diff --git a/packages/styles/scss/components/tableofcontents/_table-of-contents.scss b/packages/styles/scss/components/tableofcontents/_table-of-contents.scss
index a212ac2ac2c..b3ee02bd4a8 100644
--- a/packages/styles/scss/components/tableofcontents/_table-of-contents.scss
+++ b/packages/styles/scss/components/tableofcontents/_table-of-contents.scss
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ $hover-transition-timing: 95ms;
     @extend .#{$prefix}--col-lg-12;
 
     box-sizing: border-box;
-    padding-block: $spacing-05 $spacing-09;
   }
 
   .#{$prefix}--tableofcontents {
diff --git a/packages/web-components/src/components/table-of-contents/__stories__/table-of-contents.stories.scss b/packages/web-components/src/components/table-of-contents/__stories__/table-of-contents.stories.scss
index 356781345dc..7f5127a590b 100644
--- a/packages/web-components/src/components/table-of-contents/__stories__/table-of-contents.stories.scss
+++ b/packages/web-components/src/components/table-of-contents/__stories__/table-of-contents.stories.scss
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 //
-// Copyright IBM Corp. 2020, 2023
+// Copyright IBM Corp. 2020, 2024
 //
 // This source code is licensed under the Apache-2.0 license found in the
 // LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 @use '@carbon/ibmdotcom-styles/scss/globals/vars' as *;
 
 .#{$c4d-prefix}-ce-demo--table-of-contents {
-  padding: 0 $spacing-05;
+  padding: $spacing-07 $spacing-09;
 
   h3 {
     padding-block: $spacing-07;