diff --git a/core/src/components/content/content.scss b/core/src/components/content/content.scss
index 239f22e3b3..276dccda45 100644
--- a/core/src/components/content/content.scss
+++ b/core/src/components/content/content.scss
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@import "../../themes/ionic.theme.default";
+@import "../../themes/ionic.globals";
 
 // Content
 // --------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/core/src/components/item-sliding/item-sliding.scss b/core/src/components/item-sliding/item-sliding.scss
index 066d53fe7d..3505515e69 100644
--- a/core/src/components/item-sliding/item-sliding.scss
+++ b/core/src/components/item-sliding/item-sliding.scss
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-@import "../../themes/ionic.theme.default";
+@import "../../themes/ionic.globals";
 
 // Item Sliding
 // --------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/core/src/components/list/list.scss b/core/src/components/list/list.scss
index 1ba9caa5f8..566c62f36e 100644
--- a/core/src/components/list/list.scss
+++ b/core/src/components/list/list.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 @import "../../themes/ionic.globals";
-@import "../../themes/ionic.theme.default";
 
 
 // List
diff --git a/core/src/themes/ionic.globals.scss b/core/src/themes/ionic.globals.scss
index d893bb0bf8..df9aa3c5ad 100644
--- a/core/src/themes/ionic.globals.scss
+++ b/core/src/themes/ionic.globals.scss
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 // Global Mixins
 @import "./ionic.mixins";
 
+// Default Theme
+@import "./ionic.theme.default";
 
 // Global app direction
 $app-direction: ltr !default;
diff --git a/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.ios.scss b/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.ios.scss
index c0d6231c12..9fadfd604f 100644
--- a/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.ios.scss
+++ b/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.ios.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-@import "./ionic.theme.default";
-
 
 // iOS General Colors
 // --------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.md.scss b/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.md.scss
index 2986d6045f..c085e74b77 100644
--- a/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.md.scss
+++ b/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.md.scss
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
-@import "./ionic.theme.default";
 
 // Material Design Default Theme
 // ----------------------------------
 
-// Material Design General
-// --------------------------------------------------
-
-
 // Material Design General Colors
 // --------------------------------------------------
 $backdrop-md-color:                         $backdrop-color !default;
diff --git a/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.scss b/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.scss
index b2953dec9a..800c795692 100644
--- a/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.scss
+++ b/core/src/themes/ionic.theme.default.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-@import "./ionic.globals";
-
 // Default Foreground and Background Colors values
 // Allows users to override an foreground / background colors
 // TODO: @color-mod: remove all this