diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/style.scss b/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/style.scss
index c1de17bf6076e..f731eda584184 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/style.scss
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/rich-text/style.scss
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
 .editor-rich-text__editable {
 	margin: 0;
 	position: relative;
-	line-height: $editor-line-height;
 	// In HTML, leading and trailing spaces are not visible, and multiple spaces
 	// elsewhere are visually reduced to one space. This rule prevents spaces
 	// from collapsing so all space is visible in the editor and can be removed.
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/editor-styles.scss b/packages/editor/src/editor-styles.scss
index d005d0bf844fa..1efafd9445f49 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/editor-styles.scss
+++ b/packages/editor/src/editor-styles.scss
@@ -33,7 +33,3 @@ ul ul,
 ol ul {
 	list-style-type: circle;
 }
-
-.mce-content-body {
-	line-height: $editor-line-height;
-}