diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/default-block-appender/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/default-block-appender/index.js
index 7795590320671..9baddab1023a8 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/default-block-appender/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/default-block-appender/index.js
@@ -46,13 +46,6 @@ export function DefaultBlockAppender( {
 		>
 			<p
 				tabIndex="0"
-				// Only necessary for `useCanvasClickRedirect` to consider it
-				// as a target. Ideally it should consider any tabbable target,
-				// but the inserter is rendered in place while it should be
-				// rendered in a popover, just like it does for an empty
-				// paragraph block.
-				contentEditable
-				suppressContentEditableWarning
 				// We want this element to be styled as a paragraph by themes.
 				// eslint-disable-next-line jsx-a11y/no-noninteractive-element-to-interactive-role
 				role="button"
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/default-block-appender/style.scss b/packages/block-editor/src/components/default-block-appender/style.scss
index 25a24b436223d..d2359b77b2ec8 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/default-block-appender/style.scss
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/default-block-appender/style.scss
@@ -126,3 +126,7 @@
 		display: flex;
 	}
 }
+
+.block-editor-default-block-appender__content {
+	cursor: text;
+}
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/index.js
index df3da7fc3545a..b1f991ce5c4d5 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/index.js
@@ -138,7 +138,6 @@ export {
 } from './typewriter';
 export { default as Warning } from './warning';
 export { default as WritingFlow } from './writing-flow';
-export { useCanvasClickRedirect as __unstableUseCanvasClickRedirect } from './use-canvas-click-redirect';
 export { default as useBlockDisplayInformation } from './use-block-display-information';
 export { default as __unstableIframe } from './iframe';
 export { default as __experimentalUseNoRecursiveRenders } from './use-no-recursive-renders';
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/use-canvas-click-redirect/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/use-canvas-click-redirect/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 47c2711db6a9c..0000000000000
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/use-canvas-click-redirect/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * External dependencies
- */
-import { overEvery, findLast } from 'lodash';
-
-/**
- * WordPress dependencies
- */
-import { useRefEffect } from '@wordpress/compose';
-import { focus, isTextField, placeCaretAtHorizontalEdge } from '@wordpress/dom';
-
-/**
- * Given an element, returns true if the element is a tabbable text field, or
- * false otherwise.
- *
- * @param {Element} element Element to test.
- *
- * @return {boolean} Whether element is a tabbable text field.
- */
-const isTabbableTextField = overEvery( [
-	isTextField,
-	focus.tabbable.isTabbableIndex,
-] );
-
-export function useCanvasClickRedirect() {
-	return useRefEffect( ( node ) => {
-		function onMouseDown( event ) {
-			// Only handle clicks on the canvas, not the content.
-			if ( event.target !== node ) {
-				return;
-			}
-
-			const focusableNodes = focus.focusable.find( node );
-			const target = findLast( focusableNodes, isTabbableTextField );
-
-			if ( ! target ) {
-				return;
-			}
-
-			const { bottom } = target.getBoundingClientRect();
-
-			// Ensure the click is below the last block.
-			if ( event.clientY < bottom ) {
-				return;
-			}
-
-			placeCaretAtHorizontalEdge( target, true );
-			event.preventDefault();
-		}
-
-		node.addEventListener( 'mousedown', onMouseDown );
-
-		return () => {
-			node.addEventListener( 'mousedown', onMouseDown );
-		};
-	}, [] );
-}
diff --git a/packages/edit-post/src/components/visual-editor/index.js b/packages/edit-post/src/components/visual-editor/index.js
index 777443c5f6fae..df88856372652 100644
--- a/packages/edit-post/src/components/visual-editor/index.js
+++ b/packages/edit-post/src/components/visual-editor/index.js
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@ import {
 	__unstableUseTypingObserver as useTypingObserver,
 	__unstableBlockSettingsMenuFirstItem,
 	__experimentalUseResizeCanvas as useResizeCanvas,
-	__unstableUseCanvasClickRedirect as useCanvasClickRedirect,
 	__unstableEditorStyles as EditorStyles,
 	useSetting,
 	__experimentalLayoutStyle as LayoutStyle,
@@ -153,7 +152,6 @@ export default function VisualEditor( { styles } ) {
 	const contentRef = useMergeRefs( [
 		ref,
 		useClipboardHandler(),
-		useCanvasClickRedirect(),
 		useTypewriter(),
 		useTypingObserver(),
 		useBlockSelectionClearer(),