diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_expander.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_expander.scss
index 07745e0e5..2a666350f 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_expander.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/_expander.scss
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
 
 .app-c-expander__button {
   @include govuk-font(19, $weight: bold);
-  @include govuk-focusable;
   position: relative;
   width: 100%;
   border: 0;
@@ -43,6 +42,10 @@
   background: none;
   text-align: left;
   cursor: pointer;
+
+  &:focus {
+    @include govuk-focused-text;
+  }
 }
 
 .js-enabled {