diff --git a/news/259.bugfix b/news/259.bugfix
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c4a4a80e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/news/259.bugfix
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Fix the w3c validation error in the common.py by removing the role-attribute from the label [wkbkhard]
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diff --git a/plone/app/layout/viewlets/common.py b/plone/app/layout/viewlets/common.py
index 9d74eb982..93114e440 100644
--- a/plone/app/layout/viewlets/common.py
+++ b/plone/app/layout/viewlets/common.py
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ class GlobalSectionsViewlet(ViewletBase):
 
     _opener_markup_template = (
         u'<input id="navitem-{uid}" type="checkbox" class="opener" />'
-        u'<label for="navitem-{uid}" role="button" aria-label="{title}"></label>'  # noqa: E 501
+        u'<label for="navitem-{uid}" aria-label="{title}"></label>'  # noqa: E 501
     )
     _item_markup_template = (
         u'<li class="{id}{has_sub_class} nav-item">'