diff --git a/src/components/form/form_label/_form_label.scss b/src/components/form/form_label/_form_label.scss
index aa9cea522d0..da76437271f 100644
--- a/src/components/form/form_label/_form_label.scss
+++ b/src/components/form/form_label/_form_label.scss
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
   font-size: $euiFontSizeXS;
   margin-bottom: $euiSizeS;
   transition: all $euiAnimSpeedFast $euiAnimSlightResistance;
-  font-weight: $euiFontWeightMedium;
+  font-weight: $euiFontWeightSemiBold;
 
   &.euiFormLabel-isInvalid {
     color: $euiColorDanger; /* 1 */
diff --git a/src/global_styling/reset/_reset.scss b/src/global_styling/reset/_reset.scss
index 7199d8713e8..c08fbb1e313 100644
--- a/src/global_styling/reset/_reset.scss
+++ b/src/global_styling/reset/_reset.scss
@@ -10,12 +10,6 @@
   box-sizing: border-box;
 }
 
-/**
- * 1. Inheriting the font will allow some browser defaults to take effect, e.g. Chrome applies
- *    `font: 11px system-ui` to the button element. We can't hardcode the font-family here because
- *    that will disrupt components which rely upon a different inherited font-family, e.g. code
- *    blocks.
- */
 html, body, div, span, applet, object, iframe,
 h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, p, blockquote, pre,
 a, abbr, acronym, address, big, cite, code,
@@ -32,13 +26,15 @@ time, mark, audio, video {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
   border: none;
-  font: inherit; /* 1 */
-  font-family: inherit; /* 1 */
   vertical-align: baseline;
 }
 
+code, pre {
+  font-family: $euiCodeFontFamily;
+}
+
 input, textarea, select, button {
-  font-family: inherit; /* 1 */
+  font-family: $euiFontFamily;
 }
 
 em {