diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/navigation-menu-content.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/navigation-menu-content.js
index dd9256b3a5c875..35a06b53786ec7 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/navigation-menu-content.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/navigation-menu-content.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
 } from '@wordpress/block-editor';
 import { useDispatch, useSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
 import { createBlock } from '@wordpress/blocks';
-import { VisuallyHidden } from '@wordpress/components';
 import { useCallback } from '@wordpress/element';
 import { store as coreStore } from '@wordpress/core-data';
 
@@ -106,11 +105,11 @@ export default function NavigationMenuContent( { rootClientId } ) {
 					showAppender={ false }
 				/>
 			) }
-			<VisuallyHidden aria-hidden="true">
+			<div className="edit-site-sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus__helper-block-editor">
 				<BlockTools>
 					<BlockList />
 				</BlockTools>
-			</VisuallyHidden>
+			</div>
 		</>
 	);
 }
diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/style.scss b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/style.scss
index 6ecf61df710a47..a022b7824cb4a7 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/style.scss
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus/style.scss
@@ -99,3 +99,7 @@
 	margin-right: auto;
 	display: block;
 }
+
+.edit-site-sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus__helper-block-editor {
+	display: none;
+}