diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.spec.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.spec.ts
index 11c16827b9..0f4e614998 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.spec.ts
@@ -733,59 +733,7 @@ describe('mermaidAPI', () => {
           const diagramText = `${diagramType}\n accTitle: ${a11yTitle}\n accDescr: ${a11yDescr}\n`;
           const expectedDiagramType = testedDiagram.expectedType;
 
-          it('aria-roledscription is set to the diagram type, addSVGa11yTitleDescription is called', async () => {
-            const a11yDiagramInfo_spy = vi.spyOn(accessibility, 'setA11yDiagramInfo');
-            const a11yTitleDesc_spy = vi.spyOn(accessibility, 'addSVGa11yTitleDescription');
-            await mermaidAPI.render(id, diagramText);
-            expect(a11yDiagramInfo_spy).toHaveBeenCalledWith(
-              expect.anything(),
-              expectedDiagramType
-            );
-            expect(a11yTitleDesc_spy).toHaveBeenCalled();
-          });
-        });
-      });
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('render', () => {
-    // Be sure to add async before each test (anonymous) method
-
-    // These are more like integration tests right now because nothing is mocked.
-    // But it is faster that a cypress test and there's no real reason to actually evaluate an image pixel by pixel.
-
-    // render(id, text, cb?, svgContainingElement?)
-
-    // Test all diagram types.  Note that old flowchart 'graph' type will invoke the flowRenderer-v2. (See the flowchart v2 detector.)
-    // We have to have both the specific textDiagramType and the expected type name because the expected type may be slightly different than was is put in the diagram text (ex: in -v2 diagrams)
-    const diagramTypesAndExpectations = [
-      { textDiagramType: 'C4Context', expectedType: 'c4' },
-      { textDiagramType: 'classDiagram', expectedType: 'classDiagram' },
-      { textDiagramType: 'classDiagram-v2', expectedType: 'classDiagram' },
-      { textDiagramType: 'erDiagram', expectedType: 'er' },
-      { textDiagramType: 'graph', expectedType: 'flowchart-v2' },
-      { textDiagramType: 'flowchart', expectedType: 'flowchart-v2' },
-      { textDiagramType: 'gitGraph', expectedType: 'gitGraph' },
-      { textDiagramType: 'gantt', expectedType: 'gantt' },
-      { textDiagramType: 'journey', expectedType: 'journey' },
-      { textDiagramType: 'pie', expectedType: 'pie' },
-      { textDiagramType: 'requirementDiagram', expectedType: 'requirement' },
-      { textDiagramType: 'sequenceDiagram', expectedType: 'sequence' },
-      { textDiagramType: 'stateDiagram-v2', expectedType: 'stateDiagram' },
-    ];
-
-    describe('accessibility', () => {
-      const id = 'mermaid-fauxId';
-      const a11yTitle = 'a11y title';
-      const a11yDescr = 'a11y description';
-
-      diagramTypesAndExpectations.forEach((testedDiagram) => {
-        describe(`${testedDiagram.textDiagramType}`, () => {
-          const diagramType = testedDiagram.textDiagramType;
-          const diagramText = `${diagramType}\n accTitle: ${a11yTitle}\n accDescr: ${a11yDescr}\n`;
-          const expectedDiagramType = testedDiagram.expectedType;
-
-          it('aria-roledscription is set to the diagram type, addSVGa11yTitleDescription is called', async () => {
+          it('should set aria-roledscription to the diagram type AND should call addSVGa11yTitleDescription', async () => {
             const a11yDiagramInfo_spy = vi.spyOn(accessibility, 'setA11yDiagramInfo');
             const a11yTitleDesc_spy = vi.spyOn(accessibility, 'addSVGa11yTitleDescription');
             await mermaidAPI.render(id, diagramText);
diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts b/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts
index 753e4944ab..4d8d952906 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/mermaidAPI.ts
@@ -478,7 +478,7 @@ const render = async function (
 
   // Get the temporary div element containing the svg
   const element = root.select(enclosingDivID_selector).node();
-  const graphType = diag.type;
+  const diagramType = diag.type;
 
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Create and insert the styles (user styles, theme styles, config styles)
@@ -486,11 +486,11 @@ const render = async function (
   // Insert an element into svg. This is where we put the styles
   const svg = element.firstChild;
   const firstChild = svg.firstChild;
-  const diagramClassDefs = CLASSDEF_DIAGRAMS.includes(graphType)
+  const diagramClassDefs = CLASSDEF_DIAGRAMS.includes(diagramType)
     ? diag.renderer.getClasses(text, diag)
     : {};
 
-  const rules = createUserStyles(config, graphType, diagramClassDefs, idSelector);
+  const rules = createUserStyles(config, diagramType, diagramClassDefs, idSelector);
 
   const style1 = document.createElement('style');
   style1.innerHTML = rules;
@@ -507,9 +507,9 @@ const render = async function (
 
   // This is the d3 node for the svg element
   const svgNode = root.select(`${enclosingDivID_selector} svg`);
-  const a11yTitle = diag.db.getAccTitle?.();
-  const a11yDescr = diag.db.getAccDescription?.();
-  addA11yInfo(graphType, svgNode, a11yTitle, a11yDescr);
+  const a11yTitle: string | undefined = diag.db.getAccTitle?.();
+  const a11yDescr: string | undefined = diag.db.getAccDescription?.();
+  addA11yInfo(diagramType, svgNode, a11yTitle, a11yDescr);
 
   // -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   // Clean up SVG code
@@ -586,14 +586,18 @@ function initialize(options: MermaidConfig = {}) {
 /**
  * Add accessibility (a11y) information to the diagram.
  *
+ * @param diagramType - diagram type
+ * @param svgNode - d3 node to insert the a11y title and desc info
+ * @param a11yTitle - a11y title
+ * @param a11yDescr - a11y description
  */
 function addA11yInfo(
-  graphType: string,
+  diagramType: string,
   svgNode: D3Element,
-  a11yTitle: string | undefined,
-  a11yDescr: string | undefined
-) {
-  setA11yDiagramInfo(svgNode, graphType);
+  a11yTitle?: string,
+  a11yDescr?: string
+): void {
+  setA11yDiagramInfo(svgNode, diagramType);
   addSVGa11yTitleDescription(svgNode, a11yTitle, a11yDescr, svgNode.attr('id'));
 }