diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/alignment-control/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap b/packages/block-editor/src/components/alignment-control/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
index 872673b35f26f2..4f549af0b2dc11 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/alignment-control/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/alignment-control/test/__snapshots__/index.js.snap
@@ -56,7 +56,6 @@ exports[`AlignmentUI should allow custom alignment controls to be specified 1`]
   }
   toggleProps={
     Object {
-      "className": "is-pressed",
       "describedBy": "Change text alignment",
     }
   }
@@ -134,7 +133,6 @@ exports[`AlignmentUI should match snapshot 1`] = `
   }
   toggleProps={
     Object {
-      "className": "is-pressed",
       "describedBy": "Change text alignment",
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/alignment-control/ui.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/alignment-control/ui.js
index 541b3f8495dc9b..9b6b52042d1156 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/alignment-control/ui.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/alignment-control/ui.js
@@ -63,10 +63,7 @@ function AlignmentUI( {
 		<UIComponent
 			icon={ setIcon() }
 			label={ label }
-			toggleProps={ {
-				describedBy,
-				className: activeAlignment ? 'is-pressed' : undefined,
-			} }
+			toggleProps={ { describedBy } }
 			popoverProps={ POPOVER_PROPS }
 			controls={ alignmentControls.map( ( control ) => {
 				const { align } = control;