diff --git a/src/components/compose-textarea.jsx b/src/components/compose-textarea.jsx
index e9432246..b8a4f6ab 100644
--- a/src/components/compose-textarea.jsx
+++ b/src/components/compose-textarea.jsx
@@ -239,11 +239,6 @@ const Textarea = forwardRef((props, ref) => {
           throttleHighlightText(text);
           debouncedAutoDetectLanguage();
         }}
-        style={{
-          width: '100%',
-          height: '4em',
-          // '--text-weight': (1 + charCount / 140).toFixed(1) || 1,
-        }}
         onScroll={(e) => {
           if (composeHighlightRef.current) {
             const { scrollTop } = e.target;
diff --git a/src/components/compose.css b/src/components/compose.css
index 20e00d58..47fdcb90 100644
--- a/src/components/compose.css
+++ b/src/components/compose.css
@@ -167,9 +167,9 @@
 }
 
 #compose-container .compose-field {
-  height: 5em;
-  height: var(--height);
-  min-height: 5em;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 4em;
+  min-height: 4em;
   max-height: 50vh;
   resize: vertical;
   border-radius: 0;
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@
     rtl-ordering: logical;
     overflow-wrap: break-word;
     white-space: pre-wrap;
-    min-height: 5em;
+    min-height: 4em;
     max-height: 50vh;
     scrollbar-width: none;