diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/writing-flow/index.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/writing-flow/index.js
index 03cb5858020789..045cdbfc84a533 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/writing-flow/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/writing-flow/index.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {
 	computeCaretRect,
 	focus,
 	isHorizontalEdge,
-	isTextField,
 	isVerticalEdge,
 	placeCaretAtHorizontalEdge,
 	placeCaretAtVerticalEdge,
@@ -34,9 +33,7 @@ import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
  * Internal dependencies
  */
 import {
-	isBlockFocusStop,
 	isInSameBlock,
-	hasInnerBlocksContext,
 	isInsideRootBlock,
 	getBlockDOMNode,
 	getBlockClientId,
@@ -115,12 +112,17 @@ export function getClosestTabbable(
 		targetRect = target.getBoundingClientRect();
 	}
 
-	function isTabCandidate( node, i, array ) {
+	function isTabCandidate( node ) {
 		// Not a candidate if the node is not tabbable.
 		if ( ! focus.tabbable.isTabbableIndex( node ) ) {
 			return false;
 		}
 
+		// Skip focusable elements such as links within content editable nodes.
+		if ( node.isContentEditable && node.contentEditable !== 'true' ) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
 		if ( onlyVertical ) {
 			const nodeRect = node.getBoundingClientRect();
 
@@ -132,48 +134,6 @@ export function getClosestTabbable(
 			}
 		}
 
-		// Prefer text fields...
-		if ( isTextField( node ) ) {
-			return true;
-		}
-
-		// ...but settle for block focus stop.
-		if ( ! isBlockFocusStop( node ) ) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		// If element contains inner blocks, stop immediately at its focus
-		// wrapper.
-		if ( hasInnerBlocksContext( node ) ) {
-			return true;
-		}
-
-		// If navigating out of a block (in reverse), don't consider its
-		// block focus stop.
-		if ( node.contains( target ) ) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		// In case of block focus stop, check to see if there's a better
-		// text field candidate within.
-		for (
-			let offset = 1, nextNode;
-			( nextNode = array[ i + offset ] );
-			offset++
-		) {
-			// Abort if no longer testing descendents of focus stop.
-			if ( ! node.contains( nextNode ) ) {
-				break;
-			}
-
-			// Apply same tests by recursion. This is important to consider
-			// nestable blocks where we don't want to settle for the inner
-			// block focus stop.
-			if ( isTabCandidate( nextNode, i + offset, array ) ) {
-				return false;
-			}
-		}
-
 		return true;
 	}
 
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/utils/dom.js b/packages/block-editor/src/utils/dom.js
index 4f9c971ccd0771..248587311d1d2b 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/utils/dom.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/utils/dom.js
@@ -31,18 +31,6 @@ export function getBlockPreviewContainerDOMNode( clientId, doc ) {
 	return domNode.firstChild || domNode;
 }
 
-/**
- * Returns true if the given element is a block focus stop. Blocks without their
- * own text fields rely on the focus stop to be keyboard navigable.
- *
- * @param {Element} element Element to test.
- *
- * @return {boolean} Whether element is a block focus stop.
- */
-export function isBlockFocusStop( element ) {
-	return element.classList.contains( 'block-editor-block-list__block' );
-}
-
 /**
  * Returns true if two elements are contained within the same block.
  *
@@ -73,21 +61,6 @@ export function isInsideRootBlock( blockElement, element ) {
 	return parentBlock === blockElement;
 }
 
-/**
- * Returns true if the given element contains inner blocks (an InnerBlocks
- * element).
- *
- * @param {Element} element Element to test.
- *
- * @return {boolean} Whether element contains inner blocks.
- */
-export function hasInnerBlocksContext( element ) {
-	return (
-		element.classList.contains( 'block-editor-block-list__layout' ) ||
-		!! element.querySelector( '.block-editor-block-list__layout' )
-	);
-}
-
 /**
  * Finds the block client ID given any DOM node inside the block.
  *
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/utils/test/dom.js b/packages/block-editor/src/utils/test/dom.js
deleted file mode 100644
index b755f74bcb899f..00000000000000
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/utils/test/dom.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Internal dependencies
- */
-import { hasInnerBlocksContext } from '../dom';
-
-describe( 'hasInnerBlocksContext()', () => {
-	it( 'should return false for a block node which has no inner blocks', () => {
-		const wrapper = document.createElement( 'div' );
-		wrapper.innerHTML =
-			'<div class="block-editor-block-list__block" data-type="core/paragraph" tabindex="0">' +
-			'	<div class="block-editor-block-list__block-edit" aria-label="Block: Paragraph">' +
-			'		<p contenteditable="true">This is a test.</p>' +
-			'	</div>' +
-			'</div>';
-
-		const blockNode = wrapper.firstChild;
-		expect( hasInnerBlocksContext( blockNode ) ).toBe( false );
-	} );
-
-	it( 'should return true for a block node which contains inner blocks', () => {
-		const wrapper = document.createElement( 'div' );
-		wrapper.innerHTML =
-			'<div class="block-editor-block-list__block" data-type="core/columns" tabindex="0">' +
-			'	<div class="block-editor-block-list__block-edit" aria-label="Block: Columns (beta)">' +
-			'		<div class="wp-block-columns has-2-columns">' +
-			'			<div class="block-editor-block-list__layout"></div>' +
-			'			<div class="block-editor-block-list__layout"></div>' +
-			'		</div>' +
-			'	</div>' +
-			'</div>';
-
-		const blockNode = wrapper.firstChild;
-		expect( hasInnerBlocksContext( blockNode ) ).toBe( true );
-	} );
-} );
diff --git a/packages/e2e-tests/specs/editor/blocks/quote.test.js b/packages/e2e-tests/specs/editor/blocks/quote.test.js
index e185c9e3c7cd70..5e71c3d4aaaf5b 100644
--- a/packages/e2e-tests/specs/editor/blocks/quote.test.js
+++ b/packages/e2e-tests/specs/editor/blocks/quote.test.js
@@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ describe( 'Quote', () => {
 		await page.keyboard.press( 'ArrowLeft' );
 		await page.keyboard.press( 'ArrowDown' );
 		await page.keyboard.press( 'ArrowDown' );
+		await page.keyboard.press( 'ArrowDown' );
 		await page.keyboard.press( 'Backspace' );
 
 		expect( await getEditedPostContent() ).toMatchSnapshot();