diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/app/app.ios.vars.scss b/packages/core/src/components/app/app.ios.vars.scss
index 0097466ec5..ae14385183 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/app/app.ios.vars.scss
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/app/app.ios.vars.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @import "../../themes/ionic.globals.ios";
 
-@import "../tabs/tabs.ios.vars";
+@import "../tabbar/tabbar.ios.vars";
 
 // iOS App
 // --------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/app/app.md.vars.scss b/packages/core/src/components/app/app.md.vars.scss
index 8cd780bbd1..9482901799 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/app/app.md.vars.scss
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/app/app.md.vars.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 @import "../../themes/ionic.globals.md";
 
-@import "../tabs/tabs.md.vars";
+@import "../tabbar/tabbar.md.vars";
 
 
 // Material Design App
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tab/tab.scss b/packages/core/src/components/tab/tab.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1b9cc4de49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tab/tab.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+@import "../../themes/ionic.globals";
+
+ion-tab {
+  @include position(0, null, null, 0);
+
+  position: absolute;
+  z-index: -1;
+  display: none;
+
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+
+  contain: layout size style;
+}
+
+ion-tab.show-tab {
+  z-index: $z-index-page-container;
+  display: block;
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tab/tab.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/tab/tab.tsx
index 61ca95fc66..c004510fd5 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tab/tab.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tab/tab.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { FrameworkDelegate } from '../..';
 
 @Component({
   tag: 'ion-tab',
+  styleUrl: 'tab.scss'
 })
 export class Tab {
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.ios.scss b/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.ios.scss
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.ios.scss
rename to packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.ios.scss
index 338a675a1b..434f05fe00 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.ios.scss
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.ios.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-@import "./tabs";
-@import "./tabs.ios.vars";
+@import "./tabbar";
+@import "./tabbar.ios.vars";
 
 // iOS Tabs
 // --------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.ios.vars.scss b/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.ios.vars.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.ios.vars.scss
rename to packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.ios.vars.scss
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.md.scss b/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.md.scss
similarity index 98%
rename from packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.md.scss
rename to packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.md.scss
index 28bf22da1d..1be738bd16 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.md.scss
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.md.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-@import "./tabs";
-@import "./tabs.md.vars";
+@import "./tabbar";
+@import "./tabbar.md.vars";
 
 .tabbar-md {
   height: $tabs-md-tab-height;
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.md.vars.scss b/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.md.vars.scss
similarity index 100%
rename from packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.md.vars.scss
rename to packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.md.vars.scss
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.scss b/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f5c99e60f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,183 @@
+@import "../../themes/ionic.globals";
+
+ion-tabbar {
+  position: relative;
+
+  z-index: $z-index-toolbar;
+  display: flex;
+
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: center;
+
+  order: 1;
+
+  width: 100%;
+}
+
+ion-tabbar.tabbar-hidden {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+ion-tabbar.placement-top {
+  order: -1;
+}
+
+ion-tab-button {
+  @include margin(0);
+  @include text-align(center);
+  @include border-radius(0);
+
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+
+  position: relative;
+  z-index: 0;
+  display: flex;
+  overflow: hidden;
+
+  flex: 1;
+  flex-direction: column;
+  align-items: center;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+
+  border: 0;
+
+  text-decoration: none;
+  background: none;
+  cursor: pointer;
+
+  user-select: none;
+}
+
+.tab-disabled {
+  pointer-events: none;
+}
+
+.tab-disabled > * {
+  opacity: .4;
+}
+
+.tab-button-text,
+.tab-button-icon {
+  display: none;
+  overflow: hidden;
+
+  align-self: center;
+
+  min-width: 26px;
+  max-width: 100%;
+
+  text-overflow: ellipsis;
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.has-icon .tab-button-icon,
+.has-title .tab-button-text {
+  display: block;
+}
+
+.has-title-only .tab-button-text {
+  white-space: normal;
+}
+
+.layout-icon-start ion-tab-button {
+  flex-direction: row;
+}
+
+.layout-icon-end ion-tab-button {
+  flex-direction: row-reverse;
+}
+
+.layout-icon-bottom ion-tab-button {
+  flex-direction: column-reverse;
+}
+
+.layout-icon-start ion-tab-button,
+.layout-icon-end ion-tab-button,
+.layout-icon-hide ion-tab-button,
+.layout-title-hide ion-tab-button {
+  justify-content: center;
+}
+
+.tab-hidden,
+.layout-icon-hide .tab-button-icon,
+.layout-title-hide .tab-button-text {
+  display: none;
+}
+
+// Tab Badges
+// --------------------------------------------------
+
+.tab-badge {
+  @include position(6%, 4%, null, null); // 4% fallback
+  @include position(null, calc(50% - 50px), null, null);
+  @include padding(1px, 6px);
+
+  position: absolute;
+
+  height: auto;
+
+  font-size: 12px;
+  line-height: 16px;
+}
+
+.has-icon .tab-badge {
+  @include position(null, calc(50% - 30px), null, null);
+}
+
+.layout-icon-bottom .tab-badge,
+.layout-icon-start .tab-badge,
+.layout-icon-end .tab-badge {
+  @include position(null, calc(50% - 50px), null, null);
+}
+
+// Tab Highlight
+// --------------------------------------------------
+
+.tabbar-highlight {
+  @include position(null, null, 0, 0);
+  @include transform-origin(0, 0);
+
+  position: absolute;
+
+  display: block;
+
+  width: 1px;
+  height: 2px;
+
+  transform: translateZ(0);
+
+  &.animated {
+    transition-duration: 300ms;
+    transition-property: transform;
+    transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(.4, 0, .2, 1);
+
+    will-change: transform;
+  }
+}
+
+.placement-top .tabbar-highlight {
+  bottom: 0;
+}
+
+.placement-bottom .tabbar-highlight {
+  top: 0;
+}
+
+
+// Overflow Scrolling
+// --------------------------------------------------
+
+ion-tabbar.scrollable ion-scroll {
+  overflow: hidden;
+}
+
+ion-tabbar.scrollable .scroll-inner {
+  position: relative;
+  display: flex;
+
+  flex-direction: row;
+}
+
+ion-tabbar.scrollable ion-button.inactive {
+  visibility: hidden;
+}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.tsx
index 7c02be6b6b..d38c6022e0 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tabbar/tabbar.tsx
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ import { DomController } from '../../index';
 
 @Component({
   tag: 'ion-tabbar',
+  styleUrls: {
+    ios: 'tabbar.ios.scss',
+    md: 'tabbar.md.scss'
+  },
   host: {
     theme: 'tabbar'
   }
@@ -152,41 +156,34 @@ export class Tabbar {
   hostData() {
     const themedClasses = this.translucent ? createThemedClasses(this.mode, this.color, 'tabbar-translucent') : {};
 
-    const layoutClass = `layout-${this.layout}`;
-    const placementClass = `placement-${this.placement}`;
-
-    const hostClasses = {
-      ...themedClasses,
-      'tabbar-hidden': this.hidden,
-      'scrollable': this.scrollable,
-      [layoutClass]: true,
-      [placementClass]: true
-    };
-
     return {
       role: 'tablist',
-      class: hostClasses
+      class: {
+        ...themedClasses,
+        [`layout-${this.layout}`]: true,
+        [`placement-${this.placement}`]: true,
+        'tabbar-hidden': this.hidden,
+        'scrollable': this.scrollable
+      }
     };
   }
 
   render() {
-    const selectedTab = this.selectedTab,
-      ionTabbarHighlight = this.highlight ? <div class='animated tabbar-highlight'/> as HTMLElement : null,
-      tabButtons = this.tabs.map(tab => <ion-tab-button tab={tab} selected={selectedTab === tab}/>);
-
+    const selectedTab = this.selectedTab;
+    const ionTabbarHighlight = this.highlight ? <div class='animated tabbar-highlight'/> as HTMLElement : null;
+    const tabButtons = this.tabs.map(tab => <ion-tab-button tab={tab} selected={selectedTab === tab}/>);
 
     if (this.scrollable) {
       return [
         <ion-button onClick={() => this.scrollByTab('left')} fill='clear' class={{inactive: !this.canScrollLeft}}>
           <ion-icon name='arrow-dropleft'/>
         </ion-button>,
-        <ion-scroll
-          ref={(scrollEl: HTMLIonScrollElement) => {
-            this.scrollEl = scrollEl;
-          }}>
+
+        <ion-scroll ref={(scrollEl: HTMLIonScrollElement) => this.scrollEl = scrollEl}>
           {tabButtons}
           {ionTabbarHighlight}
         </ion-scroll>,
+
         <ion-button onClick={() => this.scrollByTab('right')} fill='clear' class={{inactive: !this.canScrollRight}}>
           <ion-icon name='arrow-dropright'/>
         </ion-button>
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.scss b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.scss
index 8c021584b9..c00449b044 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.scss
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.scss
@@ -1,12 +1,5 @@
 @import "../../themes/ionic.globals";
 
-// Util
-// --------------------------------------------------
-@import "../../themes/util";
-
-// Tabs
-// --------------------------------------------------
-
 ion-tabs {
   @include position(0);
 
@@ -31,205 +24,3 @@ ion-tabs {
 
   contain: layout size style;
 }
-
-ion-tab {
-  @include position(0, null, null, 0);
-
-  position: absolute;
-  z-index: -1;
-  display: none;
-
-  width: 100%;
-  height: 100%;
-
-  contain: layout size style;
-}
-
-ion-tab.show-tab {
-  z-index: $z-index-page-container;
-  display: block;
-}
-
-// Tabbar
-// --------------------------------------------------
-
-ion-tabbar {
-  position: relative;
-
-  z-index: $z-index-toolbar;
-  display: flex;
-
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: center;
-
-  order: 1;
-
-  width: 100%;
-}
-
-ion-tabbar.tabbar-hidden {
-  display: none;
-}
-
-ion-tabbar.placement-top {
-  order: -1;
-}
-
-ion-tab-button {
-  @include margin(0);
-  @include text-align(center);
-  @include border-radius(0);
-
-  box-sizing: border-box;
-
-  position: relative;
-  z-index: 0;
-  display: flex;
-  overflow: hidden;
-
-  flex: 1;
-  flex-direction: column;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: space-between;
-
-  border: 0;
-
-  text-decoration: none;
-  background: none;
-  cursor: pointer;
-
-  user-select: none;
-}
-
-.tab-disabled {
-  pointer-events: none;
-}
-
-.tab-disabled > * {
-  opacity: .4;
-}
-
-.tab-button-text,
-.tab-button-icon {
-  display: none;
-  overflow: hidden;
-
-  align-self: center;
-
-  min-width: 26px;
-  max-width: 100%;
-
-  text-overflow: ellipsis;
-  white-space: nowrap;
-}
-
-.has-icon .tab-button-icon,
-.has-title .tab-button-text {
-  display: block;
-}
-
-.has-title-only .tab-button-text {
-  white-space: normal;
-}
-
-.layout-icon-start ion-tab-button {
-  flex-direction: row;
-}
-
-.layout-icon-end ion-tab-button {
-  flex-direction: row-reverse;
-}
-
-.layout-icon-bottom ion-tab-button {
-  flex-direction: column-reverse;
-}
-
-.layout-icon-start ion-tab-button,
-.layout-icon-end ion-tab-button,
-.layout-icon-hide ion-tab-button,
-.layout-title-hide ion-tab-button {
-  justify-content: center;
-}
-
-.tab-hidden,
-.layout-icon-hide .tab-button-icon,
-.layout-title-hide .tab-button-text {
-  display: none;
-}
-
-// Tab Badges
-// --------------------------------------------------
-
-.tab-badge {
-  @include position(6%, 4%, null, null); // 4% fallback
-  @include position(null, calc(50% - 50px), null, null);
-  @include padding(1px, 6px);
-
-  position: absolute;
-
-  height: auto;
-
-  font-size: 12px;
-  line-height: 16px;
-}
-
-.has-icon .tab-badge {
-  @include position(null, calc(50% - 30px), null, null);
-}
-
-.layout-icon-bottom .tab-badge,
-.layout-icon-start .tab-badge,
-.layout-icon-end .tab-badge {
-  @include position(null, calc(50% - 50px), null, null);
-}
-
-// Tab Highlight
-// --------------------------------------------------
-
-.tabbar-highlight {
-  @include position(null, null, 0, 0);
-  @include transform-origin(0, 0);
-
-  position: absolute;
-
-  display: block;
-
-  width: 1px;
-  height: 2px;
-
-  transform: translateZ(0);
-
-  &.animated {
-    transition-duration: 300ms;
-    transition-property: transform;
-    transition-timing-function: cubic-bezier(.4, 0, .2, 1);
-
-    will-change: transform;
-  }
-}
-
-.placement-top .tabbar-highlight {
-  bottom: 0;
-}
-
-.placement-bottom .tabbar-highlight {
-  top: 0;
-}
-
-// Overflow Scrolling
-// --------------------------------------------------
-
-ion-tabbar.scrollable ion-scroll {
-  overflow: hidden;
-}
-
-ion-tabbar.scrollable .scroll-inner {
-  position: relative;
-  display: flex;
-
-  flex-direction: row;
-}
-
-ion-tabbar.scrollable ion-button.inactive {
-  visibility: hidden;
-}
diff --git a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.tsx b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.tsx
index 6107c6f57c..eeabdcbcd8 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/components/tabs/tabs.tsx
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 import { Component, Element, Event, EventEmitter, Listen, Method, Prop, State } from '@stencil/core';
-import { Config, NavOutlet, NavEventDetail } from '../../index';
+import { Config, NavEventDetail, NavOutlet } from '../../index';
 
 
 @Component({
   tag: 'ion-tabs',
-  styleUrls: {
-    ios: 'tabs.ios.scss',
-    md: 'tabs.md.scss'
-  }
+  styleUrl: 'tabs.scss'
 })
 export class Tabs implements NavOutlet {
   private ids = -1;