diff --git a/static/styles/lib/bootstrap/scss/_custom.scss b/static/styles/lib/bootstrap/scss/_custom.scss
index aa6620107f..535b7a2b7e 100755
--- a/static/styles/lib/bootstrap/scss/_custom.scss
+++ b/static/styles/lib/bootstrap/scss/_custom.scss
@@ -235,9 +235,7 @@ $btn-padding-y-lg: .75rem !default;
 $btn-block-spacing-y: .5rem !default;
 $btn-toolbar-margin: .5rem !default;
 // Status alert colors
-$alert-info-color: #0A7AC9 !default;
-$alert-info-bg:      $alert-info-color !default;
-$alert-info-border:  $alert-info-color !default;
+$alert-info-color-alertbox: #0A7AC9 !default;
 // Announcement colors
 $alert-announcement-color: #D9EDF7 !default;
 $alert-announcement-bg: $alert-announcement-color !default;
diff --git a/static/styles/lib/bootstrap/scss/utilities/_background.scss b/static/styles/lib/bootstrap/scss/utilities/_background.scss
index 3b7499a7a1..63d8df26d5 100755
--- a/static/styles/lib/bootstrap/scss/utilities/_background.scss
+++ b/static/styles/lib/bootstrap/scss/utilities/_background.scss
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 
 @include bg-variant('.bg-success', $brand-success);
 
-@include bg-variant('.bg-info', $alert-info-color);
+@include bg-variant('.bg-info', $alert-info-color-alertbox);
 
 @include bg-variant('.bg-warning', $brand-warning);
 
diff --git a/static/styles/lib/bootstrap/scss/utilities/_text.scss b/static/styles/lib/bootstrap/scss/utilities/_text.scss
index 3cfee0a910..1f6cf70cc2 100755
--- a/static/styles/lib/bootstrap/scss/utilities/_text.scss
+++ b/static/styles/lib/bootstrap/scss/utilities/_text.scss
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@
 
 @include text-emphasis-variant('.text-success', $brand-success);
 
-@include text-emphasis-variant('.text-info', $alert-info-color);
+@include text-emphasis-variant('.text-info', $alert-info-color-alertbox);
 
-@include text-emphasis-variant('.alert-info', $alert-info-color);
+@include text-emphasis-variant('.alert-info', $alert-info-color-alertbox);
 
 @include text-emphasis-variant('.text-warning', $brand-warning);