diff --git a/src/components/icon.tsx b/src/components/icon.tsx
index ee405908..1bbb0b9d 100644
--- a/src/components/icon.tsx
+++ b/src/components/icon.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import { Icon as SUIIcon } from 'semantic-ui-react';
 import { SemanticDatepickerProps } from '../types';
-import { keys } from '../utils';
 
 type CustomIconProps = {
   clearIcon: SemanticDatepickerProps['clearIcon'];
@@ -16,12 +15,6 @@ const CustomIcon = ({
   isClearIconVisible,
   onClear,
 }: CustomIconProps) => {
-  const onKeydown = (evt: KeyboardEvent) => {
-    if (evt.keyCode === keys.enter || evt.keyCode === keys.space) {
-      onClear();
-    }
-  };
-
   if (isClearIconVisible && clearIcon && React.isValidElement(clearIcon)) {
     return React.cloneElement(clearIcon, {
       'data-testid': 'datepicker-clear-icon',
@@ -36,10 +29,7 @@ const CustomIcon = ({
         data-testid="datepicker-clear-icon"
         link
         name={clearIcon}
-        role="button"
-        tabIndex="0"
         onClick={onClear}
-        onKeyDown={onKeydown}
       />
     );
   }