diff --git a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
index d879f37ea4e..5857a210b37 100755
--- a/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
+++ b/src/app/components/dropdown/dropdown.ts
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ export class DropdownItem {
                                 </div>
                             </ng-template>
                         </div>
-                        <div class="p-dropdown-items-wrapper" [style.max-height]="virtualScroll ? 'auto' : scrollHeight || 'auto'" role="section">
+                        <div class="p-dropdown-items-wrapper" [style.max-height]="virtualScroll ? 'auto' : scrollHeight || 'auto'">
                             <p-scroller
                                 *ngIf="virtualScroll"
                                 #scroller