diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-popover/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-popover/index.js
index 637ab1cb8a53e..f01c43ef26a71 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-popover/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-popover/index.js
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import clsx from 'clsx';
  */
 import { useMergeRefs } from '@wordpress/compose';
 import { Popover } from '@wordpress/components';
-import { useSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
 import {
 	forwardRef,
 	useMemo,
@@ -22,8 +21,6 @@ import {
 import { useBlockElement } from '../block-list/use-block-props/use-block-refs';
 import usePopoverScroll from './use-popover-scroll';
 import { rectUnion, getVisibleElementBounds } from '../../utils/dom';
-import { store as blockEditorStore } from '../../store';
-import { unlock } from '../../lock-unlock';
 
 const MAX_POPOVER_RECOMPUTE_COUNTER = Number.MAX_SAFE_INTEGER;
 
@@ -77,38 +74,12 @@ function BlockPopover(
 		};
 	}, [ selectedElement ] );
 
-	const { isZoomOut, parentSectionBlock, isSectionSelected } = useSelect(
-		( select ) => {
-			const {
-				isZoomOut: isZoomOutSelector,
-				getSectionRootClientId,
-				getParentSectionBlock,
-				getBlockOrder,
-			} = unlock( select( blockEditorStore ) );
-
-			return {
-				isZoomOut: isZoomOutSelector(),
-				parentSectionBlock:
-					getParentSectionBlock( clientId ) ?? clientId,
-				isSectionSelected: getBlockOrder(
-					getSectionRootClientId()
-				).includes( clientId ),
-			};
-		},
-		[ clientId ]
-	);
-
-	// This element is used to position the zoom out view vertical toolbar
-	// correctly, relative to the selected section.
-	const parentSectionElement = useBlockElement( parentSectionBlock );
-
 	const popoverAnchor = useMemo( () => {
 		if (
 			// popoverDimensionsRecomputeCounter is by definition always equal or greater
 			// than 0. This check is only there to satisfy the correctness of the
 			// exhaustive-deps rule for the `useMemo` hook.
 			popoverDimensionsRecomputeCounter < 0 ||
-			( isZoomOut && ! parentSectionElement ) ||
 			! selectedElement ||
 			( bottomClientId && ! lastSelectedElement )
 		) {
@@ -117,35 +88,6 @@ function BlockPopover(
 
 		return {
 			getBoundingClientRect() {
-				// The zoom out view has a vertical block toolbar that should always
-				// be on the edge of the canvas, aligned to the top of the currently
-				// selected section. This condition changes the anchor of the toolbar
-				// to the section instead of the block to handle blocks that are
-				// not full width and nested blocks to keep section height.
-				if ( isZoomOut && isSectionSelected ) {
-					// Compute the height based on the parent section of the
-					// selected block, because the selected block may be
-					// shorter than the section.
-					const canvasElementRect = getVisibleElementBounds(
-						__unstableContentRef.current
-					);
-					const parentSectionElementRect =
-						getVisibleElementBounds( parentSectionElement );
-					const anchorHeight =
-						parentSectionElementRect.bottom -
-						parentSectionElementRect.top;
-
-					// Always use the width of the section root element to make sure
-					// the toolbar is always on the edge of the canvas.
-					const anchorWidth = canvasElementRect.width;
-					return new window.DOMRectReadOnly(
-						canvasElementRect.left,
-						parentSectionElementRect.top,
-						anchorWidth,
-						anchorHeight
-					);
-				}
-
 				return lastSelectedElement
 					? rectUnion(
 							getVisibleElementBounds( selectedElement ),
@@ -157,13 +99,9 @@ function BlockPopover(
 		};
 	}, [
 		popoverDimensionsRecomputeCounter,
-		isZoomOut,
-		parentSectionElement,
 		selectedElement,
 		bottomClientId,
 		lastSelectedElement,
-		isSectionSelected,
-		__unstableContentRef,
 	] );
 
 	if ( ! selectedElement || ( bottomClientId && ! lastSelectedElement ) ) {