diff --git a/projects/igniteui-angular/core/src/core/styles/components/grid/_excel-filtering-theme.scss b/projects/igniteui-angular/core/src/core/styles/components/grid/_excel-filtering-theme.scss
index aa2f9e824ef..ca47d44e9e1 100644
--- a/projects/igniteui-angular/core/src/core/styles/components/grid/_excel-filtering-theme.scss
+++ b/projects/igniteui-angular/core/src/core/styles/components/grid/_excel-filtering-theme.scss
@@ -190,6 +190,8 @@
                 &:not(:nth-child(1)) {
                     margin: 0;
                 }
+
+                @include type-style('button');
             }
         }
 
@@ -806,10 +808,6 @@
         }
     }
 
-    %igx-group-item {
-        @include type-style('button');
-    }
-
     %grid-excel-menu__secondary--cosy {
         %grid-excel-menu__header > h4 {
             @include type-style('h6');