diff --git a/src/plugins/console/public/application/containers/main/main.tsx b/src/plugins/console/public/application/containers/main/main.tsx
index c52e94f50749f..ef55f5406edaf 100644
--- a/src/plugins/console/public/application/containers/main/main.tsx
+++ b/src/plugins/console/public/application/containers/main/main.tsx
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ export function Main({ currentTabProp, isEmbeddable = false }: MainProps) {
           {currentTab === HISTORY_TAB_ID && <History isVerticalLayout={isVerticalLayout} />}
           {currentTab === CONFIG_TAB_ID && <Config isVerticalLayout={isVerticalLayout} />}
         </EuiSplitPanel.Inner>
-        <EuiHorizontalRule margin="none" className="consoleVariablesBottomBar" />
+        <EuiHorizontalRule margin="none" />
         <EuiSplitPanel.Inner
           paddingSize="xs"
           grow={false}
diff --git a/src/plugins/console/public/styles/_app.scss b/src/plugins/console/public/styles/_app.scss
index 51fb701a57b46..4c3ccb8b1cadc 100644
--- a/src/plugins/console/public/styles/_app.scss
+++ b/src/plugins/console/public/styles/_app.scss
@@ -29,11 +29,7 @@
   left: 0;
   bottom: 0;
   right: 0;
-}
-
-.consoleVariablesBottomBar {
-  // Give priority to the variables bar so that it doesn't get covered by the empty prompt when in vertical layout
-  z-index: $euiZLevel2;
+  overflow: hidden;
 }
 
 .conApp__editor {
@@ -123,6 +119,7 @@
   border-radius: $euiSizeXS;
   box-shadow: 0 0 $euiSizeXS $euiSizeXS transparentize($euiShadowColor, .9);
   padding-top: $euiSize * .1;
+  overflow-y: auto;
 }
 
 .conApp__editorActions {