diff --git a/src/components/description_list/description_list_description.styles.ts b/src/components/description_list/description_list_description.styles.ts
index 45b19826af3..4edf530a278 100644
--- a/src/components/description_list/description_list_description.styles.ts
+++ b/src/components/description_list/description_list_description.styles.ts
@@ -11,8 +11,6 @@ import { euiFontSize, logicalTextAlignCSS } from '../../global_styling';
 import { UseEuiTheme } from '../../services';
 import { euiTitle } from '../title/title.styles';
 
-const COLUMN_MAX_WIDTH = '55ch'; // Is this intentional? I was under the impression we were only setting a max-width on titles
-
 export const euiDescriptionListDescriptionStyles = (
   euiThemeContext: UseEuiTheme
 ) => {
@@ -21,9 +19,7 @@ export const euiDescriptionListDescriptionStyles = (
 
     // Types
     row: css``,
-    column: css`
-      max-inline-size: ${COLUMN_MAX_WIDTH};
-    `,
+    column: css``,
     inline: css`
       display: inline;
     `,
diff --git a/src/components/description_list/description_list_title.styles.ts b/src/components/description_list/description_list_title.styles.ts
index 9a8da0a17e2..7f6647c1ec7 100644
--- a/src/components/description_list/description_list_title.styles.ts
+++ b/src/components/description_list/description_list_title.styles.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ import {
 import { UseEuiTheme } from '../../services';
 import { euiTitle } from '../title/title.styles';
 
-const COLUMN_MAX_WIDTH = '55ch';
-
 export const euiDescriptionListTitleStyles = (euiThemeContext: UseEuiTheme) => {
   const { euiTheme, colorMode } = euiThemeContext;
 
@@ -28,9 +26,7 @@ export const euiDescriptionListTitleStyles = (euiThemeContext: UseEuiTheme) => {
 
     // Types
     row: css``,
-    column: css`
-      max-inline-size: ${COLUMN_MAX_WIDTH};
-    `,
+    column: css``,
     inline: css`
       display: inline;
       border-radius: ${euiTheme.border.radius.small};