diff --git a/core/src/components/menu-button/menu-button.ios.scss b/core/src/components/menu-button/menu-button.ios.scss
index a36db107d3..58df4360f2 100644
--- a/core/src/components/menu-button/menu-button.ios.scss
+++ b/core/src/components/menu-button/menu-button.ios.scss
@@ -1,11 +1,10 @@
 @import "./menu-button";
-@import "./menu-button.ios.vars";
 
 // iOS Menu Button
 // --------------------------------------------------
 
 :host {
-  --color: #{$menu-button-ios-color};
+  --color: #{ion-color(primary, base)};
 }
 
 :host(.activated) {
diff --git a/core/src/components/menu-button/menu-button.ios.vars.scss b/core/src/components/menu-button/menu-button.ios.vars.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 13483851bc..0000000000
--- a/core/src/components/menu-button/menu-button.ios.vars.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-@import "../../themes/ionic.globals.ios";
-
-// iOS Menu Button
-// --------------------------------------------------
-
-/// @prop - Z index of the Menu button
-$menu-button-ios-button-z-index:      $z-index-toolbar-buttons !default;
-
-/// @prop - Text color of the Menu button
-$menu-button-ios-color:               ion-color(primary, base) !default;
diff --git a/core/src/components/menu-button/menu-button.md.scss b/core/src/components/menu-button/menu-button.md.scss
index d1c791ccfa..a988540b1b 100644
--- a/core/src/components/menu-button/menu-button.md.scss
+++ b/core/src/components/menu-button/menu-button.md.scss
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 @import "./menu-button";
-@import "./menu-button.md.vars";
 
 // MD Menu Button
 // --------------------------------------------------
+
 :host {
-  --color: #{$menu-button-md-color};
+  --color: currentColor;
 }
 
 button {
diff --git a/core/src/components/menu-button/menu-button.md.vars.scss b/core/src/components/menu-button/menu-button.md.vars.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 0a9c34ae89..0000000000
--- a/core/src/components/menu-button/menu-button.md.vars.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-@import "../../themes/ionic.globals.md";
-
-// Material Design Menu Button
-// --------------------------------------------------
-
-/// @prop - Text color of the Menu button
-$menu-button-md-color:               $toolbar-md-text-color !default;
diff --git a/core/src/components/menu-button/menu-button.scss b/core/src/components/menu-button/menu-button.scss
index a1e683bd48..b824495a32 100644
--- a/core/src/components/menu-button/menu-button.scss
+++ b/core/src/components/menu-button/menu-button.scss
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 :host {
   color: var(--color);
-  
+
   pointer-events: all;
 
   text-align: center;
@@ -60,4 +60,4 @@ ion-icon {
 
 :host(.ion-color) .button-native {
   color: current-color(base);
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}