diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/index.js
index 6df09478931a2f..04b767d9568b78 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/index.js
@@ -33,7 +33,6 @@ import { useInBetweenInserter } from './use-in-between-inserter';
 import { store as blockEditorStore } from '../../store';
 import { usePreParsePatterns } from '../../utils/pre-parse-patterns';
 import { LayoutProvider, defaultLayout } from './layout';
-import BlockToolsBackCompat from '../block-tools/back-compat';
 import { useBlockSelectionClearer } from '../block-selection-clearer';
 import { useInnerBlocksProps } from '../inner-blocks';
 import {
@@ -127,11 +126,9 @@ function Root( { className, ...settings } ) {
 export default function BlockList( settings ) {
 	usePreParsePatterns();
 	return (
-		<BlockToolsBackCompat>
-			<BlockEditContextProvider value={ DEFAULT_BLOCK_EDIT_CONTEXT }>
-				<Root { ...settings } />
-			</BlockEditContextProvider>
-		</BlockToolsBackCompat>
+		<BlockEditContextProvider value={ DEFAULT_BLOCK_EDIT_CONTEXT }>
+			<Root { ...settings } />
+		</BlockEditContextProvider>
 	);
 }
 
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 35a06b53786ec7..6cc3138c9c2f7f 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
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import {
 	privateApis as blockEditorPrivateApis,
 	store as blockEditorStore,
 	BlockList,
-	BlockTools,
 } from '@wordpress/block-editor';
 import { useDispatch, useSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
 import { createBlock } from '@wordpress/blocks';
@@ -106,9 +105,7 @@ export default function NavigationMenuContent( { rootClientId } ) {
 				/>
 			) }
 			<div className="edit-site-sidebar-navigation-screen-navigation-menus__helper-block-editor">
-				<BlockTools>
-					<BlockList />
-				</BlockTools>
+				<BlockList />
 			</div>
 		</>
 	);