diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/block-selection-button.native.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/block-selection-button.native.js
index 97a790482c765..1f8d1b39cf311 100644
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/block-selection-button.native.js
+++ b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/block-selection-button.native.js
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@
 import { Icon } from '@wordpress/components';
 import { withSelect } from '@wordpress/data';
 import { compose } from '@wordpress/compose';
-import { getBlockType } from '@wordpress/blocks';
 
 /**
  * External dependencies
@@ -16,16 +15,10 @@ import { View, Text, TouchableOpacity } from 'react-native';
  */
 import BlockTitle from '../block-title';
 import useBlockDisplayInformation from '../use-block-display-information';
-import SubdirectorSVG from './subdirectory-icon';
 import { store as blockEditorStore } from '../../store';
 import styles from './block-selection-button.scss';
 
-const BlockSelectionButton = ( {
-	clientId,
-	rootClientId,
-	rootBlockIcon,
-	isRTL,
-} ) => {
+const BlockSelectionButton = ( { clientId, rootClientId } ) => {
 	const blockInformation = useBlockDisplayInformation( clientId );
 	return (
 		<View
@@ -43,21 +36,6 @@ const BlockSelectionButton = ( {
 					true
 				} /* Disable temporarily since onPress function is empty */
 			>
-				{ rootClientId &&
-					rootBlockIcon && [
-						<Icon
-							key="parent-icon"
-							size={ 24 }
-							icon={ rootBlockIcon.src }
-							fill={ styles.icon.color }
-						/>,
-						<View key="subdirectory-icon" style={ styles.arrow }>
-							<SubdirectorSVG
-								fill={ styles.arrow.color }
-								isRTL={ isRTL }
-							/>
-						</View>,
-					] }
 				<Icon
 					size={ 24 }
 					icon={ blockInformation?.icon?.src }
@@ -78,23 +56,16 @@ const BlockSelectionButton = ( {
 
 export default compose( [
 	withSelect( ( select, { clientId } ) => {
-		const { getBlockRootClientId, getBlockName, getSettings } = select(
-			blockEditorStore
-		);
+		const { getBlockRootClientId } = select( blockEditorStore );
 		const rootClientId = getBlockRootClientId( clientId );
 
 		if ( ! rootClientId ) {
 			return { clientId };
 		}
-		const rootBlockName = getBlockName( rootClientId );
-		const rootBlockType = getBlockType( rootBlockName );
-		const rootBlockIcon = rootBlockType ? rootBlockType.icon : {};
 
 		return {
 			clientId,
 			rootClientId,
-			rootBlockIcon,
-			isRTL: getSettings().isRTL,
 		};
 	} ),
 ] )( BlockSelectionButton );
diff --git a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/subdirectory-icon.js b/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/subdirectory-icon.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 085bc6830bda6..0000000000000
--- a/packages/block-editor/src/components/block-list/subdirectory-icon.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * WordPress dependencies
- */
-import { SVG, Path } from '@wordpress/components';
-import { isRTL } from '@wordpress/i18n';
-
-const Subdirectory = ( { ...extraProps } ) => (
-	<SVG
-		xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
-		width={ 14 }
-		height={ 14 }
-		viewBox="0 0 20 20"
-		{ ...extraProps }
-	>
-		<Path
-			d="M19 15l-6 6-1.42-1.42L15.17 16H4V4h2v10h9.17l-3.59-3.58L13 9l6 6z"
-			transform={ isRTL() ? 'scale(-1,1) translate(-20,0)' : undefined }
-		/>
-	</SVG>
-);
-export default Subdirectory;