diff --git a/scss/_reboot.scss b/scss/_reboot.scss
index d4bea03308d2..22b9aaa60f26 100644
--- a/scss/_reboot.scss
+++ b/scss/_reboot.scss
@@ -438,7 +438,6 @@ select {
 
   // Undo the opacity change from Chrome
   &:disabled {
-    color: $input-color;
     opacity: 1;
   }
 }
diff --git a/scss/_variables.scss b/scss/_variables.scss
index 3fcba715b547..a66bd3a276f6 100644
--- a/scss/_variables.scss
+++ b/scss/_variables.scss
@@ -796,7 +796,6 @@ $form-select-indicator-padding:     $form-select-padding-x * 3 !default; // Extr
 $form-select-font-weight:           $input-font-weight !default;
 $form-select-line-height:           $input-line-height !default;
 $form-select-color:                 $input-color !default;
-$form-select-disabled-color:        $gray-600 !default;
 $form-select-bg:                    $input-bg !default;
 $form-select-disabled-bg:           $gray-200 !default;
 $form-select-disabled-border-color: $input-disabled-border-color !default;
diff --git a/scss/forms/_form-select.scss b/scss/forms/_form-select.scss
index 15d5061ad6d2..cc2af5be24ec 100644
--- a/scss/forms/_form-select.scss
+++ b/scss/forms/_form-select.scss
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
   }
 
   &:disabled {
-    color: $form-select-disabled-color;
     background-color: $form-select-disabled-bg;
     border-color: $form-select-disabled-border-color;
   }