diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/preact/article-form.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/preact/article-form.scss
index 2167d5f12..a8b45f51d 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/preact/article-form.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/preact/article-form.scss
@@ -362,7 +362,9 @@
   resize: none;
   padding: 20px 6px;
   font-family: $monospace;
-  // overflow: initial;
+  // scrollbars not needed because the preact-textarea-autosize package
+  // automatically resizes the article form
+  overflow: hidden;
   background: white;
   background: var(--theme-container-background, white);
   color: $black;