diff --git a/tokens/_md-comp-menu-item.scss b/tokens/_md-comp-menu-item.scss
index 3d99a735ed..d08de95e47 100644
--- a/tokens/_md-comp-menu-item.scss
+++ b/tokens/_md-comp-menu-item.scss
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ $_default: (
     $tokens,
     $supported-tokens: $supported-tokens,
     $unsupported-tokens: $unsupported-tokens,
-    $new-tokens: md-comp-list-item.values($deps),
+    $new-tokens:
+      md-comp-list-item.values($deps, $exclude-custom-properties: true),
     $renamed-tokens: _get-renamed-tokens($tokens)
   );