diff --git a/components/o-comments/main.scss b/components/o-comments/main.scss
index 61cf023e82..b56c919e7f 100644
--- a/components/o-comments/main.scss
+++ b/components/o-comments/main.scss
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 @import "@financial-times/o-spacing/main";
-@import "@financial-times/o-private-foundations/main";
-@import "@financial-times/o-private-foundation/o-normalise";
+@import "@financial-times/o-private-foundation/main";
 @import "@financial-times/o-colors/main";
 @import "@financial-times/o-typography/main";
 @import "@financial-times/o-editorial-typography/main";
diff --git a/components/o-comments/src/scss/coral-talk-iframe/main.scss b/components/o-comments/src/scss/coral-talk-iframe/main.scss
index ce5afca8a8..1b285d0c61 100644
--- a/components/o-comments/src/scss/coral-talk-iframe/main.scss
+++ b/components/o-comments/src/scss/coral-talk-iframe/main.scss
@@ -152,48 +152,33 @@
 			);
 			border-width: 1px;
 
-			// normally, these should come for free with oButtons mixin
-			// but we have to declare this explicitly here because
-			// Coral styles override our styles for some reason
+			// We have to declare this explicitly here because
+			// Coral styles override our styles
 			&[aria-pressed="true"],
 			&[aria-current] {
-				color: oButtonsGetColor(
-					$state: "default",
-					$property: "color",
-					$type: "primary"
+				color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+					"_o3-button-primary-standard-color"
 				) !important;
-				background-color: oButtonsGetColor(
-					$state: "default",
-					$property: "background",
-					$type: "primary"
+				background-color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+					"_o3-button-primary-standard-background"
 				) !important;
-				border-color: oButtonsGetColor(
-					$state: "default",
-					$property: "border",
-					$type: "primary"
+				border-color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+					"_o3-button-primary-standard-border"
 				) !important;
 				border-top: 1px !important;
 				border-bottom: 1px !important;
 			}
 
 			&[aria-selected="true"] {
-				color: oButtonsGetColor(
-					$state: "default",
-					$property: "color",
-					$type: "primary"
+				color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+					"_o3-button-primary-standard-color"
 				) !important;
-				background-color: oButtonsGetColor(
-					$state: "default",
-					$property: "background",
-					$type: "primary"
+				background-color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+					"_o3-button-primary-standard-background"
 				) !important;
 				border-top: 1px !important;
 				border-bottom: 1px solid
-					oButtonsGetColor(
-						$state: "default",
-						$property: "background",
-						$type: "primary"
-					) !important;
+					oPrivateFoundationGet("_o3-button-primary-standard-border") !important;
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -238,37 +223,25 @@
 			// normally, these should come for free with oButtons mixin
 			// but we have to declare this explicitly here because
 			// Coral styles override our styles for some reason
-			color: oButtonsGetColor(
-				$state: "default",
-				$property: "color",
-				$type: "primary"
+			color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+				"_o3-button-primary-standard-color"
 			) !important;
-			background-color: oButtonsGetColor(
-				$state: "default",
-				$property: "background",
-				$type: "primary"
+			background-color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+				"_o3-button-primary-standard-background"
 			) !important;
-			border-color: oButtonsGetColor(
-				$state: "default",
-				$property: "border",
-				$type: "primary"
+			border-color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+				"_o3-button-primary-standard-border"
 			) !important;
 
 			&:hover {
-				color: oButtonsGetColor(
-					$state: "default",
-					$property: "color",
-					$type: "primary"
+				color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+					"_o3-button-primary-standard-color"
 				) !important;
-				background-color: oButtonsGetColor(
-					$state: "default",
-					$property: "background",
-					$type: "primary"
+				background-color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+					"_o3-button-primary-standard-background"
 				) !important;
-				border-color: oButtonsGetColor(
-					$state: "default",
-					$property: "border",
-					$type: "primary"
+				border-color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+					"_o3-button-primary-standard-border"
 				) !important;
 			}
 		}
@@ -283,29 +256,21 @@
 				)
 			);
 
-			color: oButtonsGetColor(
-				$state: "default",
-				$property: "color",
-				$type: "secondary"
+			color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+				"_o3-button-secondary-standard-color"
 			) !important;
-			border-color: oButtonsGetColor(
-				$state: "default",
-				$property: "border",
-				$type: "secondary"
+			border-color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+				"_o3-button-secondary-standard-border"
 			) !important;
 			font-size: 12.18pt !important;
 			font-family: var(--font-family-primary) !important;
 
 			&:hover {
-				color: oButtonsGetColor(
-					$state: "default",
-					$property: "color",
-					$type: "secondary"
+				color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+					"_o3-button-secondary-standard-color"
 				) !important;
-				border-color: oButtonsGetColor(
-					$state: "default",
-					$property: "border",
-					$type: "secondary"
+				border-color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+					"_o3-button-secondary-standard-border"
 				) !important;
 				text-decoration: none !important;
 			}
@@ -392,37 +357,25 @@
 				)
 			);
 
-			color: oButtonsGetColor(
-				$state: "default",
-				$property: "color",
-				$type: "primary"
+			color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+				"_o3-button-primary-standard-color"
 			) !important;
-			background-color: oButtonsGetColor(
-				$state: "default",
-				$property: "background",
-				$type: "primary"
+			background-color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+				"_o3-button-primary-standard-background"
 			) !important;
-			border-color: oButtonsGetColor(
-				$state: "default",
-				$property: "border",
-				$type: "primary"
+			border-color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+				"_o3-button-primary-standard-border"
 			) !important;
 
 			&:hover {
-				color: oButtonsGetColor(
-					$state: "default",
-					$property: "color",
-					$type: "primary"
+				color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+					"_o3-button-primary-standard-color"
 				) !important;
-				background-color: oButtonsGetColor(
-					$state: "default",
-					$property: "background",
-					$type: "primary"
+				background-color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+					"_o3-button-primary-standard-background"
 				) !important;
-				border-color: oButtonsGetColor(
-					$state: "default",
-					$property: "border",
-					$type: "primary"
+				border-color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+					"_o3-button-primary-standard-border"
 				) !important;
 				font-weight: var(--font-weight-primary-regular) !important;
 			}
@@ -470,22 +423,16 @@
 					"type": "secondary",
 				)
 			);
-			color: oButtonsGetColor(
-				$state: "default",
-				$property: "color",
-				$type: "secondary"
+			color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+				"_o3-button-secondary-standard-color"
 			) !important;
-			border-color: oButtonsGetColor(
-				$state: "default",
-				$property: "border",
-				$type: "secondary"
+			border-color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+				"_o3-button-secondary-standard-border"
 			) !important;
 			border-radius: 0 !important;
 
-			background-color: oButtonsGetColor(
-				$state: "default",
-				$property: "background",
-				$type: "secondary"
+			background-color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+				"_o3-button-secondary-standard-background"
 			) !important;
 		}
 
@@ -503,17 +450,13 @@
 				)
 			);
 
-			border-color: oButtonsGetColor(
-				$state: "default",
-				$property: "border",
-				$type: "secondary"
+			border-color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+				"_o3-button-secondary-standard-border"
 			) !important;
 
 			&:hover {
-				color: oButtonsGetColor(
-					$state: "default",
-					$property: "color",
-					$type: "secondary"
+				color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+					"_o3-button-secondary-standard-color"
 				) !important;
 			}
 		}
@@ -583,10 +526,8 @@
 		// verify email resend button
 		.coral-verifyEmail-resendButton {
 			&:hover {
-				color: oButtonsGetColor(
-					$state: "default",
-					$property: "color",
-					$type: "secondary"
+				color: oPrivateFoundationGet(
+					"_o3-button-secondary-standard-color"
 				) !important;
 			}
 		}