diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/components/categories-only.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/components/categories-only.hbs
index 2aab5f6415f..b98eb836296 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/components/categories-only.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/components/categories-only.hbs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <table class="category-list {{if showTopics "with-topics"}}">
       <thead>
         <tr>
-          <th class="category"><span aria-role="heading" aria-level="2" id="categories-only-category">{{i18n "categories.category"}}</span></th>
+          <th class="category"><span role="heading" aria-level="2" id="categories-only-category">{{i18n "categories.category"}}</span></th>
           <th class="topics">{{i18n "categories.topics"}}</th>
           {{#if showTopics}}
             <th class="latest">{{i18n "categories.latest"}}</th>
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
       <table class="category-list {{if showTopics "with-topics"}} {{unless showMutedCategories "hidden"}}">
         <thead>
           <tr>
-            <th class="category"><span aria-role="heading" aria-level="2" id="categories-only-category-muted">{{i18n "categories.category"}}</span></th>
+            <th class="category"><span role="heading" aria-level="2" id="categories-only-category-muted">{{i18n "categories.category"}}</span></th>
             <th class="topics">{{i18n "categories.topics"}}</th>
             {{#if showTopics}}
               <th class="latest">{{i18n "categories.latest"}}</th>
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/components/categories-topic-list.hbs b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/components/categories-topic-list.hbs
index 36d1ff06f3d..b5125ff0892 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/components/categories-topic-list.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/discourse/app/templates/components/categories-topic-list.hbs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<div aria-role="heading" aria-level="2" class="table-heading">
+<div role="heading" aria-level="2" class="table-heading">
   {{i18n (concat "filters." filter ".title")}}
   {{plugin-outlet name="categories-topics-table-heading" connectorTagName="div"}}
 </div>