diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-navigation/tree.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-navigation/tree.js
index 0931c667f8612..f8e64233935b6 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-navigation/tree.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-navigation/tree.js
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ const noop = () => {};
  * @param {Object}   props                                          Components props.
  * @param {Array}    props.blocks                                   Custom subset of block client IDs to be used instead of the default hierarchy.
  * @param {Function} props.onSelect                                 Block selection callback.
- * @param {Array}    props.selectedBlockClientIds                   The client IDs of the (single or multi-) selected blocks.
  * @param {boolean}  props.showNestedBlocks                         Flag to enable displaying nested blocks.
  * @param {boolean}  props.showOnlyCurrentHierarchy                 Flag to limit the list to the current hierarchy of blocks.
  * @param {boolean}  props.__experimentalFeatures                   Flag to enable experimental features.
@@ -36,7 +35,6 @@ export default function BlockNavigationTree( {
 	blocks,
 	showOnlyCurrentHierarchy,
 	onSelect = noop,
-	selectedBlockClientIds,
 	__experimentalFeatures,
 	__experimentalPersistentListViewFeatures,
 	...props
@@ -44,7 +42,6 @@ export default function BlockNavigationTree( {
 	const { clientIdsTree, selectedClientIds } = useBlockNavigationClientIds(
 		blocks,
 		showOnlyCurrentHierarchy,
-		selectedBlockClientIds,
 		__experimentalPersistentListViewFeatures
 	);
 	const { selectBlock } = useDispatch( blockEditorStore );
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-navigation/use-block-navigation-client-ids.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-navigation/use-block-navigation-client-ids.js
index e854ad99d9fac..e68cadf582de8 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-navigation/use-block-navigation-client-ids.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-navigation/use-block-navigation-client-ids.js
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import { isClientIdSelected } from './utils';
 import { store as blockEditorStore } from '../../store';
 
 const useBlockNavigationSelectedClientIds = (
-	selectedBlockClientIds,
 	__experimentalPersistentListViewFeatures
 ) =>
 	useSelect(
@@ -21,17 +20,13 @@ const useBlockNavigationSelectedClientIds = (
 				getSelectedBlockClientIds,
 			} = select( blockEditorStore );
 
-			if ( selectedBlockClientIds ) {
-				return selectedBlockClientIds;
-			}
-
 			if ( __experimentalPersistentListViewFeatures ) {
 				return getSelectedBlockClientIds();
 			}
 
 			return getSelectedBlockClientId();
 		},
-		[ selectedBlockClientIds, __experimentalPersistentListViewFeatures ]
+		[ __experimentalPersistentListViewFeatures ]
 	);
 
 const useBlockNavigationClientIdsTree = (
@@ -79,11 +74,9 @@ const useBlockNavigationClientIdsTree = (
 export default function useBlockNavigationClientIds(
 	blocks,
 	showOnlyCurrentHierarchy,
-	selectedBlockClientIds,
 	__experimentalPersistentListViewFeatures
 ) {
 	const selectedClientIds = useBlockNavigationSelectedClientIds(
-		selectedBlockClientIds,
 		__experimentalPersistentListViewFeatures
 	);
 	const clientIdsTree = useBlockNavigationClientIdsTree(