diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-alignment-toolbar/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-alignment-toolbar/index.js
index 2e4ac8ea7556d..b47f0642d2e3e 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-alignment-toolbar/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-alignment-toolbar/index.js
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
  */
 import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 import { ToolbarGroup } from '@wordpress/components';
-import { withSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
-import { compose } from '@wordpress/compose';
+import { useSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
 import {
 	positionCenter,
 	positionLeft,
@@ -13,6 +12,11 @@ import {
 	stretchWide,
 } from '@wordpress/icons';
 
+/**
+ * Internal dependencies
+ */
+import { useLayout } from '../inner-blocks/layout';
+
 const BLOCK_ALIGNMENTS_CONTROLS = {
 	left: {
 		icon: positionLeft,
@@ -49,18 +53,36 @@ export function BlockAlignmentToolbar( {
 	onChange,
 	controls = DEFAULT_CONTROLS,
 	isCollapsed = true,
-	wideControlsEnabled = false,
 } ) {
+	const { wideControlsEnabled = false } = useSelect( ( select ) => {
+		const { getSettings } = select( 'core/block-editor' );
+		const settings = getSettings();
+		return {
+			wideControlsEnabled: settings.alignWide,
+		};
+	} );
+	const layout = useLayout();
+	const supportsAlignments = layout.type === 'default';
+
+	if ( ! supportsAlignments ) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	const { alignments: availableAlignments = DEFAULT_CONTROLS } = layout;
+	const enabledControls = controls.filter(
+		( control ) =>
+			( wideControlsEnabled || WIDE_CONTROLS.includes( control ) ) &&
+			availableAlignments.includes( control )
+	);
+
+	if ( enabledControls.length === 0 ) {
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	function applyOrUnset( align ) {
 		return () => onChange( value === align ? undefined : align );
 	}
 
-	const enabledControls = wideControlsEnabled
-		? controls
-		: controls.filter(
-				( control ) => WIDE_CONTROLS.indexOf( control ) === -1
-		  );
-
 	const activeAlignmentControl = BLOCK_ALIGNMENTS_CONTROLS[ value ];
 	const defaultAlignmentControl =
 		BLOCK_ALIGNMENTS_CONTROLS[ DEFAULT_CONTROL ];
@@ -87,12 +109,4 @@ export function BlockAlignmentToolbar( {
 	);
 }
 
-export default compose(
-	withSelect( ( select ) => {
-		const { getSettings } = select( 'core/block-editor' );
-		const settings = getSettings();
-		return {
-			wideControlsEnabled: settings.alignWide,
-		};
-	} )
-)( BlockAlignmentToolbar );
+export default BlockAlignmentToolbar;
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/index.js
index 18a38801eb740..3f0df33961dcc 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/index.js
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import { BlockListItems } from '../block-list';
 import { BlockContextProvider } from '../block-context';
 import { useBlockEditContext } from '../block-edit/context';
 import useBlockSync from '../provider/use-block-sync';
+import { defaultLayout, LayoutProvider } from './layout';
 
 /**
  * InnerBlocks is a component which allows a single block to have multiple blocks
@@ -49,6 +50,7 @@ function UncontrolledInnerBlocks( props ) {
 		renderAppender,
 		orientation,
 		placeholder,
+		__experimentalLayout: layout = defaultLayout,
 	} = props;
 
 	useNestedSettingsUpdate(
@@ -83,15 +85,19 @@ function UncontrolledInnerBlocks( props ) {
 	// This component needs to always be synchronous as it's the one changing
 	// the async mode depending on the block selection.
 	return (
-		<BlockContextProvider value={ context }>
-			<BlockListItems
-				rootClientId={ clientId }
-				renderAppender={ renderAppender }
-				__experimentalAppenderTagName={ __experimentalAppenderTagName }
-				wrapperRef={ wrapperRef }
-				placeholder={ placeholder }
-			/>
-		</BlockContextProvider>
+		<LayoutProvider value={ layout }>
+			<BlockContextProvider value={ context }>
+				<BlockListItems
+					rootClientId={ clientId }
+					renderAppender={ renderAppender }
+					__experimentalAppenderTagName={
+						__experimentalAppenderTagName
+					}
+					wrapperRef={ wrapperRef }
+					placeholder={ placeholder }
+				/>
+			</BlockContextProvider>
+		</LayoutProvider>
 	);
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/layout.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/layout.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..745b59945ea61
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/inner-blocks/layout.js
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/**
+ * WordPress dependencies
+ */
+import { createContext, useContext } from '@wordpress/element';
+
+export const defaultLayout = { type: 'default' };
+
+const Layout = createContext( defaultLayout );
+
+/**
+ * Allows to define the layout.
+ */
+export const LayoutProvider = Layout.Provider;
+
+/**
+ * React hook used to retrieve the layout config.
+ */
+export function useLayout() {
+	return useContext( Layout );
+}
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/align.js b/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/align.js
index f5f82c4d754c4..67b8e80367333 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/align.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/align.js
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import { has, without } from 'lodash';
 /**
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
-import { createContext, useContext } from '@wordpress/element';
 import { createHigherOrderComponent } from '@wordpress/compose';
 import { addFilter } from '@wordpress/hooks';
 import {
@@ -106,13 +105,6 @@ export function addAttribute( settings ) {
 	return settings;
 }
 
-const AlignmentHookSettings = createContext( {} );
-
-/**
- * Allows to pass additional settings to the alignment hook.
- */
-export const AlignmentHookSettingsProvider = AlignmentHookSettings.Provider;
-
 /**
  * Override the default edit UI to include new toolbar controls for block
  * alignment, if block defines support.
@@ -122,17 +114,15 @@ export const AlignmentHookSettingsProvider = AlignmentHookSettings.Provider;
  */
 export const withToolbarControls = createHigherOrderComponent(
 	( BlockEdit ) => ( props ) => {
-		const { isEmbedButton } = useContext( AlignmentHookSettings );
 		const { name: blockName } = props;
 		// Compute valid alignments without taking into account,
-		// if the theme supports wide alignments or not.
-		// BlockAlignmentToolbar takes into account the theme support.
-		const validAlignments = isEmbedButton
-			? []
-			: getValidAlignments(
-					getBlockSupport( blockName, 'align' ),
-					hasBlockSupport( blockName, 'alignWide', true )
-			  );
+		// if the theme supports wide alignments or not
+		// and without checking the layout for availble alignments.
+		// BlockAlignmentToolbar takes both of these into account.
+		const validAlignments = getValidAlignments(
+			getBlockSupport( blockName, 'align' ),
+			hasBlockSupport( blockName, 'alignWide', true )
+		);
 
 		const updateAlignment = ( nextAlign ) => {
 			if ( ! nextAlign ) {
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/align.native.js b/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/align.native.js
index 8fb3f6e2be93c..2eaa4bc747b29 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/align.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/align.native.js
@@ -12,8 +12,6 @@ import { WIDE_ALIGNMENTS } from '@wordpress/components';
 
 const ALIGNMENTS = [ 'left', 'center', 'right' ];
 
-export { AlignmentHookSettingsProvider } from './align.js';
-
 // Used to filter out blocks that don't support wide/full alignment on mobile
 addFilter(
 	'blocks.registerBlockType',
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/index.js
index 5d9b2f5393a8d..6aa2b76fc1d1f 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/index.js
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
-import { AlignmentHookSettingsProvider } from './align';
+import './align';
 import './anchor';
 import './custom-class-name';
 import './generated-class-name';
 import './style';
 import './color';
 import './font-size';
-
-export { AlignmentHookSettingsProvider };
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/index.native.js b/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/index.native.js
index 5d9b2f5393a8d..6aa2b76fc1d1f 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/index.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/hooks/index.native.js
@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
-import { AlignmentHookSettingsProvider } from './align';
+import './align';
 import './anchor';
 import './custom-class-name';
 import './generated-class-name';
 import './style';
 import './color';
 import './font-size';
-
-export { AlignmentHookSettingsProvider };
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/index.js
index add6f5a5f9910..037b0f8fad5f1 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/index.js
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ import '@wordpress/notices';
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
  */
-import { AlignmentHookSettingsProvider as __experimentalAlignmentHookSettingsProvider } from './hooks';
-export { __experimentalAlignmentHookSettingsProvider };
+import './hooks';
 export * from './components';
 export * from './utils';
 export { storeConfig } from './store';
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/buttons/edit.js b/packages/block-library/src/buttons/edit.js
index 6cc9d69f8efb1..5e1abc01582a0 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/buttons/edit.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/buttons/edit.js
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
 import {
-	__experimentalAlignmentHookSettingsProvider as AlignmentHookSettingsProvider,
 	__experimentalUseInnerBlocksProps as useInnerBlocksProps,
 	useBlockProps,
 } from '@wordpress/block-editor';
@@ -15,23 +14,18 @@ import { name as buttonBlockName } from '../button/';
 const ALLOWED_BLOCKS = [ buttonBlockName ];
 const BUTTONS_TEMPLATE = [ [ 'core/button' ] ];
 
-// Inside buttons block alignment options are not supported.
-const alignmentHooksSetting = {
-	isEmbedButton: true,
-};
-
 function ButtonsEdit() {
 	const blockProps = useBlockProps();
 	const innerBlocksProps = useInnerBlocksProps( blockProps, {
 		allowedBlocks: ALLOWED_BLOCKS,
 		template: BUTTONS_TEMPLATE,
 		orientation: 'horizontal',
+		__experimentalLayout: {
+			type: 'default',
+			alignments: [],
+		},
 	} );
-	return (
-		<AlignmentHookSettingsProvider value={ alignmentHooksSetting }>
-			<div { ...innerBlocksProps } />
-		</AlignmentHookSettingsProvider>
-	);
+	return <div { ...innerBlocksProps } />;
 }
 
 export default ButtonsEdit;
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/buttons/edit.native.js b/packages/block-library/src/buttons/edit.native.js
index 307a8b19634aa..7c35a762935c9 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/buttons/edit.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/buttons/edit.native.js
@@ -7,10 +7,7 @@ import { View } from 'react-native';
 /**
  * WordPress dependencies
  */
-import {
-	__experimentalAlignmentHookSettingsProvider as AlignmentHookSettingsProvider,
-	InnerBlocks,
-} from '@wordpress/block-editor';
+import { InnerBlocks } from '@wordpress/block-editor';
 import { createBlock } from '@wordpress/blocks';
 import { useResizeObserver } from '@wordpress/compose';
 import { useDispatch, useSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
@@ -97,15 +94,10 @@ export default function ButtonsEdit( {
 		</View>
 	) );
 
-	// Inside buttons block alignment options are not supported.
-	const alignmentHooksSetting = {
-		isEmbedButton: true,
-	};
-
 	const shouldRenderFooterAppender = isSelected || isInnerButtonSelected;
 
 	return (
-		<AlignmentHookSettingsProvider value={ alignmentHooksSetting }>
+		<>
 			{ resizeObserver }
 			<InnerBlocks
 				allowedBlocks={ ALLOWED_BLOCKS }
@@ -122,7 +114,8 @@ export default function ButtonsEdit( {
 				parentWidth={ maxWidth }
 				marginHorizontal={ spacing }
 				marginVertical={ spacing }
+				__experimentalLayout={ { type: 'default', alignments: [] } }
 			/>
-		</AlignmentHookSettingsProvider>
+		</>
 	);
 }