diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.css b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.css
index 0e32d333cc..27f480f3c9 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.css
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.css
@@ -17,8 +17,6 @@ text-cell-component .notebook-preview {
 	flex-direction: column;
 	padding-left: 8px;
 	padding-right: 8px;
-	padding-top: 14px;
-	padding-bottom: 14px;
 	user-select: none;
 	width: 100%;
 	outline: none;
@@ -32,8 +30,6 @@ text-cell-component .show-markdown .notebook-preview {
 	border-style: solid;
 	border-top-width: 0;
 	width: 50%;
-	padding-top: 0px;
-	padding-bottom: 0px;
 }
 .notebook-preview.actionselect {
 	user-select: text;