diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/dropdown_menu.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/dropdown_menu.jsx
index f6c08dd43b..524dbb927b 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/components/dropdown_menu.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/components/dropdown_menu.jsx
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import ImmutablePropTypes from 'react-immutable-proptypes';
 import { supportsPassiveEvents } from 'detect-passive-events';
 import Overlay from 'react-overlays/Overlay';
 
-import CloseIcon from '@/material-icons/400-24px/close.svg?react';
 import { CircularProgress } from 'mastodon/components/circular_progress';
 import { WithRouterPropTypes } from 'mastodon/utils/react_router';
 
@@ -298,7 +297,7 @@ class Dropdown extends PureComponent {
     }) : (
       <IconButton
         icon={!open ? icon : 'close'}
-        iconComponent={!open ? iconComponent : CloseIcon}
+        iconComponent={iconComponent}
         title={title}
         active={open}
         disabled={disabled}
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/index.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/index.jsx
index b17b59a0e6..da554f684f 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/index.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/index.jsx
@@ -80,7 +80,6 @@ const mapStateToProps = state => ({
   hasComposingText: state.getIn(['compose', 'text']).trim().length !== 0,
   hasMediaAttachments: state.getIn(['compose', 'media_attachments']).size > 0,
   canUploadMore: !state.getIn(['compose', 'media_attachments']).some(x => ['audio', 'video'].includes(x.get('type'))) && state.getIn(['compose', 'media_attachments']).size < 4,
-  dropdownMenuIsOpen: state.dropdownMenu.openId !== null,
   firstLaunch: state.getIn(['settings', 'introductionVersion'], 0) < INTRODUCTION_VERSION,
   username: state.getIn(['accounts', me, 'username']),
 });
@@ -262,7 +261,6 @@ class UI extends PureComponent {
     hasMediaAttachments: PropTypes.bool,
     canUploadMore: PropTypes.bool,
     intl: PropTypes.object.isRequired,
-    dropdownMenuIsOpen: PropTypes.bool,
     layout: PropTypes.string.isRequired,
     firstLaunch: PropTypes.bool,
     username: PropTypes.string,
@@ -555,7 +553,7 @@ class UI extends PureComponent {
 
   render () {
     const { draggingOver } = this.state;
-    const { children, isComposing, location, dropdownMenuIsOpen, layout } = this.props;
+    const { children, isComposing, location, layout } = this.props;
 
     const handlers = {
       help: this.handleHotkeyToggleHelp,
@@ -581,7 +579,7 @@ class UI extends PureComponent {
 
     return (
       <HotKeys keyMap={keyMap} handlers={handlers} ref={this.setHotkeysRef} attach={window} focused>
-        <div className={classNames('ui', { 'is-composing': isComposing })} ref={this.setRef} style={{ pointerEvents: dropdownMenuIsOpen ? 'none' : null }}>
+        <div className={classNames('ui', { 'is-composing': isComposing })} ref={this.setRef}>
           <Header />
 
           <SwitchingColumnsArea location={location} singleColumn={layout === 'mobile' || layout === 'single-column'}>