diff --git a/.changeset/pink-lemons-guess.md b/.changeset/pink-lemons-guess.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..54338a4af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/pink-lemons-guess.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'slate-react': patch
+---
+
+Revert #5542
diff --git a/packages/slate-react/src/components/editable.tsx b/packages/slate-react/src/components/editable.tsx
index da574f711..b2cae4d98 100644
--- a/packages/slate-react/src/components/editable.tsx
+++ b/packages/slate-react/src/components/editable.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import throttle from 'lodash/throttle'
 import React, {
   useCallback,
   useEffect,
-  useLayoutEffect,
   useMemo,
   useReducer,
   useRef,
@@ -177,21 +176,6 @@ export const Editable = (props: EditableProps) => {
     []
   )
 
-  useLayoutEffect(() => {
-    return () => {
-      if (state == null) {
-        return
-      }
-      // Avoid leaking DOM nodes when this component is unmounted.
-      if (state.latestElement != null) {
-        state.latestElement.remove()
-      }
-      if (state.latestElement != null) {
-        state.latestElement = null
-      }
-    }
-  }, [])
-
   // The autoFocus TextareaHTMLAttribute doesn't do anything on a div, so it
   // needs to be manually focused.
   useEffect(() => {