diff --git a/packages/react/src/Textarea/Textarea.tsx b/packages/react/src/Textarea/Textarea.tsx
index a6b835e3e06..ff39ed078b9 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/Textarea/Textarea.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/Textarea/Textarea.tsx
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ const Textarea = React.forwardRef<HTMLTextAreaElement, TextareaProps>(
           disabled={disabled}
           rows={rows}
           cols={cols}
-          className={className}
           {...rest}
         />
       </TextInputBaseWrapper>
diff --git a/packages/react/src/__tests__/Textarea.test.tsx b/packages/react/src/__tests__/Textarea.test.tsx
index d030b07d979..2bc0c7f6e20 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/__tests__/Textarea.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/src/__tests__/Textarea.test.tsx
@@ -37,8 +37,8 @@ describe('Textarea', () => {
         </FeatureFlags>
       )
     }
-    expect(render(<Element />).container.firstChild?.firstChild).toHaveClass('test-class-name')
-    expect(render(<FeatureFlagElement />).container.firstChild?.firstChild).toHaveClass('test-class-name')
+    expect(render(<Element />).container.firstChild).toHaveClass('test-class-name')
+    expect(render(<FeatureFlagElement />).container.firstChild).toHaveClass('test-class-name')
   })
 
   it('renders a valid textarea input', () => {