diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php
index afc2954ccc..86321caea5 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-control.php
@@ -1553,8 +1553,8 @@ class WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Item_Control extends WP_Customize_Control {
 	 */
 	public function content_template() {
 		?>
-		<dl class="menu-item-bar">
-			<dt class="menu-item-handle">
+		<div class="menu-item-bar">
+			<div class="menu-item-handle">
 				<span class="item-type">{{ data.item_type_label }}</span>
 				<span class="item-title">
 					<span class="spinner"></span>
@@ -1564,8 +1564,8 @@ class WP_Customize_Nav_Menu_Item_Control extends WP_Customize_Control {
 					<button type="button" class="not-a-button item-edit"><span class="screen-reader-text"><?php _e( 'Edit Menu Item' ); ?></span></button>
 					<button type="button" class="not-a-button item-delete submitdelete deletion"><span class="screen-reader-text"><?php _e( 'Remove Menu Item' ); ?></span></button>
 				</span>
-			</dt>
-		</dl>
+			</div>
+		</div>
 
 		<div class="menu-item-settings" id="menu-item-settings-{{ data.menu_item_id }}">
 			<# if ( 'custom' === data.item_type ) { #>
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-nav-menus.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-nav-menus.php
index 2811b81582..83c7abb469 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-nav-menus.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-customize-nav-menus.php
@@ -564,13 +564,13 @@ final class WP_Customize_Nav_Menus {
 		?>
 		<script type="text/html" id="tmpl-available-menu-item">
 			<div id="menu-item-tpl-{{ data.id }}" class="menu-item-tpl" data-menu-item-id="{{ data.id }}">
-				<dl class="menu-item-bar">
-					<dt class="menu-item-handle">
+				<div class="menu-item-bar">
+					<div class="menu-item-handle">
 						<span class="item-type">{{ data.type_label }}</span>
 						<span class="item-title">{{ data.title || wp.customize.Menus.data.l10n.untitled }}</span>
 						<button type="button" class="not-a-button item-add"><span class="screen-reader-text"><?php _e( 'Add Menu Item' ) ?></span></button>
-					</dt>
-				</dl>
+					</div>
+				</div>
 			</div>
 		</script>