diff --git a/packages/styles/scss/components/ui-shell/side-nav/_side-nav.scss b/packages/styles/scss/components/ui-shell/side-nav/_side-nav.scss
index 1287cd00bf16..51ca4d49b4f2 100644
--- a/packages/styles/scss/components/ui-shell/side-nav/_side-nav.scss
+++ b/packages/styles/scss/components/ui-shell/side-nav/_side-nav.scss
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@
   }
 
   .#{$prefix}--side-nav__item--large {
-    block-size: mini-units(6);
+    block-size: auto;
   }
 
   //----------------------------------------------------------------------------