diff --git a/src/styles/components/header/header.scss b/src/styles/components/header/header.scss
index 06358124d81..ddefbe7be53 100644
--- a/src/styles/components/header/header.scss
+++ b/src/styles/components/header/header.scss
@@ -99,8 +99,11 @@ header {
     background: $color-inverse;
   }
 
-  a span:hover {
-    color: $text-color-quarternary;
+  .user-links,
+  .header-utility {
+    a span:hover {
+      color: $text-color-quarternary;
+    }
   }
 
   .navbar-toggler {
diff --git a/src/styles/components/header/language-switch.scss b/src/styles/components/header/language-switch.scss
index 9bd4c8a36bf..2d6b036195b 100644
--- a/src/styles/components/header/language-switch.scss
+++ b/src/styles/components/header/language-switch.scss
@@ -23,20 +23,6 @@
       padding-right: $space-default;
       padding-left: $space-default * 0.5;
       color: $text-color-quinary !important;
-
-      //language selector when dropdown is shown
-      &.show .language-switch-link {
-        span:hover {
-          color: darken($text-color-quinary, 10%);
-        }
-      }
-
-      //language selector when dropdown is hidden
-      &:not(.show) .language-switch-link {
-        span:hover {
-          color: darken($text-color-quinary, 10%);
-        }
-      }
     }
 
     .language-switch-menu-container {
@@ -72,11 +58,6 @@
   &.accordion {
     margin-left: 0;
 
-    .language-switch-link {
-      padding-left: 0;
-      color: $CORPORATE-PRIMARY !important;
-    }
-
     .language-switch-container {
       position: relative;
       top: 0 !important;