diff --git a/internal_packages/composer/stylesheets/composer.less b/internal_packages/composer/stylesheets/composer.less
index 0974352fa..d6cb3b27c 100644
--- a/internal_packages/composer/stylesheets/composer.less
+++ b/internal_packages/composer/stylesheets/composer.less
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ body.is-blurred .composer-inner-wrap .tokenizing-field .token {
     width: 12.5px + 2*@padding-left;
     height: 12.5px + 2*@padding-top;
     margin: 7.5px 0;
-
+    box-shadow: none;
     border: 0;
     border-right: 1px solid @border-color-divider;
     &:last-child { border-right: 0 }
diff --git a/static/components/tokenizing-text-field.less b/static/components/tokenizing-text-field.less
index 6eb4a41ed..8cd6d16b3 100644
--- a/static/components/tokenizing-text-field.less
+++ b/static/components/tokenizing-text-field.less
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
       margin: 0;
       background-color: transparent;
       color: @text-color-very-subtle;
+      img { background-color: @text-color-very-subtle; }
       font-size: 10px;
     }
     &:hover {
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@
       color: @text-color-inverse;
       .action {
         color: @text-color-inverse-subtle;
-        img { -webkit-filter: brightness(100); }
+        img { background-color: @text-color-inverse-subtle; }
       }
     }
     &.dragging {