diff --git a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/styles.js b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/styles.js
index f12f609f91..5f99a8b913 100644
--- a/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/styles.js
+++ b/packages/mermaid/src/diagrams/class/styles.js
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 const getStyles = (options) =>
   `g.classGroup text {
-  fill: ${options.nodeBorder};
-  fill: ${options.classText};
+  fill: ${options.nodeBorder || options.classText};
   stroke: none;
   font-family: ${options.fontFamily};
   font-size: 10px;