diff --git a/packages/canon/src/components/Box/styles.css b/packages/canon/src/components/Box/styles.css
index f3b24793cf..7a01d5aa3a 100644
--- a/packages/canon/src/components/Box/styles.css
+++ b/packages/canon/src/components/Box/styles.css
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .canon-Box {
   font-family: var(--canon-font-regular);
+  font-weight: var(--canon-font-weight-regular);
   color: var(--canon-fg-primary);
 }
diff --git a/packages/canon/src/components/Checkbox/styles.css b/packages/canon/src/components/Checkbox/styles.css
index 386c6f4671..f026740698 100644
--- a/packages/canon/src/components/Checkbox/styles.css
+++ b/packages/canon/src/components/Checkbox/styles.css
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
   gap: var(--canon-space-2);
   font-size: var(--canon-font-size-xs);
   font-family: var(--canon-font-regular);
+  font-weight: var(--canon-font-weight-regular);
   color: var(--canon-fg-primary);
   user-select: none;
 
diff --git a/packages/canon/src/components/Input/Input.styles.css b/packages/canon/src/components/Input/Input.styles.css
index fa196cfa20..4e3e6771ab 100644
--- a/packages/canon/src/components/Input/Input.styles.css
+++ b/packages/canon/src/components/Input/Input.styles.css
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
   padding: 0 var(--canon-space-4);
   background-color: var(--canon-bg-elevated);
   font-size: var(--canon-font-size-3);
+  font-family: var(--canon-font-regular);
   font-weight: var(--canon-font-weight-regular);
   color: var(--canon-fg-primary);
   transition: border-color 0.2s ease-in-out, outline-color 0.2s ease-in-out;
diff --git a/packages/canon/src/components/Table/styles.css b/packages/canon/src/components/Table/styles.css
index 6bb470a423..b834485ff5 100644
--- a/packages/canon/src/components/Table/styles.css
+++ b/packages/canon/src/components/Table/styles.css
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
   padding-bottom: var(--canon-space-0_5);
   padding-top: var(--canon-space-0_5);
   font-size: var(--canon-font-size-3);
+  font-family: var(--canon-font-regular);
+  font-weight: var(--canon-font-weight-regular);
 
   table {
     width: 100%;
diff --git a/packages/canon/src/css/base.css b/packages/canon/src/css/base.css
deleted file mode 100644
index b8bd0c4f81..0000000000
--- a/packages/canon/src/css/base.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2024 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-@import './normalize.css';
-
-@layer base {
-  *,
-  html,
-  body {
-    font-family: var(--canon-font-regular);
-    font-weight: var(--canon-font-weight-regular);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/canon/src/css/core.css b/packages/canon/src/css/core.css
index cc0e5ab85a..ded8fcaa6e 100644
--- a/packages/canon/src/css/core.css
+++ b/packages/canon/src/css/core.css
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
  */
 
 /* Normalize */
-@import './base.css';
+@import './normalize.css';
 @import './utilities.css';
 
 /* Light theme tokens */