diff --git a/packages/components/src/components/multi-select/_multi-select.scss b/packages/components/src/components/multi-select/_multi-select.scss
index 8d2fae906fcc..ee42140363e6 100644
--- a/packages/components/src/components/multi-select/_multi-select.scss
+++ b/packages/components/src/components/multi-select/_multi-select.scss
@@ -58,9 +58,7 @@
 
   .#{$prefix}--multi-select--filterable {
     .#{$prefix}--list-box__selection--multi {
-      position: absolute;
-      right: auto;
-      left: $carbon--spacing-03;
+      margin: 0 0 0 $spacing-05;
     }
   }
 
@@ -70,15 +68,6 @@
     background-color: transparent;
     border-bottom: 0;
   }
-
-  .#{$prefix}--multi-select--selected .#{$prefix}--text-input {
-    // this value will need to change based on the number of digits in
-    // the number of items selected
-    //
-    // i.e. the input field needs adjusted padding to account for the width of
-    // the number in <ListBox.Selection>
-    padding-left: carbon--mini-units(7);
-  }
 }
 
 @include exports('multi-select') {