diff --git a/src/components/01-type/lists.njk b/src/components/01-type/lists.njk
index 280e9b9ac6..e6bbbc652e 100755
--- a/src/components/01-type/lists.njk
+++ b/src/components/01-type/lists.njk
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 
   <div class="grid-row grid-gap">
     <div class="mobile-lg:grid-col-4">
-      <h6 class="usa-heading-alt">Unordered list</h6>
+      <h6 class="margin-0">Unordered list</h6>
       <ul class="usa-list">
         <li>Unordered list item</li>
         <li>Unordered list item</li>
@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@
       </ul>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="mobile-lg:grid-col-4">
-      <h6 class="usa-heading-alt">Ordered list</h6>
+    <div class="mobile-lg:grid-col-4 margin-top-4 mobile-lg:margin-top-0">
+      <h6 class="margin-0">Ordered list</h6>
       <ol class="usa-list">
         <li>Ordered list item</li>
         <li>Ordered list item</li>
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
       </ol>
     </div>
 
-    <div class="mobile-lg:grid-col-4">
-      <h6 class="usa-heading-alt">Unstyled list</h6>
+    <div class="mobile-lg:grid-col-4 margin-top-4 mobile-lg:margin-top-0">
+      <h6 class="margin-0">Unstyled list</h6>
       <ul class="usa-list usa-list--unstyled">
         <li>Unstyled list item</li>
         <li>Unstyled list item</li>
diff --git a/src/components/05-alerts/alerts.config.yml b/src/components/05-alerts/alerts.config.yml
index 4f16f1aebf..9c87ff0142 100755
--- a/src/components/05-alerts/alerts.config.yml
+++ b/src/components/05-alerts/alerts.config.yml
@@ -36,14 +36,6 @@ variants:
         title: Error status
         role: "alert"
 
-  - name: paragraph
-    label: Paragraph
-    context:
-      alert:
-        classes: "usa-alert--info usa-alert__paragraph"
-        title: "Informative status: Paragraph width"
-        content: "Multi line. Sed ut perspiciatis unde omnis iste natus error sit voluptatem accusantium doloremque laudantium, totam rem Nemo enim ipsam voluptatem quia voluptas sit aspernatur aut odit aut fugit, sed quia consequuntur magni dolores eos qui atione voluptatem sequi nesciunt. Neque porro quisquam est, qui doloremipsa quae ab illo inventore veritatis et quasi architecto beatae vitae dicta sunt explicabo."
-
   - name: no-header
     label: No header
     context:
diff --git a/src/stylesheets/components/_alerts.scss b/src/stylesheets/components/_alerts.scss
index b0f05d470a..ad94b3347b 100644
--- a/src/stylesheets/components/_alerts.scss
+++ b/src/stylesheets/components/_alerts.scss
@@ -128,7 +128,3 @@ $padding-left: units($theme-alert-padding-x) + units($theme-alert-bar-width);
     padding-left: 0;
   }
 }
-
-.usa-alert__paragraph {
-  width: measure($theme-alert-measure);
-}
diff --git a/src/stylesheets/settings/_settings-components.scss b/src/stylesheets/settings/_settings-components.scss
index 4328e2d7f3..4702e403d6 100644
--- a/src/stylesheets/settings/_settings-components.scss
+++ b/src/stylesheets/settings/_settings-components.scss
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ $theme-accordion-font-family:         'body' !default;
 $theme-alert-bar-width:               1 !default;
 $theme-alert-font-family:             'ui' !default;
 $theme-alert-icon-size:               4 !default;
-$theme-alert-measure:                 5 !default;
 $theme-alert-padding-x:               2.5 !default;
 
 // Banner
diff --git a/src/stylesheets/theme/_uswds-theme-components.scss b/src/stylesheets/theme/_uswds-theme-components.scss
index 6c23d07038..8b76dacb11 100644
--- a/src/stylesheets/theme/_uswds-theme-components.scss
+++ b/src/stylesheets/theme/_uswds-theme-components.scss
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ $theme-accordion-font-family:         'body';
 $theme-alert-bar-width:               1;
 $theme-alert-font-family:             'ui';
 $theme-alert-icon-size:               4;
-$theme-alert-measure:                 5;
 $theme-alert-padding-x:               2.5;
 
 // Banner