diff --git a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
index 2793a204b88..8219f31fc8e 100755
--- a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
@@ -62,16 +62,16 @@ export class DropdownItem {
             'p-disabled':disabled, 'p-dropdown-open':overlayVisible, 'p-focus':focused, 'p-dropdown-clearable': showClear && !disabled}"
             (click)="onMouseclick($event)" [ngStyle]="style" [class]="styleClass">
             <div class="p-hidden-accessible">
-                <input #in [attr.id]="inputId" type="text" [attr.aria-label]="label" readonly (focus)="onInputFocus($event)" aria-haspopup="listbox"
+                <input #in [attr.id]="inputId" type="text" readonly (focus)="onInputFocus($event)" aria-haspopup="listbox"
                     aria-haspopup="listbox" [attr.aria-expanded]="overlayVisible" [attr.aria-labelledby]="ariaLabelledBy" (blur)="onInputBlur($event)" (keydown)="onKeydown($event, true)"
-                    [disabled]="disabled" [attr.tabindex]="tabindex" [attr.autofocus]="autofocus" role="listbox">
+                    [disabled]="disabled" [attr.tabindex]="tabindex" [attr.autofocus]="autofocus">
             </div>
             <span [ngClass]="{'p-dropdown-label p-inputtext':true,'p-dropdown-label-empty':(label == null || label.length === 0)}" *ngIf="!editable && (label != null)" [pTooltip]="tooltip" [tooltipPosition]="tooltipPosition" [positionStyle]="tooltipPositionStyle" [tooltipStyleClass]="tooltipStyleClass">
                 <ng-container *ngIf="!selectedItemTemplate">{{label||'empty'}}</ng-container>
                 <ng-container *ngTemplateOutlet="selectedItemTemplate; context: {$implicit: selectedOption}"></ng-container>
             </span>
             <span [ngClass]="{'p-dropdown-label p-inputtext p-placeholder':true,'p-dropdown-label-empty': (placeholder == null || placeholder.length === 0)}" *ngIf="!editable && (label == null)">{{placeholder||'empty'}}</span>
-            <input #editableInput type="text" [attr.maxlength]="maxlength" [attr.aria-label]="label" class="p-dropdown-label p-inputtext" *ngIf="editable" [disabled]="disabled" [attr.placeholder]="placeholder"
+            <input #editableInput type="text" [attr.maxlength]="maxlength" class="p-dropdown-label p-inputtext" *ngIf="editable" [disabled]="disabled" [attr.placeholder]="placeholder"
                 aria-haspopup="listbox" [attr.aria-expanded]="overlayVisible" (click)="onEditableInputClick()" (input)="onEditableInputChange($event)" (focus)="onEditableInputFocus($event)" (blur)="onInputBlur($event)">
             <i class="p-dropdown-clear-icon pi pi-times" (click)="clear($event)" *ngIf="value != null && showClear && !disabled"></i>
             <div class="p-dropdown-trigger" role="button" aria-haspopup="listbox" [attr.aria-expanded]="overlayVisible">