diff --git a/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nDataTableServer/N8nDataTableServer.vue b/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nDataTableServer/N8nDataTableServer.vue
index 923b324e5b2..7f8efc828c2 100644
--- a/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nDataTableServer/N8nDataTableServer.vue
+++ b/packages/frontend/@n8n/design-system/src/components/N8nDataTableServer/N8nDataTableServer.vue
@@ -611,11 +611,10 @@ const table = useVueTable({
 
 .table-scroll {
 	max-height: 100%;
+	// No reserved scrollbar gutter: the header and the row dividers run the full width, and a
+	// scrollbar shows only while the rows overflow.
 	overflow: auto;
-	scrollbar-gutter: stable;
 	position: relative;
-	// The gutter stays reserved when nothing scrolls. The row colour keeps it from showing as a strip.
-	background-color: var(--color--background--light-3);
 }
 
 th.loading-row {