diff --git a/changelogs/upcoming/7360.md b/changelogs/upcoming/7360.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..18056dd00c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/upcoming/7360.md
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Updated `EuiText` to no longer set any opinionated styles on child `<img>` tags - use `EuiImage` for image display within text instead
diff --git a/src/components/text/__snapshots__/text.styles.test.ts.snap b/src/components/text/__snapshots__/text.styles.test.ts.snap
index 5fa6844096e..f4937379d57 100644
--- a/src/components/text/__snapshots__/text.styles.test.ts.snap
+++ b/src/components/text/__snapshots__/text.styles.test.ts.snap
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ exports[`euiTextStyles sizes m 1`] = `
     p,
     dl,
     blockquote,
-    img,
     pre,
     > ul,
     > ol {
@@ -243,7 +242,6 @@ exports[`euiTextStyles sizes relative 1`] = `
     p,
     dl,
     blockquote,
-    img,
     pre,
     > ul,
     > ol {
@@ -390,7 +388,6 @@ exports[`euiTextStyles sizes s 1`] = `
     p,
     dl,
     blockquote,
-    img,
     pre,
     > ul,
     > ol {
@@ -537,7 +534,6 @@ exports[`euiTextStyles sizes xs 1`] = `
     p,
     dl,
     blockquote,
-    img,
     pre,
     > ul,
     > ol {
diff --git a/src/components/text/text.styles.ts b/src/components/text/text.styles.ts
index 0bcc68b2c45..fbafc8bb87c 100644
--- a/src/components/text/text.styles.ts
+++ b/src/components/text/text.styles.ts
@@ -144,7 +144,6 @@ const euiScaleText = (
     p,
     dl,
     blockquote,
-    img,
     pre,
     > ul,
     > ol {
@@ -249,11 +248,6 @@ export const euiTextStyles = (euiThemeContext: UseEuiTheme) => {
         ${euiLinkCSS(euiThemeContext)}
       }
 
-      img {
-        display: block;
-        ${logicalCSS('max-width', '100%')}
-      }
-
       ul {
         list-style: disc;
       }