diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/block-editor/editor-canvas.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/block-editor/editor-canvas.js
index d7dbf6fb07a7ab..01bc4cdfa2ddfc 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/block-editor/editor-canvas.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/block-editor/editor-canvas.js
@@ -25,13 +25,7 @@ import {
 
 const { EditorCanvas: EditorCanvasRoot } = unlock( editorPrivateApis );
 
-function EditorCanvas( {
-	enableResizing,
-	settings,
-	children,
-	contentRef,
-	...props
-} ) {
+function EditorCanvas( { enableResizing, settings, children, ...props } ) {
 	const { hasBlocks, isFocusMode, templateType, canvasMode, isZoomOutMode } =
 		useSelect( ( select ) => {
 			const { getBlockCount, __unstableGetEditorMode } =
@@ -107,7 +101,6 @@ function EditorCanvas( {
 
 	return (
 		<EditorCanvasRoot
-			ref={ contentRef }
 			className={ classnames( 'edit-site-editor-canvas__block-list', {
 				'is-navigation-block': isTemplateTypeNavigation,
 			} ) }
diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/block-editor/site-editor-canvas.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/block-editor/site-editor-canvas.js
index fdb8801a3b7c5d..3bba8cc26d01f3 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/block-editor/site-editor-canvas.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/block-editor/site-editor-canvas.js
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import classnames from 'classnames';
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
 import { useSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
-import { useRef } from '@wordpress/element';
 import { useViewportMatch, useResizeObserver } from '@wordpress/compose';
 
 /**
@@ -50,7 +49,6 @@ export default function SiteEditorCanvas() {
 		// Disable resizing in mobile viewport.
 		! isMobileViewport;
 
-	const contentRef = useRef();
 	const isTemplateTypeNavigation = templateType === NAVIGATION_POST_TYPE;
 	const isNavigationFocusMode = isTemplateTypeNavigation && isFocusMode;
 	const forceFullHeight = isNavigationFocusMode;
@@ -81,7 +79,6 @@ export default function SiteEditorCanvas() {
 							<EditorCanvas
 								enableResizing={ enableResizing }
 								settings={ settings }
-								contentRef={ contentRef }
 							>
 								{ resizeObserver }
 							</EditorCanvas>
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/editor-canvas/index.js b/packages/editor/src/components/editor-canvas/index.js
index 921f3ce23c0ee4..ff51774ed25613 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/editor-canvas/index.js
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/editor-canvas/index.js
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import {
 	privateApis as blockEditorPrivateApis,
 	__experimentalUseResizeCanvas as useResizeCanvas,
 } from '@wordpress/block-editor';
-import { useEffect, useRef, useMemo, forwardRef } from '@wordpress/element';
+import { useEffect, useRef, useMemo } from '@wordpress/element';
 import { useSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
 import { parse } from '@wordpress/blocks';
 import { store as coreStore } from '@wordpress/core-data';
@@ -72,19 +72,16 @@ function checkForPostContentAtRootLevel( blocks ) {
 	return false;
 }
 
-function EditorCanvas(
-	{
-		// Ideally as we unify post and site editors, we won't need these props.
-		autoFocus,
-		className,
-		renderAppender,
-		styles,
-		disableIframe = false,
-		iframeProps,
-		children,
-	},
-	ref
-) {
+function EditorCanvas( {
+	// Ideally as we unify post and site editors, we won't need these props.
+	autoFocus,
+	className,
+	renderAppender,
+	styles,
+	disableIframe = false,
+	iframeProps,
+	children,
+} ) {
 	const {
 		renderingMode,
 		postContentAttributes,
@@ -288,7 +285,6 @@ function EditorCanvas(
 	const typewriterRef = useTypewriter();
 	const contentRef = useMergeRefs(
 		[
-			ref,
 			localRef,
 			renderingMode === 'post-only' ? typewriterRef : undefined,
 		].filter( ( r ) => !! r )
@@ -379,4 +375,4 @@ function EditorCanvas(
 	);
 }
 
-export default forwardRef( EditorCanvas );
+export default EditorCanvas;