diff --git a/src/material/menu/menu-animations.ts b/src/material/menu/menu-animations.ts
index dcae4e5a8f31..790682f501d9 100644
--- a/src/material/menu/menu-animations.ts
+++ b/src/material/menu/menu-animations.ts
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ import{
   style,
   animate,
   transition,
-  query,
-  group,
   AnimationTriggerMetadata,
 } from '@angular/animations';
 
@@ -40,12 +38,10 @@ export const matMenuAnimations: {
       opacity: 0,
       transform: 'scale(0.8)'
     })),
-    transition('void => enter', group([
-      query('.mat-menu-content, .mat-mdc-menu-content', animate('100ms linear', style({
-        opacity: 1
-      }))),
-      animate('120ms cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1)', style({transform: 'scale(1)'})),
-    ])),
+    transition('void => enter', animate('120ms cubic-bezier(0, 0, 0.2, 1)', style({
+      opacity: 1,
+      transform: 'scale(1)'
+    }))),
     transition('* => void', animate('100ms 25ms linear', style({opacity: 0})))
   ]),