diff --git a/src/components/mdButton/mdButton.scss b/src/components/mdButton/mdButton.scss
index 9386f39..df8745e 100644
--- a/src/components/mdButton/mdButton.scss
+++ b/src/components/mdButton/mdButton.scss
@@ -43,8 +43,7 @@ $button-icon-size: 40px;
     outline: none;
   }
 
-  &:hover,
-  &:focus {
+  &:hover {
     &:not([disabled]) {
       &:not(.md-raised) {
         background-color: rgba(#999, .2);
diff --git a/src/components/mdCheckbox/mdCheckbox.scss b/src/components/mdCheckbox/mdCheckbox.scss
index 51c66d2..a04363b 100644
--- a/src/components/mdCheckbox/mdCheckbox.scss
+++ b/src/components/mdCheckbox/mdCheckbox.scss
@@ -19,10 +19,6 @@ $checkbox-touch-size: 48px;
 
     &:focus {
       outline: none;
-
-      &:before {
-        background-color: rgba(#999, .2);
-      }
     }
 
     &:before {