diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5d70cffa87b..3afc4b0d301 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 
 - Fixed logo icons with static SVG IDs causing accessibility errors when multiples of the same logo were present ([#5204](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/5204))
 
+**Reverts**
+
+- Reverted `EuiScreenReaderOnly` left positioning change due to Selenium issues ([#5215](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/5215))
+
 ## [`38.1.0`](https://github.com/elastic/eui/tree/v38.1.0)
 
 - Fixed the `title` prop `EuiButtonGroup` to automatically display the `label` provided ([#5199](https://github.com/elastic/eui/pull/5199))
diff --git a/src/components/link/_link.scss b/src/components/link/_link.scss
index d31aa9077dc..c68e3b4f057 100644
--- a/src/components/link/_link.scss
+++ b/src/components/link/_link.scss
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
   &[target='_blank'] {
     // Make the screen reader only text positioned relatively against the link itself
     position: relative;
+
+    .euiScreenReaderOnly {
+      left: 0;
+    }
   }
 
   .euiLink__externalIcon {
diff --git a/src/global_styling/mixins/_helpers.scss b/src/global_styling/mixins/_helpers.scss
index 851c0eba935..1072066db97 100644
--- a/src/global_styling/mixins/_helpers.scss
+++ b/src/global_styling/mixins/_helpers.scss
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@
   position: absolute;
   // Keep it vertically inline
   top: auto;
-  // Chrome requires a left value
-  left: 0;
+  // Chrome requires a left value, and Selenium (used by Kibana's FTR) requires an off-screen position for its .getVisibleText() to not register SR-only text
+  left: -10000px;
   // The element must have a size (for some screen readers)
   width: 1px;
   height: 1px;