diff --git a/core/src/components/input/input.scss b/core/src/components/input/input.scss
index bcbd5f0f074..b25b73b6bd8 100644
--- a/core/src/components/input/input.scss
+++ b/core/src/components/input/input.scss
@@ -217,14 +217,12 @@
   background-color: transparent;
   background-repeat: no-repeat;
 
+  color: $text-color-step-400;
+
   visibility: hidden;
   appearance: none;
 }
 
-.input-clear-icon ion-icon {
-  color: $text-color-step-400;
-}
-
 /**
  * Normally, we would not want to use :focus
  * here because that would mean tapping the button