diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/widget/diffEditor/diffEditorWidget.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/widget/diffEditor/diffEditorWidget.ts
index 7e5ac2ea40813..ecdc471e69eea 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/widget/diffEditor/diffEditorWidget.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/widget/diffEditor/diffEditorWidget.ts
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ export class DiffEditorWidget extends DelegatingEditor implements IDiffEditor {
 
 	private readonly elements = h('div.monaco-diff-editor.side-by-side', { style: { position: 'relative', height: '100%' } }, [
 		h('div.noModificationsOverlay@overlay', { style: { position: 'absolute', height: '100%', visibility: 'hidden', } }, [$('span', {}, 'No Changes')]),
-		h('div.editor.original@original', { style: { position: 'absolute', height: '100%', zIndex: '1', } }),
-		h('div.editor.modified@modified', { style: { position: 'absolute', height: '100%', zIndex: '1', } }),
+		h('div.editor.original@original', { style: { position: 'absolute', height: '100%', } }),
+		h('div.editor.modified@modified', { style: { position: 'absolute', height: '100%', } }),
 		h('div.accessibleDiffViewer@accessibleDiffViewer', { style: { position: 'absolute', height: '100%' } }),
 	]);
 	private readonly _diffModel = observableValue<DiffEditorViewModel | undefined>(this, undefined);
diff --git a/src/vs/editor/browser/widget/diffEditor/features/gutterFeature.ts b/src/vs/editor/browser/widget/diffEditor/features/gutterFeature.ts
index 8410b6eb85b3d..f40c3cc84bcfd 100644
--- a/src/vs/editor/browser/widget/diffEditor/features/gutterFeature.ts
+++ b/src/vs/editor/browser/widget/diffEditor/features/gutterFeature.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ export class DiffEditorGutter extends Disposable {
 
 	public readonly width = derived(this, reader => this._hasActions.read(reader) ? width : 0);
 
-	private readonly elements = h('div.gutter@gutter', { style: { position: 'absolute', height: '100%', width: width + 'px', zIndex: '0' } }, []);
+	private readonly elements = h('div.gutter@gutter', { style: { position: 'absolute', height: '100%', width: width + 'px' } }, []);
 
 	constructor(
 		diffEditorRoot: HTMLDivElement,