diff --git a/block-library/freeform/editor.scss b/block-library/freeform/editor.scss
index a680dcb0a0e8f6..0a6756638fe35e 100644
--- a/block-library/freeform/editor.scss
+++ b/block-library/freeform/editor.scss
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ div[data-type="core/freeform"] .editor-block-contextual-toolbar + div {
 
 .freeform-toolbar {
 	width: auto;
-	margin: 0 #{ -$parent-block-padding };
+	margin: 0 #{ -$block-padding };
 	position: sticky;
 	z-index: z-index(".freeform-toolbar");
 	top: $block-padding;
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ div[data-type="core/freeform"] .editor-block-contextual-toolbar + div {
 	.editor-block-list__block[data-type="core/freeform"] {
 		.editor-block-contextual-toolbar {
 			float: right;
-			margin-right: -$block-padding - $block-side-ui-clearance - $border-width;
+			margin-right: -$block-side-ui-clearance - $border-width;
 			transform: translateY(-#{ $block-padding - $border-width });
 			top: $block-padding;
 		}
diff --git a/edit-post/assets/stylesheets/_variables.scss b/edit-post/assets/stylesheets/_variables.scss
index 3f7675fd84bed5..b46070da687ae0 100644
--- a/edit-post/assets/stylesheets/_variables.scss
+++ b/edit-post/assets/stylesheets/_variables.scss
@@ -50,14 +50,12 @@ $inserter-tabs-height: 36px;
 $block-toolbar-height: $block-controls-height + $border-width;
 
 // Blocks
-$parent-block-padding: 28px; // padding of top level blocks, should be larger than $block-padding, otherwise a user can't select the parent from a child
 $block-padding: 14px; // padding of nested blocks
 $block-spacing: 4px; // vertical space between blocks
 
 $block-side-ui-width: 28px; // width of the side UI, matches half matches half of a single line of text, so two buttons stacke matches 1
 $block-side-ui-clearance: 2px; // space between side UI and block
 $block-side-ui-padding: $block-side-ui-width + $block-side-ui-clearance; // total space used to accommodate side UI
-$block-parent-side-ui-clearance: $parent-block-padding - $block-padding; // space between side UI and block on top level blocks
 
 $block-container-side-padding: $block-side-ui-width + $block-padding + 2 * $block-side-ui-clearance;
 
diff --git a/edit-post/components/visual-editor/style.scss b/edit-post/components/visual-editor/style.scss
index fe7b90ad185192..274de620031123 100644
--- a/edit-post/components/visual-editor/style.scss
+++ b/edit-post/components/visual-editor/style.scss
@@ -32,12 +32,12 @@
 		// Use specific selector to not affect nested block toolbars.
 		&[data-align="wide"] > .editor-block-contextual-toolbar,
 		&[data-align="full"] > .editor-block-contextual-toolbar {
-			width: calc(100% + #{ ($parent-block-padding * 4) + $border-width + $border-width }); // Matches the negative margins applied to parent blocks.
+			width: calc(100% + #{ $block-side-ui-width * 2 + $block-padding * 2 + $border-width * 2 }); // Matches the negative margins applied to parent blocks.
 			height: 0; // This collapses the container to an invisible element without margin.
 			text-align: center;
 
 			.editor-block-toolbar {
-				max-width: $content-width + $block-padding + $block-padding;
+				max-width: $content-width;
 				width: 100%;
 				position: relative;
 			}
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 		// The centering math changes when a fullwide image doesn't have block padding.
 		&[data-align="full"] > .editor-block-contextual-toolbar {
-			width: calc(100% + #{ ($parent-block-padding * 2) + ($block-padding * 2) }); // Matches the negative margins applied to non-parent blocks, except for borders which are gone in fullwide.
+			width: calc(100% + #{ $block-side-ui-width * 2 + $block-padding * 2 }); // Matches the negative margins applied to non-parent blocks, except for borders which are gone in fullwide.
 
 			.editor-block-toolbar {
 				max-width: $content-width - $border-width - $border-width;
@@ -80,11 +80,11 @@
 		margin-right: 0;
 	}
 
-	// Include space for side UI on desktops.
+	// Stretch to mimic outline padding on desktop.
 	@include break-small() {
 		> div {
-			margin-left: -$block-side-ui-width;
-			margin-right: -$block-side-ui-width;
+			margin-left: -$block-side-ui-clearance;
+			margin-right: -$block-side-ui-clearance;
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/block/edit-panel/style.scss b/packages/block-library/src/block/edit-panel/style.scss
index 08b22d1f04b071..3c411beb8e7f7b 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/block/edit-panel/style.scss
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/block/edit-panel/style.scss
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 	font-size: $default-font-size;
 	position: relative;
 	top: $block-padding;
-	margin: 0 (-$parent-block-padding);
-	padding: 10px $parent-block-padding;
+	margin: 0 (-$block-padding);
+	padding: 10px $block-padding;
 
 	// Show a smaller padding when nested.
 	.editor-block-list__layout & {
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/block/indicator/style.scss b/packages/block-library/src/block/indicator/style.scss
index 2b3ed8788d7b43..21a771aaa4d2da 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/block/indicator/style.scss
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/block/indicator/style.scss
@@ -8,10 +8,5 @@
 	padding: 5px;
 	position: absolute;
 	width: 30px;
-	right: -$parent-block-padding;
-
-	// Show less offset in nested contexts.
-	.editor-block-list__layout & {
-		right: -$block-padding;
-	}
+	right: -$block-padding;
 }
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/block-list/style.scss b/packages/editor/src/components/block-list/style.scss
index f082c5d255c697..900bd67d72ec4c 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/block-list/style.scss
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/block-list/style.scss
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 		box-shadow: $shadow-popover;
 
 		@include break-small {
-			left: -$block-parent-side-ui-clearance - $border-width;
-			right: -$block-parent-side-ui-clearance - $border-width;
+			left: -$block-side-ui-clearance - $border-width;
+			right: -$block-side-ui-clearance - $border-width;
 
 			.editor-block-list__layout & {
 				left: -$border-width;
@@ -57,11 +57,11 @@
 	}
 
 	@include break-small {
-		// use a wider available space for hovering/selecting/dragging on top level blocks
-		left: -$parent-block-padding - $block-padding;
-		right: -$parent-block-padding - $block-padding;
+		// Use a wider available space for hovering/selecting/dragging on top level blocks.
+		left: -$block-padding * 2;
+		right: -$block-padding * 2;
 
-		// use smaller space for hovering/selecting/dragging on child blocks
+		// Use smaller space for hovering/selecting/dragging on child blocks.
 		.editor-block-list__layout & {
 			left: 0;
 			right: 0;
@@ -132,11 +132,9 @@
 		padding-left: 0;
 		padding-right: 0;
 
-		// Compensate for block padding horizontally.
+		// Compensate for block padding.
 		margin-left: -$block-padding;
 		margin-right: -$block-padding;
-
-		// Compensate for block padding.
 		margin-top: -$block-padding;
 		margin-bottom: -$block-padding;
 	}
@@ -175,10 +173,12 @@
 	/**
 	 * Notices
 	 */
+
 	.components-placeholder .components-with-notices-ui {
 		margin: -10px 20px 12px 20px;
 		width: calc(100% - 40px);
 	}
+
 	.components-with-notices-ui {
 		margin: 0 0 12px 0;
 		width: 100%;
@@ -213,20 +213,6 @@
 			left: -$block-padding;
 			top: -$block-padding;
 			bottom: -$block-padding;
-
-			// Show wider padding for top level blocks.
-			@include break-small() {
-				right: -$parent-block-padding;
-				left: -$parent-block-padding;
-			}
-		}
-
-		// Show smaller padding for child blocks.
-		.editor-block-list__block-edit::before {
-			right: -$block-padding;
-			left: -$block-padding;
-			top: -$block-padding;
-			bottom: -$block-padding;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -316,14 +302,8 @@
 
 		top: -$block-padding;
 		bottom: -$block-padding;
-		right: -$parent-block-padding;
-		left: -$parent-block-padding;
-
-		// Position for nested blocks
-		.editor-block-list__block & {
-			right: -$block-padding;
-			left: -$block-padding;
-		}
+		right: -$block-padding;
+		left: -$block-padding;
 	}
 
 	// Appender
@@ -441,11 +421,6 @@
 			right: 0;
 		}
 
-		// Position hover label on the right
-		> .editor-block-list__breadcrumb {
-			right: -$border-width;
-		}
-
 		// Hide mover until wide breakpoints, or it might be covered by toolbar
 		> .editor-block-mover {
 			display: none;
@@ -468,11 +443,6 @@
 
 	// Wide
 	&[data-align="wide"] {
-		// Position hover label on the right
-		> .editor-block-list__breadcrumb {
-			right: -$block-padding;
-		}
-
 		// Position ellipsis.
 		> .editor-block-settings-menu {
 			right: -$block-padding + $block-side-ui-clearance;
@@ -595,37 +565,12 @@
 		}
 	}
 
-	// Right side UI
-	> .editor-block-settings-menu {
-		padding-left: $block-side-ui-clearance;
-
-		// Position for top level blocks
-		right: -$block-side-ui-width - $block-side-ui-clearance - $block-parent-side-ui-clearance;
-
-		// Position for nested blocks
-		.editor-block-list__block & {
-			right: -$block-side-ui-width - $block-side-ui-clearance;
-		}
-
-		// Mobile
-		display: none;
-		@include break-small() {
-			display: flex;
-			flex-direction: column;
-		}
-	}
-
 	// Left side UI
 	> .editor-block-mover {
 		padding-right: $block-side-ui-clearance;
 
 		// Position for top level blocks
-		left: -$block-side-ui-width - $block-side-ui-clearance - $block-parent-side-ui-clearance;
-
-		// Position for nested blocks
-		.editor-block-list__block & {
-			left: -$block-side-ui-width - $block-side-ui-clearance;
-		}
+		left: -$block-side-ui-width - $block-side-ui-clearance;
 
 		// Mobile
 		display: none;
@@ -884,14 +829,8 @@
 	margin-right: 0;
 
 	@include break-small() {
-		margin-left: -$parent-block-padding - $parent-block-padding - $border-width;
-		margin-right: -$parent-block-padding - $parent-block-padding - $border-width;
-
-		// Position toolbar for nested contexts.
-		.editor-block-list__block & {
-			margin-left: -$parent-block-padding - $block-padding - $border-width;
-			margin-right: -$parent-block-padding - $block-padding - $border-width;
-		}
+		margin-left: -$block-side-ui-width - $block-padding - $border-width;
+		margin-right: -$block-side-ui-width - $block-padding - $border-width;
 
 		// Except for wide elements, this causes a horizontal scrollbar.
 		[data-align="full"] & {
@@ -995,15 +934,6 @@
 	right: 0;
 	top: -$block-padding - $border-width;
 
-	@include break-small() {
-		right: -$block-parent-side-ui-clearance;
-	}
-
-	// Nested
-	.editor-block-list__block-edit & {
-		right: $parent-block-padding - $block-padding - $block-parent-side-ui-clearance;
-	}
-
 	.components-toolbar {
 		padding: 0;
 		border: none;
@@ -1048,9 +978,9 @@
 		&::before {
 			bottom: 0;
 			content: "";
-			left: -$parent-block-padding - $block-padding;
+			left: -$block-padding * 2;
 			position: absolute;
-			right: -$parent-block-padding - $block-padding;
+			right: -$block-padding * 2;
 			top: 0;
 		}
 
@@ -1074,17 +1004,11 @@
 	z-index: z-index(".editor-warning");
 	position: absolute;
 	top: -$block-padding - $border-width;
-	right: -$parent-block-padding - $border-width;
-	left: -$parent-block-padding - $border-width;
-
-	// Position for nested blocks
-	.editor-block-list__block & {
-		right: -$block-padding - $border-width;
-		left: -$block-padding - $border-width;
-	}
+	right: -$block-padding - $border-width;
+	left: -$block-padding - $border-width;
 
 	// Bigger padding on mobile where blocks are edge to edge.
-	padding: 10px $parent-block-padding;
+	padding: 10px $block-padding;
 	@include break-small() {
 		padding: 10px $block-padding;
 	}
diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/post-title/style.scss b/packages/editor/src/components/post-title/style.scss
index 781d5cb17537e2..90bc4aad4aede5 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/post-title/style.scss
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/post-title/style.scss
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 	font-size: $editor-font-size;
 
 	@include break-small() {
-		padding: 5px $block-parent-side-ui-clearance;
+		padding: 5px $block-side-ui-clearance;
 	}
 
 	.editor-post-title__input {
@@ -16,14 +16,8 @@
 		font-family: $editor-font;
 		line-height: $default-line-height;
 		transition: border 0.1s ease-out;
-
-		// Show wider parent padding on Desktop breakpoints.
 		padding: #{ $block-padding + 5px } $block-padding;
 
-		@include break-small() {
-			padding: #{ $block-padding + 5px } $parent-block-padding;
-		}
-
 		// Stack borders on mobile.
 		border: $border-width solid transparent;
 		border-left-width: 0;
@@ -72,7 +66,7 @@
 	right: 0;
 
 	@include break-small() {
-		left: $block-parent-side-ui-clearance;
-		right: $block-parent-side-ui-clearance;
+		left: $block-side-ui-clearance;
+		right: $block-side-ui-clearance;
 	}
 }