diff --git a/src/styles/ux-variables.scss b/src/styles/ux-variables.scss
index cde2f976..e9455d7f 100644
--- a/src/styles/ux-variables.scss
+++ b/src/styles/ux-variables.scss
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ $alert-yellow-bg: #fef6e8;
 $alert-yellow-color: #e86421;
 $alert-red-bg: #fbe9e8;
 $alert-red-color: $red;
-$alert-red-icon: #da291c;
 
 //Modal animation
 // This affects all [Bootstrap] modals
diff --git a/src/ux-components/alert/alert.vue b/src/ux-components/alert/alert.vue
index 34b9856d..0e0ea2be 100644
--- a/src/ux-components/alert/alert.vue
+++ b/src/ux-components/alert/alert.vue
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ export default {
             border-top-color: $alert-red-color;
         }
         svg {
-            fill: $alert-red-icon;
+            fill: $alert-red-color;
             width: 1rem;
             height: 1rem;
         }