diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index fc8010e0fb6..29b46b8ebca 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
     "start:noLint": "yarn start --env noTsCheck=1 --env noLint=1",
     "stats": "webpack --mode production --config scripts/webpack/webpack.prod.js --profile --json > compilation-stats.json",
     "storybook": "yarn workspace @grafana/ui storybook --ci",
-    "storybook:dev": "yarn workspace @grafana/ui storybook dev -p 9001 -c .storybook --no-open",
     "storybook:build": "yarn workspace @grafana/ui storybook:build",
     "themes:generate": "esbuild --target=es6 ./scripts/cli/generateSassVariableFiles.ts --bundle --platform=node --tsconfig=./scripts/cli/tsconfig.json | node",
     "themes:usage": "eslint . --ext .tsx,.ts --ignore-pattern '*.test.ts*' --ignore-pattern '*.spec.ts*' --cache --rule '{ @grafana/theme-token-usage: \"error\" }'",
diff --git a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Select/getSelectStyles.ts b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Select/getSelectStyles.ts
index 9236e63137e..84ce715aab2 100644
--- a/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Select/getSelectStyles.ts
+++ b/packages/grafana-ui/src/components/Select/getSelectStyles.ts
@@ -127,10 +127,6 @@ export const getSelectStyles = stylesFactory((theme: GrafanaTheme2) => {
       label: 'grafana-select-multi-value-remove',
       margin: theme.spacing(0, 0.5),
       cursor: 'pointer',
-
-      // enabling remove values in opened state
-      // https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/77698
-      zIndex: theme.zIndex.portal + 1,
       svg: {
         marginBottom: 0,
       },