diff --git a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/AlertRuleForm.tsx b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/AlertRuleForm.tsx
index 4a01b9364a5..9f86f091b06 100644
--- a/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/AlertRuleForm.tsx
+++ b/public/app/features/alerting/unified/components/rule-editor/alert-rule-form/AlertRuleForm.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { useParams } from 'react-router-dom-v5-compat';
 
 import { GrafanaTheme2 } from '@grafana/data';
 import { config, locationService } from '@grafana/runtime';
-import { Alert, Button, Spinner, Stack, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
+import { Alert, Button, Stack, useStyles2 } from '@grafana/ui';
 import { useAppNotification } from 'app/core/copy/appNotification';
 import { contextSrv } from 'app/core/core';
 import { Trans, t } from 'app/core/internationalization';
@@ -279,7 +279,6 @@ export const AlertRuleForm = ({ existing, prefill, isManualRestore }: Props) =>
                 disabled={isSubmitting}
                 icon={isSubmitting ? 'spinner' : undefined}
               >
-                {isSubmitting && <Spinner className={styles.buttonSpinner} inline={true} />}
                 <Trans i18nKey="alerting.alert-rule-form.action-buttons.save">Save</Trans>
               </Button>
 
@@ -394,9 +393,6 @@ function storeInLocalStorageValues(values: RuleFormValues) {
 }
 
 const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
-  buttonSpinner: css({
-    marginRight: theme.spacing(1),
-  }),
   form: css({
     width: '100%',
     height: '100%',
@@ -409,9 +405,4 @@ const getStyles = (theme: GrafanaTheme2) => ({
     maxWidth: theme.breakpoints.values.xl,
     flex: 1,
   }),
-  flexRow: css({
-    display: 'flex',
-    flexDirection: 'row',
-    justifyContent: 'flex-start',
-  }),
 });