diff --git a/__tests__/applyAtRule.test.js b/__tests__/applyAtRule.test.js
index 98a47b9d2..52cf6f795 100644
--- a/__tests__/applyAtRule.test.js
+++ b/__tests__/applyAtRule.test.js
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ test("it copies a class's declarations into itself", () => {
   })
 })
 
+test('it removes important from applied classes', () => {
+  const output = '.a { color: red !important; } .b { color: red; }'
+
+  return run('.a { color: red !important; } .b { @apply .a; }').then(result => {
+    expect(result.css).toEqual(output)
+    expect(result.warnings().length).toBe(0)
+  })
+})
+
 test('it fails if the class does not exist', () => {
   return run('.b { @apply .a; }').catch(e => {
     expect(e).toMatchObject({ name: 'CssSyntaxError' })
diff --git a/src/lib/substituteClassApplyAtRules.js b/src/lib/substituteClassApplyAtRules.js
index 7517bbe08..7305a6001 100644
--- a/src/lib/substituteClassApplyAtRules.js
+++ b/src/lib/substituteClassApplyAtRules.js
@@ -58,6 +58,10 @@ export default function() {
           })
         })
 
+        decls.forEach(decl => {
+          decl.important = false
+        })
+
         atRule.before(decls)
 
         atRule.params = customProperties.join(' ')