diff --git a/icon/lib/_icon.scss b/icon/lib/_icon.scss
index bb661b807f..f3b012d86e 100644
--- a/icon/lib/_icon.scss
+++ b/icon/lib/_icon.scss
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ $_custom-property-prefix: 'icon';
     text-transform: none;
     white-space: nowrap;
     word-wrap: normal;
-    direction: ltr;
 
     /* Support for all WebKit browsers. */
     -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;