diff --git a/packages/components/docs/sass.md b/packages/components/docs/sass.md
index 07c632e1170b..16aeb87407cd 100644
--- a/packages/components/docs/sass.md
+++ b/packages/components/docs/sass.md
@@ -6395,7 +6395,6 @@ $text-02: if(
   - [modal [mixin]](#modal-mixin)
   - [overflow-menu [mixin]](#overflow-menu-mixin)
   - [pagination [mixin]](#pagination-mixin)
-  - [search [mixin]](#search-mixin)
   - [tabs [mixin]](#tabs-mixin)
   - [toggle [mixin]](#toggle-mixin)
   - [toolbar [mixin]](#toolbar-mixin)
@@ -6568,6 +6567,7 @@ $icon-02: if(
   - [file-uploader [mixin]](#file-uploader-mixin)
   - [listbox [mixin]](#listbox-mixin)
   - [overflow-menu [mixin]](#overflow-menu-mixin)
+  - [search [mixin]](#search-mixin)
   - [text-input [mixin]](#text-input-mixin)
   - [tile [mixin]](#tile-mixin)
   - [tooltip--icon--legacy [mixin]](#tooltip--icon--legacy-mixin)
@@ -20934,8 +20934,7 @@ Search styles
     width: rem(16px);
     top: 50%;
     transform: translateY(-50%);
-    // Ensure clear icon is rendered in Firefox (#1127)
-    fill: $text-02;
+    fill: $icon-02;
     pointer-events: none;
   }
 
@@ -21083,7 +21082,7 @@ Search styles
   - [ui-04 [variable]](#ui-04-variable)
   - [text-05 [variable]](#text-05-variable)
   - [field-02 [variable]](#field-02-variable)
-  - [text-02 [variable]](#text-02-variable)
+  - [icon-02 [variable]](#icon-02-variable)
   - [carbon--spacing-01 [variable]](#carbon--spacing-01-variable)
   - [icon-01 [variable]](#icon-01-variable)
   - [hover-field [variable]](#hover-field-variable)
diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/search/_search.scss b/packages/components/src/components/search/_search.scss
index 1fe5a6bdfc05..2a95ec8d5431 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/search/_search.scss
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/search/_search.scss
@@ -104,8 +104,7 @@
     width: rem(16px);
     top: 50%;
     transform: translateY(-50%);
-    // Ensure clear icon is rendered in Firefox (#1127)
-    fill: $text-02;
+    fill: $icon-02;
     pointer-events: none;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Tab/Tab-test.js b/packages/react/src/components/Tab/Tab-test.js
index b7d526f8b9c1..11db72768bb9 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/Tab/Tab-test.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Tab/Tab-test.js
@@ -27,12 +27,8 @@ describe('Tab', () => {
       );
     });
 
-    it('renders <li> with [role="presentation"]', () => {
-      expect(wrapper.props().role).toEqual('presentation');
-    });
-
-    it('renders <a> with [role="tab"]', () => {
-      expect(wrapper.find('a').props().role).toEqual('tab');
+    it('renders <li> with [role="tab"]', () => {
+      expect(wrapper.props().role).toEqual('tab');
     });
 
     it('renders <a> with tabindex set to 0', () => {
diff --git a/packages/react/src/components/Tab/Tab.js b/packages/react/src/components/Tab/Tab.js
index ead5751e62c3..43ef38b5c72c 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/components/Tab/Tab.js
+++ b/packages/react/src/components/Tab/Tab.js
@@ -135,11 +135,7 @@ export default class Tab extends React.Component {
       id,
       className: `${prefix}--tabs__nav-link`,
       href,
-      role: 'tab',
       tabIndex: !disabled ? tabIndex : -1,
-      ['aria-selected']: selected,
-      ['aria-disabled']: disabled,
-      ['aria-controls']: id && `${id}__panel`,
       ref: e => {
         this.tabAnchor = e;
       },
@@ -164,8 +160,10 @@ export default class Tab extends React.Component {
           handleTabKeyDown(index, evt);
           onKeyDown(evt);
         }}
-        role="presentation"
-        selected={selected}>
+        role="tab"
+        aria-selected={selected}
+        aria-disabled={disabled}
+        aria-controls={`${id}__panel`}>
         {renderAnchor ? (
           renderAnchor(anchorProps)
         ) : (