diff --git a/src/components/button/button.scss b/src/components/button/button.scss
index 9dea22a0a13..06fea834dbf 100644
--- a/src/components/button/button.scss
+++ b/src/components/button/button.scss
@@ -151,10 +151,6 @@ $icon-button-margin: rem(0.600) !default;
       -webkit-mask-image: url('data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAEAAAABCAIAAACQd1PeAAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAA5JREFUeNpiYGBgAAgwAAAEAAGbA+oJAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC');
     }
 
-    md-icon {
-      margin-top: 0;
-    }
-
     &.md-mini {
       line-height: $button-fab-mini-line-height;
       width: $button-fab-mini-width;
diff --git a/src/components/list/list.scss b/src/components/list/list.scss
index 4c5c560a003..955df78d32e 100644
--- a/src/components/list/list.scss
+++ b/src/components/list/list.scss
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ md-list-item {
       text-transform: none;
       width: 100%;
       white-space: normal;
+      flex-direction: inherit;
+      align-items: inherit;
     }
     &:focus {
       outline: none