diff --git a/react/features/base/toolbox/components/AbstractToolboxItem.js b/react/features/base/toolbox/components/AbstractToolboxItem.js
index 08cca5f2c..3e251728a 100644
--- a/react/features/base/toolbox/components/AbstractToolboxItem.js
+++ b/react/features/base/toolbox/components/AbstractToolboxItem.js
@@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ export default class AbstractToolboxItem<P : Props> extends Component<P> {
      * provided then it will be translated using it.
      *
      * @protected
-     * @returns {string}
+     * @returns {?string}
      */
-    get _label() {
+    get label(): ?string {
         return this._maybeTranslateAttribute(this.props.label);
     }
 
@@ -133,9 +133,9 @@ export default class AbstractToolboxItem<P : Props> extends Component<P> {
      * provided then it will be translated using it.
      *
      * @protected
-     * @returns {string}
+     * @returns {?string}
      */
-    get _tooltip() {
+    get tooltip(): ?string {
         return this._maybeTranslateAttribute(this.props.tooltip);
     }
 
diff --git a/react/features/base/toolbox/components/ToolboxItem.web.js b/react/features/base/toolbox/components/ToolboxItem.web.js
index ac3d6067a..25b7c3ab8 100644
--- a/react/features/base/toolbox/components/ToolboxItem.web.js
+++ b/react/features/base/toolbox/components/ToolboxItem.web.js
@@ -10,9 +10,6 @@ import type { Props } from './AbstractToolboxItem';
  * Web implementation of {@code AbstractToolboxItem}.
  */
 export default class ToolboxItem extends AbstractToolboxItem<Props> {
-    _label: string;
-    _tooltip: string;
-
     /**
      * Handles rendering of the actual item. If the label is being shown, which
      * is controlled with the `showLabel` prop, the item is rendered for its
@@ -40,7 +37,7 @@ export default class ToolboxItem extends AbstractToolboxItem<Props> {
             // $FlowFixMe
             <React.Fragment>
                 { this._renderIcon() }
-                { showLabel && this._label }
+                { showLabel && this.label }
             </React.Fragment>
         );
 
@@ -61,7 +58,7 @@ export default class ToolboxItem extends AbstractToolboxItem<Props> {
             = showLabel ? 'overflow-menu-item-icon' : 'toolbox-icon';
         const iconWrapper
             = React.createElement(elementType, { className }, icon);
-        const tooltip = this._tooltip;
+        const tooltip = this.tooltip;
         const useTooltip = !showLabel && tooltip && tooltip.length > 0;
 
         if (useTooltip) {