diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/index.js
index 2a69e5305fc3f..1137f6e5c10c6 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/index.js
@@ -106,14 +106,13 @@ class InnerBlocks extends Component {
 	render() {
 		const {
 			clientId,
-			isSmallScreen,
 			isSelectedBlockInRoot,
 			renderAppender,
 		} = this.props;
 		const { templateInProcess } = this.state;
 
 		const classes = classnames( 'editor-inner-blocks block-editor-inner-blocks', {
-			'has-overlay': isSmallScreen && ! isSelectedBlockInRoot,
+			'has-overlay': ! isSelectedBlockInRoot,
 		} );
 
 		return (
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/columns/editor.scss b/packages/block-library/src/columns/editor.scss
index c771c79f5f9d3..6277ee7ee180c 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/columns/editor.scss
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/columns/editor.scss
@@ -164,17 +164,5 @@ div.block-core-columns.is-vertically-aligned-bottom {
  */
 [data-type="core/column"] > .editor-block-list__block-edit > .editor-block-list__breadcrumb {
 	right: 0;
-}
-
-// The empty state of a columns block has the default appenders.
-// Since those appenders are not blocks, the parent, actual block, appears "hovered" when hovering the appenders.
-// Because the column shouldn't be hovered as part of this temporary passthrough, we unset the hover style.
-.wp-block-columns [data-type="core/column"].is-hovered {
-	> .block-editor-block-list__block-edit::before {
-		content: none;
-	}
-
-	.block-editor-block-list__breadcrumb {
-		display: none;
-	}
+	left: auto;
 }