme: [
-		function live(props) {
-			return props.status && props.status === 'inprogress';
-		},
-		function opinion(props) {
-			return props.indicators && props.indicators.isOpinion;
-		},
-		function highlight(props) {
-			return props.indicators && props.indicators.isEditorsChoice;
+
+		if (props.showHeadshot && props.headshot && props.headshot.url && props.indicators.isColumn) {
+			return 'headshot';
+		}
+
+		if (props.showImage && props.image && props.image.url) {
+			return 'image';
 		}
-	]
+	},
+	theme: (props) => {
+		if (props.status && props.status === 'inprogress') {
+			return 'live'
+		}
+
+		if (props.indicators && props.indicators.isOpinion) {
+			return 'opinion'
+		}
+
+		if (props.indicators && props.indicators.isEditorsChoice) {
+			return 'highlight'
+		}
+	}
 };
 
 /**
@@ -38,8 +40,7 @@ const rulesets = {
  */
 export default function rules(rule, props) {
 	if (rulesets.hasOwnProperty(rule)) {
-		const index = rulesets[rule].findIndex((rule) => rule(props));
-		return index !== -1 ? rulesets[rule][index].name : null;
+		return rulesets[rule](props);
 	} else {
 		throw Error(`No ruleset available named ${rule}`);
 	}