diff --git a/lib/templates/action_menu_link.mustache b/lib/templates/action_menu_link.mustache
index 6aae3b80a5cac..cec09b71261a6 100644
--- a/lib/templates/action_menu_link.mustache
+++ b/lib/templates/action_menu_link.mustache
@@ -32,5 +32,5 @@
     <a href="{{url}}" class="{{classes}}" {{#attributes}}{{name}}={{#quote}}{{value}}{{/quote}} {{/attributes}}{{#showtext}}aria-labelledby="actionmenuaction-{{instance}}"{{/showtext}}>{{#icon}}{{#pix}}{{key}}, {{component}}, {{title}}{{/pix}}{{/icon}}{{#showtext}}<span class="menu-action-text" id="actionmenuaction-{{instance}}">{{{text}}}</span>{{/showtext}}</a>
 {{/disabled}}
 {{#disabled}}
-    <span class="currentlink" role="button">{{#icon}}{{#pix}}{{key}}, {{component}}, {{title}}{{/pix}}{{/icon}}{{{text}}}</span>
+    <span class="currentlink" role="menuitem">{{#icon}}{{#pix}}{{key}}, {{component}}, {{title}}{{/pix}}{{/icon}}{{{text}}}</span>
 {{/disabled}}
diff --git a/lib/templates/action_menu_trigger.mustache b/lib/templates/action_menu_trigger.mustache
index bab31932683fd..fce1a8b7e1fe4 100644
--- a/lib/templates/action_menu_trigger.mustache
+++ b/lib/templates/action_menu_trigger.mustache
@@ -27,4 +27,4 @@
         "triggerextraclasses": ""
     }
 }}
-<a tabindex="0" class="{{triggerextraclasses}} toggle-display {{#menutrigger}}textmenu{{/menutrigger}}" id="action-menu-toggle-{{instance}}" aria-label="{{title}}" role="menuitem" aria-controls="action-menu-{{instance}}-menu">{{{actiontext}}}{{{menutrigger}}}{{#icon}}{{#pix}}{{key}}, {{component}}, {{title}}{{/pix}}{{/icon}}{{#rawicon}}{{{.}}}{{/rawicon}}{{#menutrigger}}<b class="caret"></b>{{/menutrigger}}</a>
+<a href="#" class="{{triggerextraclasses}} toggle-display {{#menutrigger}}textmenu{{/menutrigger}}" id="action-menu-toggle-{{instance}}" title="{{title}}" role="menuitem">{{{actiontext}}}{{{menutrigger}}}{{#icon}}{{#pix}}{{key}}, {{component}}, {{title}}{{/pix}}{{/icon}}{{#rawicon}}{{{.}}}{{/rawicon}}{{#menutrigger}}<b class="caret"></b>{{/menutrigger}}</a>
diff --git a/lib/tests/user_menu_test.php b/lib/tests/user_menu_test.php
index 175be4c399021..1e9d2905cb0b9 100644
--- a/lib/tests/user_menu_test.php
+++ b/lib/tests/user_menu_test.php
@@ -96,8 +96,7 @@ public function test_custom_user_menu($data, $entrycount, $dividercount) {
         $dividercount += 2;
 
         // The basic entry count will additionally include the wrapper menu, Dashboard, Profile, Logout and switch roles link.
-        // On clean theme only, the trigger is also a menuitem.
-        $entrycount += 5;
+        $entrycount += 4;
 
         $output = $OUTPUT->user_menu($USER);
         preg_match_all('/<a [^>]+role="menuitem"[^>]+>/', $output, $results);