diff --git a/packages/components/src/modal/aria-helper.ts b/packages/components/src/modal/aria-helper.ts
index 8d554a16521f99..0c059baf713696 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/modal/aria-helper.ts
+++ b/packages/components/src/modal/aria-helper.ts
@@ -67,14 +67,4 @@ export function unmodalize() {
 	for ( const element of hiddenElements ) {
 		element.removeAttribute( 'inert' );
 	}
-
-	// Hacks around a Chromium bug where it may fail to restore a region to the
-	// accessibility tree after an ancestor had the `inert` attribute removed.
-	// The bug seems like a variation of this: https://crbug.com/1354313
-	// This workaround doesn't have to be a custom property. It also seems to
-	// not have to be done each invocation but it's inexpensive and ensures
-	// some other code didn't remove it.
-	document
-		.querySelectorAll< HTMLElement >( '[role=region]' )
-		.forEach( ( region ) => region.style.setProperty( '--∞', '8' ) );
 }