diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/start-template-options/index.js b/packages/edit-site/src/components/start-template-options/index.js
index 18cd0666e3f5d1..33076bb17b8290 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/start-template-options/index.js
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/start-template-options/index.js
@@ -77,7 +77,6 @@ function PatternSelection( { fallbackContent, onChoosePattern, postType } ) {
 			<BlockPatternsList
 				blockPatterns={ blockPatterns }
 				shownPatterns={ shownBlockPatterns }
-				showTitlesAsTooltip
 				onClickPattern={ ( pattern, blocks ) => {
 					onChange( 'start-blank' === pattern.name ? [] : blocks, {
 						selection: undefined,
diff --git a/packages/edit-site/src/components/start-template-options/style.scss b/packages/edit-site/src/components/start-template-options/style.scss
index fcdb630bb9be23..4a2199908de2e2 100644
--- a/packages/edit-site/src/components/start-template-options/style.scss
+++ b/packages/edit-site/src/components/start-template-options/style.scss
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 		height: calc(100% - #{ $header-height * 2 });
 	}
 	@include break-medium() {
-		width: 70%;
+		width: 50%;
 	}
 	@include break-large() {
 		height: fit-content;
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@
 			width: 100%;
 			position: absolute;
 		}
+
+		.block-editor-block-patterns-list__item-title {
+			display: none;
+		}
 	}
 
 	// The start blank pattern is the last and we are selecting it.