diff --git a/src/components/accordion/accordion.e2e.ts b/src/components/accordion/accordion.e2e.ts
index fa653a72533..437df26c63f 100644
--- a/src/components/accordion/accordion.e2e.ts
+++ b/src/components/accordion/accordion.e2e.ts
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ describe("calcite-accordion", () => {
   it("renders requested props when valid props are provided", async () => {
     const page = await newE2EPage();
     await page.setContent(`
-    <calcite-accordion appearance="minimal" icon-position="start"  scale="l" selection-mode="single-persist" icon-type="caret">
+    <calcite-accordion appearance="solid" icon-position="start" scale="l" selection-mode="single-persist" icon-type="caret">
     ${accordionContent}
     </calcite-accordion>`);
     const element = await page.find("calcite-accordion");
-    expect(element).toEqualAttribute("appearance", "minimal");
+    expect(element).toEqualAttribute("appearance", "solid");
     expect(element).toEqualAttribute("icon-position", "start");
     expect(element).toEqualAttribute("scale", "l");
     expect(element).toEqualAttribute("selection-mode", "single-persist");
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe("calcite-accordion", () => {
   it("renders icon if requested", async () => {
     const page = await newE2EPage();
     await page.setContent(`
-    <calcite-accordion appearance="minimal" icon-position="start"  scale="l" selection-mode="single-persist" icon-type="caret">
+    <calcite-accordion appearance="solid" icon-position="start"  scale="l" selection-mode="single-persist" icon-type="caret">
     <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Title 1" icon-start="car" id="1">Accordion Item Content
     </calcite-accordion-item>
     <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Title 1" id="2" expanded>Accordion Item Content
diff --git a/src/components/accordion/accordion.stories.ts b/src/components/accordion/accordion.stories.ts
index 0374bf32795..a08319fe3cf 100644
--- a/src/components/accordion/accordion.stories.ts
+++ b/src/components/accordion/accordion.stories.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,20 @@ import accordionReadme from "./readme.md";
 import accordionItemReadme from "../accordion-item/readme.md";
 import { html } from "../../../support/formatting";
 
+export default {
+  title: "Components/Accordion",
+  parameters: {
+    notes: {
+      accordion: accordionReadme,
+      accordionItem: accordionItemReadme
+    },
+    backgrounds: {
+      values: [{ name: "transparent", value: "#0000ffff" }]
+    }
+  },
+  ...storyFilters()
+};
+
 const createAccordionAttributes: (options?: { exceptions: string[] }) => Attributes = (
   { exceptions } = { exceptions: [] }
 ) => {
@@ -32,23 +46,7 @@ const createAccordionAttributes: (options?: { exceptions: string[] }) => Attribu
       {
         name: "appearance",
         commit(): Attribute {
-          this.value = select("appearance", ["default", "minimal", "transparent"], "default", group);
-          delete this.build;
-          return this;
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        name: "icon-position",
-        commit(): Attribute {
-          this.value = select("icon-position", ["start", "end"], "end", group);
-          delete this.build;
-          return this;
-        }
-      },
-      {
-        name: "icon-type",
-        commit(): Attribute {
-          this.value = select("icon-type", ["chevron", "caret", "plus-minus"], "chevron", group);
+          this.value = select("appearance", ["solid", "transparent"], "solid", group);
           delete this.build;
           return this;
         }
@@ -70,39 +68,23 @@ const createAccordionItemAttributes: (options?: {
   group?: string;
   iconEnd?: string;
   iconStart?: string;
-}) => Attributes = ({ group, iconStart, iconEnd }) => {
-  const groupTitle = group ? group : "";
+}) => Attributes = (props) => {
+  const group = props?.group || "";
   const defaultAttributes = [
-    {
-      name: "heading",
-      value: text("heading", "Heading", groupTitle)
-    },
+    { name: "heading", value: text("heading", "Heading", group) },
     {
       name: "description",
-      value: text("description", "Description", groupTitle)
-    }
-  ];
-
-  const iconStartAttribute = [
+      value: text("description", "Description for item", group)
+    },
     {
       name: "icon-start",
-      value: select("icon-start", iconNames, iconNames[0], groupTitle)
-    }
-  ];
-
-  const iconEndAttribute = [
+      value: select("icon-start", ["", ...iconNames], props?.iconStart || "", group)
+    },
     {
       name: "icon-end",
-      value: select("icon-end", iconNames, iconNames[0], groupTitle)
+      value: select("icon-end", ["", ...iconNames], props?.iconEnd || "", group)
     }
   ];
-
-  if (iconEnd && iconStart) {
-    return iconStartAttribute.concat(defaultAttributes, iconEndAttribute);
-  } else if (iconStart || iconEnd) {
-    return iconStart ? iconStartAttribute.concat(defaultAttributes) : iconEndAttribute.concat(defaultAttributes);
-  }
-
   return defaultAttributes;
 };
 
@@ -111,20 +93,6 @@ const accordionItemContent = `Custom content here<br/><img src="${placeholderIma
   height: 133
 })}"><br/>More custom content here`;
 
-export default {
-  title: "Components/Accordion",
-  parameters: {
-    notes: {
-      accordion: accordionReadme,
-      accordionItem: accordionItemReadme
-    },
-    backgrounds: {
-      values: [{ name: "transparent", value: "#0000ffff" }]
-    }
-  },
-  ...storyFilters()
-};
-
 export const simple = (): string =>
   create(
     "calcite-accordion",
@@ -156,59 +124,24 @@ export const simple = (): string =>
     `
   );
 
-export const icon_NoTest = (): string =>
-  create(
-    "calcite-accordion",
-    createAccordionAttributes(),
-    html`
-      ${create(
-        "calcite-accordion-item",
-        createAccordionItemAttributes({ iconStart: true, group: "accordion-item-1" }),
-        accordionItemContent
-      )}
-      ${create(
-        "calcite-accordion-item",
-        createAccordionItemAttributes({ iconStart: true, group: "accordion-item-2" }),
-        accordionItemContent
-      )}
-      ${create(
-        "calcite-accordion-item",
-        createAccordionItemAttributes({ iconStart: true, group: "accordion-item-3" }),
-        accordionItemContent
-      )}
-      ${create(
-        "calcite-accordion-item",
-        createAccordionItemAttributes({ iconStart: true, group: "accordion-item-4" }).concat({
-          name: "expanded",
-          value: true
-        }),
-        accordionItemContent
-      )}
-    `
-  );
-
-icon_NoTest.parameters = {
-  chromatic: { disableSnapshot: true }
-};
-
 export const withActions = (): string => html`
   <calcite-accordion scale="s">
-    <calcite-accordion-item scale="m" heading="Accordion Item">
+    <calcite-accordion-item scale="m" heading="Accordion Item 1">
       <calcite-action scale="s" icon="brush-tip" label="Paint" slot="actions-start"></calcite-action
       >${accordionItemContent}
       <calcite-action scale="s" icon="banana" label="Banana" slot="actions-end"></calcite-action>
       <calcite-action scale="s" icon="sound" label="Volume" slot="actions-end"></calcite-action>
     </calcite-accordion-item>
-    <calcite-accordion-item scale="m" heading="Accordion Item">
+    <calcite-accordion-item scale="m" heading="Accordion Item 2" expanded>
       <calcite-action scale="s" icon="brush-tip" label="Paint" slot="actions-start"></calcite-action
       >${accordionItemContent}
-      <calcite-action scale="s" icon="banana" label="Banana" slot="actions-end"></calcite-action>
+      <calcite-action scale="s" icon="banana" label="Banana" slot="actions-start"></calcite-action>
       <calcite-action scale="s" icon="sound" label="Volume" slot="actions-end"></calcite-action>
     </calcite-accordion-item>
-    <calcite-accordion-item scale="m" heading="Accordion Item">
+    <calcite-accordion-item scale="m" heading="Accordion Item 3">
       <calcite-action scale="s" icon="brush-tip" label="Paint" slot="actions-start"></calcite-action
-      >${accordionItemContent}
       <calcite-action scale="s" icon="banana" label="Banana" slot="actions-end"></calcite-action>
+      >${accordionItemContent}
       <calcite-action scale="s" icon="sound" label="Volume" slot="actions-end"></calcite-action>
     </calcite-accordion-item>
   </calcite-accordion>
@@ -230,22 +163,22 @@ export const darkModeRTL_TestOnly = (): string =>
     html`
       ${create(
         "calcite-accordion-item",
-        createAccordionItemAttributes({ iconStart: true, group: "accordion-item-1" }),
+        createAccordionItemAttributes({ iconStart: "banana", group: "accordion-item-1" }),
         accordionItemContent
       )}
       ${create(
         "calcite-accordion-item",
-        createAccordionItemAttributes({ iconStart: true, group: "accordion-item-2" }),
+        createAccordionItemAttributes({ iconStart: "banana", group: "accordion-item-2" }),
         accordionItemContent
       )}
       ${create(
         "calcite-accordion-item",
-        createAccordionItemAttributes({ iconStart: true, group: "accordion-item-3" }),
+        createAccordionItemAttributes({ iconStart: "banana", group: "accordion-item-3" }),
         accordionItemContent
       )}
       ${create(
         "calcite-accordion-item",
-        createAccordionItemAttributes({ iconStart: true, group: "accordion-item-4" }).concat({
+        createAccordionItemAttributes({ iconStart: "banana", group: "accordion-item-4" }).concat({
           name: "expanded",
           value: true
         }),
@@ -300,7 +233,10 @@ export const withIconStartAndEnd_TestOnly = (): string =>
     html`
       ${create(
         "calcite-accordion-item",
-        createAccordionItemAttributes({ group: "accordion-item-1", iconStart: "banana", icon: true }),
+        createAccordionItemAttributes({ group: "accordion-item-1", iconStart: "banana" }).concat({
+          name: "expanded",
+          value: true
+        }),
         accordionItemContent
       )}
       ${create(
@@ -310,7 +246,7 @@ export const withIconStartAndEnd_TestOnly = (): string =>
       )}
       ${create(
         "calcite-accordion-item",
-        createAccordionItemAttributes({ group: "accordion-item-3", iconEnd: "plane", iconStart: "plane", icon: true }),
+        createAccordionItemAttributes({ group: "accordion-item-3", iconEnd: "plane", iconStart: "plane" }),
         accordionItemContent
       )}
       ${create(
@@ -318,8 +254,7 @@ export const withIconStartAndEnd_TestOnly = (): string =>
         createAccordionItemAttributes({
           group: "accordion-item-4",
           iconStart: "biking",
-          iconEnd: "biking",
-          icon: true
+          iconEnd: "biking"
         }).concat({
           name: "expanded",
           value: true
diff --git a/src/components/accordion/accordion.tsx b/src/components/accordion/accordion.tsx
index 6e9bb00a59b..48cb8836efc 100644
--- a/src/components/accordion/accordion.tsx
+++ b/src/components/accordion/accordion.tsx
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ export class Accordion {
   //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
   /** Specifies the appearance of the component. */
-  @Prop({ reflect: true }) appearance: Extract<
-    "default" | "minimal" | "solid" | "transparent",
-    Appearance
-  > = "solid";
+  @Prop({ reflect: true }) appearance: Extract<"solid" | "transparent", Appearance> = "solid";
 
   /** Specifies the placement of the icon in the header. */
   @Prop({ reflect: true }) iconPosition: Position = "end";
@@ -75,13 +72,11 @@ export class Accordion {
 
   render(): VNode {
     const transparent = this.appearance === "transparent";
-    const minimal = this.appearance === "minimal";
     return (
       <div
         class={{
           "accordion--transparent": transparent,
-          "accordion--minimal": minimal,
-          accordion: !transparent && !minimal
+          accordion: !transparent
         }}
       >
         <slot />
diff --git a/src/demos/accordion.html b/src/demos/accordion.html
index 62fe3c4b310..e93bea73511 100644
--- a/src/demos/accordion.html
+++ b/src/demos/accordion.html
@@ -586,199 +586,6 @@ <h1 style="margin: 0 auto; text-align: center">Accordion</h1>
         </div>
       </div>
 
-      <!-- minimal -->
-      <div class="parent">
-        <div class="child right-aligned-text">minimal</div>
-
-        <div class="child">
-          <calcite-accordion appearance="minimal" scale="s">
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 2"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 3 with a potentially two line title"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 4"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 5">
-              <calcite-segmented-control scale="s">
-                <calcite-segmented-control-item value="Yes" checked>Yes</calcite-segmented-control-item>
-                <calcite-segmented-control-item value="No">No</calcite-segmented-control-item>
-              </calcite-segmented-control>
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-          </calcite-accordion>
-        </div>
-
-        <div class="child">
-          <calcite-accordion appearance="minimal" scale="m">
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 2"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 3 with a potentially two line title"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 4"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 5">
-              <calcite-segmented-control scale="s">
-                <calcite-segmented-control-item value="Yes" checked>Yes</calcite-segmented-control-item>
-                <calcite-segmented-control-item value="No">No</calcite-segmented-control-item>
-              </calcite-segmented-control>
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-          </calcite-accordion>
-        </div>
-
-        <div class="child">
-          <calcite-accordion appearance="minimal" scale="l">
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 2"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 3 with a potentially two line title"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 4"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 5">
-              <calcite-segmented-control scale="s">
-                <calcite-segmented-control-item value="Yes" checked>Yes</calcite-segmented-control-item>
-                <calcite-segmented-control-item value="No">No</calcite-segmented-control-item>
-              </calcite-segmented-control>
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-          </calcite-accordion>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-
-      <!-- minimal icon-positin: start -->
-      <div class="parent">
-        <div class="child right-aligned-text">minimal icon-position: start</div>
-
-        <div class="child">
-          <calcite-accordion appearance="minimal" icon-position="start" scale="s">
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item" description="A bit of subtext about this item"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 2" description="A bit of subtext about this item">
-              <img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 3 with a potentially two line title"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 4"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 5">
-              <calcite-tree lines>
-                <calcite-tree-item> Child 1</calcite-tree-item>
-
-                <calcite-tree-item>
-                  Child 2
-
-                  <calcite-tree slot="children">
-                    <calcite-tree-item> Grandchild 1</calcite-tree-item>
-
-                    <calcite-tree-item>
-                      Grandchild 2
-                      <calcite-tree slot="children">
-                        <calcite-tree-item> Great-Grandchild 1</calcite-tree-item>
-                        <calcite-tree-item> Great-Grandchild 2</calcite-tree-item>
-                      </calcite-tree>
-                    </calcite-tree-item>
-                  </calcite-tree>
-                </calcite-tree-item>
-              </calcite-tree>
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-          </calcite-accordion>
-        </div>
-
-        <div class="child">
-          <calcite-accordion appearance="minimal" icon-position="start" scale="m">
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item" description="A bit of subtext about this item"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 2" description="A bit of subtext about this item">
-              <img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 3 with a potentially two line title"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 4"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 5">
-              <calcite-tree lines>
-                <calcite-tree-item> Child 1</calcite-tree-item>
-
-                <calcite-tree-item>
-                  Child 2
-
-                  <calcite-tree slot="children">
-                    <calcite-tree-item> Grandchild 1</calcite-tree-item>
-
-                    <calcite-tree-item>
-                      Grandchild 2
-                      <calcite-tree slot="children">
-                        <calcite-tree-item> Great-Grandchild 1</calcite-tree-item>
-                        <calcite-tree-item> Great-Grandchild 2</calcite-tree-item>
-                      </calcite-tree>
-                    </calcite-tree-item>
-                  </calcite-tree>
-                </calcite-tree-item>
-              </calcite-tree>
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-          </calcite-accordion>
-        </div>
-
-        <div class="child">
-          <calcite-accordion appearance="minimal" icon-position="start" scale="l">
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item" description="A bit of subtext about this item"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 2" description="A bit of subtext about this item">
-              <img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 3 with a potentially two line title"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 4"
-              ><img src="https://placem.at/places?w=200&txt=0" />
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-            <calcite-accordion-item heading="Accordion Item 5">
-              <calcite-tree lines>
-                <calcite-tree-item> Child 1</calcite-tree-item>
-
-                <calcite-tree-item>
-                  Child 2
-
-                  <calcite-tree slot="children">
-                    <calcite-tree-item> Grandchild 1</calcite-tree-item>
-
-                    <calcite-tree-item>
-                      Grandchild 2
-                      <calcite-tree slot="children">
-                        <calcite-tree-item> Great-Grandchild 1</calcite-tree-item>
-                        <calcite-tree-item> Great-Grandchild 2</calcite-tree-item>
-                      </calcite-tree>
-                    </calcite-tree-item>
-                  </calcite-tree>
-                </calcite-tree-item>
-              </calcite-tree>
-            </calcite-accordion-item>
-          </calcite-accordion>
-        </div>
-      </div>
-
       <!-- transparent -->
       <div class="parent">
         <div class="child right-aligned-text">transparent</div>