diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/banner.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/banner.scss
index dac7613d4..9eed69c66 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/banner.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/banner.scss
@@ -55,19 +55,6 @@
     outline: 3px solid $yellow;
   }
 
-  a {
-
-    &:link,
-    &:visited {
-      color: $error-colour;
-    }
-
-    &:hover {
-      color: $mellow-red;
-    }
-
-  }
-
   .list {
     margin-bottom: 0;
   }
@@ -108,7 +95,7 @@
 
   a {
 
-    @include bold-19;
+    font-weight: bold;
     display: block;
     padding: 0 ;
     margin: 0 0 $gutter 0;
@@ -118,16 +105,16 @@
       color: $white;
     }
 
-    &:hover,
+    &:focus,
     &:active {
-      background-color: $link-hover-colour;
-      outline: 10px solid $link-hover-colour;
+      color: $govuk-focus-text-colour;
+      outline: 10px solid $yellow;
     }
 
-    &:active,
-    &:focus {
-      background-color: $yellow;
-      outline: 10px solid $yellow;
+    &:hover {
+      color: $white;
+      background-color: $link-hover-colour;
+      outline: 10px solid $link-hover-colour;
     }
 
   }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/big-number.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/big-number.scss
index 7e4fa81a8..035c99e70 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/big-number.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/big-number.scss
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@
       &:active,
       &:focus {
         color: $black;
-        border-bottom: 1px solid $black;
       }
 
     }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/file-upload.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/file-upload.scss
index 35adb510e..8ff2e92a9 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/file-upload.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/file-upload.scss
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
       line-height: 35px;
 
       a {
-        @include bold-19;
+        font-weight: bold;
       }
 
     }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/message.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/message.scss
index e6773357b..4b6b889be 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/message.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/message.scss
@@ -34,15 +34,8 @@
       margin-bottom: -$gutter;
       padding-bottom: $gutter;
 
-      &:hover {
-        color: $link-hover-colour;
-
-        .message-name-separator {
-          &:before {
-            border-color: $link-hover-colour;
-          }
-        }
-
+      &:hover .message-name-separator:before {
+        border-color: $link-hover-colour;
       }
 
       &:focus {
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/task-list.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/task-list.scss
index ae751d7ea..3330fd32d 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/task-list.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/task-list.scss
@@ -31,13 +31,8 @@ $indicator-colour: $black;
       padding-right: 20%;
       position: relative;
 
-      &:hover {
-        color: $link-hover-colour;
-      }
-
       &:focus {
         outline: none;
-        color: $black;
         box-shadow: -3px 0 0 0 $focus-colour, 3px 0 0 0 $focus-colour;
         border-color: transparent;
         top: -1px;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/tick-cross.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/tick-cross.scss
index 4136dab7e..53bf6588c 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/tick-cross.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/tick-cross.scss
@@ -61,22 +61,12 @@
           background: transparent;
         }
 
-        &:hover {
-          color: $link-hover-colour;
-        }
-
-        &:active,
-        &:focus {
-
-          color: $black;
-
-          &:before {
-            border-color: $yellow;
-            border-style: solid;
-            border-width: 15px 3px 15px 15px;
-            right: -3px;
-          }
-
+        &:active:before,
+        &:focus:before {
+          border-color: $yellow;
+          border-style: solid;
+          border-width: 15px 3px 15px 15px;
+          right: -3px;
         }
 
       }
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/vendor/previous-next-navigation.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/vendor/previous-next-navigation.scss
index 0e060f12c..8fc2213a0 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/components/vendor/previous-next-navigation.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/components/vendor/previous-next-navigation.scss
@@ -54,10 +54,6 @@ $is-ie: false !default;
       padding: $gutter-half;
       text-decoration: none;
 
-      &:visited {
-        color: $link-colour;
-      }
-
       &:hover,
       &:active {
         background-color: $canvas-colour;
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/views/notification.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/views/notification.scss
index e26268f56..0961dc815 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/views/notification.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/views/notification.scss
@@ -6,18 +6,14 @@
 
   &.error {
 
-    color: $error-colour;
+    color: $govuk-error-colour;
     font-weight: bold;
 
-    a {
-      color: $error-colour;
-    }
-
   }
 
   &-cancelled {
     @include bold-19;
-    color: $error-colour;
+    color: $govuk-error-colour;
   }
 
 }