diff --git a/src/components/input/input.scss b/src/components/input/input.scss
index af026a979d1..4f6f4f9c155 100644
--- a/src/components/input/input.scss
+++ b/src/components/input/input.scss
@@ -173,7 +173,6 @@ md-input-container {
     background: none;
     padding-top: $input-padding-top;
     padding-bottom: $input-border-width-focused - $input-border-width-default;
-    padding-left: 2px;
     padding-right: 2px;
     border-width: 0 0 $input-border-width-default 0;
     line-height: $input-line-height;