diff --git a/scss/_breadcrumb.scss b/scss/_breadcrumb.scss
index a0cf7e29b581..9c204c7d5533 100644
--- a/scss/_breadcrumb.scss
+++ b/scss/_breadcrumb.scss
@@ -10,14 +10,12 @@
 }
 
 .breadcrumb-item {
-  display: flex;
-
   // The separator between breadcrumbs (by default, a forward-slash: "/")
   + .breadcrumb-item {
     padding-left: $breadcrumb-item-padding;
 
     &::before {
-      display: inline-block; // Suppress underlining of the separator in modern browsers
+      float: left; // Suppress inline spacings and underlining of the separator
       padding-right: $breadcrumb-item-padding;
       color: $breadcrumb-divider-color;
       content: escape-svg($breadcrumb-divider);