diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/element/textWysiwyg.tsx b/packages/excalidraw/element/textWysiwyg.tsx
index 5663af8f8..efe27bc6e 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/element/textWysiwyg.tsx
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/element/textWysiwyg.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import {
   isBoundToContainer,
   isTextElement,
 } from "./typeChecks";
-import { CLASSES, isSafari, POINTER_BUTTON } from "../constants";
+import { CLASSES, POINTER_BUTTON } from "../constants";
 import type {
   ExcalidrawElement,
   ExcalidrawLinearElement,
@@ -245,11 +245,6 @@ export const textWysiwyg = ({
 
       const font = getFontString(updatedTextElement);
 
-      // adding left and right padding buffer, so that browser does not cut the glyphs (does not work in Safari)
-      const padding = !isSafari
-        ? Math.ceil(updatedTextElement.fontSize / appState.zoom.value / 2)
-        : 0;
-
       // Make sure text editor height doesn't go beyond viewport
       const editorMaxHeight =
         (appState.height - viewportY) / appState.zoom.value;
@@ -259,7 +254,7 @@ export const textWysiwyg = ({
         lineHeight: updatedTextElement.lineHeight,
         width: `${width}px`,
         height: `${height}px`,
-        left: `${viewportX - padding}px`,
+        left: `${viewportX}px`,
         top: `${viewportY}px`,
         transform: getTransform(
           width,
@@ -269,7 +264,6 @@ export const textWysiwyg = ({
           maxWidth,
           editorMaxHeight,
         ),
-        padding: `0 ${padding}px`,
         textAlign,
         verticalAlign,
         color: updatedTextElement.strokeColor,
@@ -310,6 +304,7 @@ export const textWysiwyg = ({
     minHeight: "1em",
     backfaceVisibility: "hidden",
     margin: 0,
+    padding: 0,
     border: 0,
     outline: 0,
     resize: "none",
diff --git a/packages/excalidraw/tests/__snapshots__/linearElementEditor.test.tsx.snap b/packages/excalidraw/tests/__snapshots__/linearElementEditor.test.tsx.snap
index 399fab29b..00857987c 100644
--- a/packages/excalidraw/tests/__snapshots__/linearElementEditor.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/excalidraw/tests/__snapshots__/linearElementEditor.test.tsx.snap
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ exports[`Test Linear Elements > Test bound text element > should match styles fo
   class="excalidraw-wysiwyg"
   data-type="wysiwyg"
   dir="auto"
-  style="position: absolute; display: inline-block; min-height: 1em; backface-visibility: hidden; margin: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0; resize: none; background: transparent; overflow: hidden; z-index: var(--zIndex-wysiwyg); word-break: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; box-sizing: content-box; width: 10.5px; height: 26.25px; left: 25px; top: 7.5px; transform: translate(0px, 0px) scale(1) rotate(0deg); padding: 0px 10px; text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(30, 30, 30); opacity: 1; filter: var(--theme-filter); max-height: 992.5px; font: Emoji 20px 20px; line-height: 1.25; font-family: Excalifont, Xiaolai, Segoe UI Emoji;"
+  style="position: absolute; display: inline-block; min-height: 1em; backface-visibility: hidden; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0; resize: none; background: transparent; overflow: hidden; z-index: var(--zIndex-wysiwyg); word-break: break-word; white-space: pre-wrap; overflow-wrap: break-word; box-sizing: content-box; width: 10.5px; height: 26.25px; left: 35px; top: 7.5px; transform: translate(0px, 0px) scale(1) rotate(0deg); text-align: center; vertical-align: middle; color: rgb(30, 30, 30); opacity: 1; filter: var(--theme-filter); max-height: 992.5px; font: Emoji 20px 20px; line-height: 1.25; font-family: Excalifont, Xiaolai, Segoe UI Emoji;"
   tabindex="0"
   wrap="off"
 />