diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/colors/_mixins.scss b/src/wp-admin/css/colors/_mixins.scss
index 7b3802307a637..8d4d88c08b040 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/colors/_mixins.scss
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/colors/_mixins.scss
@@ -40,7 +40,6 @@
 		background: tokens.$gray-100;
 		border-color: transparent;
 		color: tokens.$gray-600;
-		cursor: not-allowed;
 	}
 
 	&.active,
@@ -89,7 +88,6 @@
 		background: transparent;
 		border-color: tokens.$gray-300;
 		color: tokens.$gray-600;
-		cursor: not-allowed;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -127,6 +125,5 @@
 		background: transparent;
 		border-color: tokens.$gray-400;
 		color: tokens.$gray-600;
-		cursor: not-allowed;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/common.css b/src/wp-admin/css/common.css
index ea38ae5044ab0..be6394eea6fd8 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/common.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/common.css
@@ -3625,10 +3625,6 @@ img {
 	padding: 0;
 }
 
-#template .submit input[type="submit"][disabled] {
-	cursor: not-allowed;
-}
-
 #templateside {
 	float: right;
 	width: 16em;
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/customize-controls.css b/src/wp-admin/css/customize-controls.css
index 9b41e5451a037..24de538114bad 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/customize-controls.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/customize-controls.css
@@ -2545,8 +2545,7 @@ body.cheatin p {
 .reordering .add-new-widget,
 .reordering .add-new-menu-item {
 	opacity: 0.2;
-	pointer-events: none;
-	cursor: not-allowed; /* doesn't work in conjunction with pointer-events */
+	pointer-events: none; /* Also resets the cursor style. */
 }
 
 .add-new-widget::before,
diff --git a/src/wp-admin/css/widgets.css b/src/wp-admin/css/widgets.css
index c2d70e15c2fef..0e2782dd71121 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/css/widgets.css
+++ b/src/wp-admin/css/widgets.css
@@ -796,10 +796,6 @@ ul.CodeMirror-hints {
 	z-index: 101; /* Due to z-index 100 set on .widget.open */
 }
 
-.widget-control-actions .custom-html-widget-save-button.button.validation-blocked {
-	cursor: not-allowed;
-}
-
 /* =Media Queries
 -------------------------------------------------------------- */