diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/index.js b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/index.js
index c1f49543e040a..a81ba39c3a090 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/index.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/index.js
@@ -135,6 +135,10 @@ function Navigation( {
 		isError: createNavigationMenuIsError,
 	} = useCreateNavigationMenu( clientId );
 
+	const createUntitledEmptyNavigationMenu = () => {
+		createNavigationMenu( '' );
+	};
+
 	useEffect( () => {
 		hideNavigationMenuStatusNotice();
 
@@ -143,8 +147,7 @@ function Navigation( {
 		}
 
 		if ( createNavigationMenuIsSuccess ) {
-			setRef( createNavigationMenuPost.id );
-			selectBlock( clientId );
+			handleUpdateMenu( createNavigationMenuPost.id, true );
 
 			showNavigationMenuStatusNotice(
 				__( `Navigation Menu successfully created.` )
@@ -157,7 +160,6 @@ function Navigation( {
 			);
 		}
 	}, [
-		createNavigationMenu,
 		createNavigationMenuStatus,
 		createNavigationMenuError,
 		createNavigationMenuPost,
@@ -193,7 +195,6 @@ function Navigation( {
 		isNavigationMenuResolved,
 		isNavigationMenuMissing,
 		navigationMenus,
-		navigationMenu,
 		canUserUpdateNavigationMenu,
 		hasResolvedCanUserUpdateNavigationMenu,
 		canUserDeleteNavigationMenu,
@@ -242,8 +243,6 @@ function Navigation( {
 
 	const navRef = useRef();
 
-	const isDraftNavigationMenu = navigationMenu?.status === 'draft';
-
 	const {
 		convert: convertClassicMenu,
 		status: classicMenuConversionStatus,
@@ -333,9 +332,11 @@ function Navigation( {
 	] = useState();
 	const [ detectedOverlayColor, setDetectedOverlayColor ] = useState();
 
-	const handleUpdateMenu = ( menuId ) => {
+	const handleUpdateMenu = ( menuId, focusNavigationBlock = false ) => {
 		setRef( menuId );
-		selectBlock( clientId );
+		if ( focusNavigationBlock ) {
+			selectBlock( clientId );
+		}
 	};
 
 	useEffect( () => {
@@ -430,27 +431,6 @@ function Navigation( {
 
 	const hasManagePermissions =
 		canUserCreateNavigationMenu || canUserUpdateNavigationMenu;
-	const navigationSelectorRef = useRef();
-	const [ shouldFocusNavigationSelector, setShouldFocusNavigationSelector ] =
-		useState( false );
-
-	// Focus support after menu selection.
-	useEffect( () => {
-		if (
-			isDraftNavigationMenu ||
-			! isEntityAvailable ||
-			! shouldFocusNavigationSelector
-		) {
-			return;
-		}
-		navigationSelectorRef?.current?.focus();
-		setShouldFocusNavigationSelector( false );
-	}, [
-		isDraftNavigationMenu,
-		isEntityAvailable,
-		shouldFocusNavigationSelector,
-	] );
-
 	const isResponsive = 'never' !== overlayMenu;
 
 	const overlayMenuPreviewClasses = classnames(
@@ -607,12 +587,10 @@ function Navigation( {
 				<InspectorControls>
 					<PanelBody title={ __( 'Menu' ) }>
 						<NavigationMenuSelector
-							ref={ navigationSelectorRef }
 							currentMenuId={ ref }
 							clientId={ clientId }
 							onSelectNavigationMenu={ ( menuId ) => {
 								handleUpdateMenu( menuId );
-								setShouldFocusNavigationSelector( true );
 							} }
 							onSelectClassicMenu={ async ( classicMenu ) => {
 								const navMenu = await convertClassicMenu(
@@ -620,11 +598,10 @@ function Navigation( {
 									classicMenu.name
 								);
 								if ( navMenu ) {
-									handleUpdateMenu( navMenu.id );
-									setShouldFocusNavigationSelector( true );
+									handleUpdateMenu( navMenu.id, true );
 								}
 							} }
-							onCreateNew={ () => createNavigationMenu( '', [] ) }
+							onCreateNew={ createUntitledEmptyNavigationMenu }
 							/* translators: %s: The name of a menu. */
 							actionLabel={ __( "Switch to '%s'" ) }
 						/>
@@ -684,12 +661,10 @@ function Navigation( {
 				<InspectorControls>
 					<PanelBody title={ __( 'Menu' ) }>
 						<NavigationMenuSelector
-							ref={ navigationSelectorRef }
 							currentMenuId={ null }
 							clientId={ clientId }
 							onSelectNavigationMenu={ ( menuId ) => {
 								handleUpdateMenu( menuId );
-								setShouldFocusNavigationSelector( true );
 							} }
 							onSelectClassicMenu={ async ( classicMenu ) => {
 								const navMenu = await convertClassicMenu(
@@ -697,11 +672,10 @@ function Navigation( {
 									classicMenu.name
 								);
 								if ( navMenu ) {
-									handleUpdateMenu( navMenu.id );
-									setShouldFocusNavigationSelector( true );
+									handleUpdateMenu( navMenu.id, true );
 								}
 							} }
-							onCreateNew={ () => createNavigationMenu( '', [] ) }
+							onCreateNew={ createUntitledEmptyNavigationMenu }
 							/* translators: %s: The name of a menu. */
 							actionLabel={ __( "Switch to '%s'" ) }
 						/>
@@ -722,7 +696,7 @@ function Navigation( {
 						'Navigation menu has been deleted or is unavailable. '
 					) }
 					<Button
-						onClick={ () => createNavigationMenu( '', [] ) }
+						onClick={ createUntitledEmptyNavigationMenu }
 						variant="link"
 					>
 						{ __( 'Create a new menu?' ) }
@@ -769,7 +743,6 @@ function Navigation( {
 					}
 					onSelectNavigationMenu={ ( menuId ) => {
 						handleUpdateMenu( menuId );
-						setShouldFocusNavigationSelector( true );
 					} }
 					onSelectClassicMenu={ async ( classicMenu ) => {
 						const navMenu = await convertClassicMenu(
@@ -777,11 +750,10 @@ function Navigation( {
 							classicMenu.name
 						);
 						if ( navMenu ) {
-							handleUpdateMenu( navMenu.id );
-							setShouldFocusNavigationSelector( true );
+							handleUpdateMenu( navMenu.id, true );
 						}
 					} }
-					onCreateEmpty={ () => createNavigationMenu( '', [] ) }
+					onCreateEmpty={ createUntitledEmptyNavigationMenu }
 				/>
 			</TagName>
 		);
@@ -793,12 +765,10 @@ function Navigation( {
 				<InspectorControls>
 					<PanelBody title={ __( 'Menu' ) }>
 						<NavigationMenuSelector
-							ref={ navigationSelectorRef }
 							currentMenuId={ ref }
 							clientId={ clientId }
 							onSelectNavigationMenu={ ( menuId ) => {
 								handleUpdateMenu( menuId );
-								setShouldFocusNavigationSelector( true );
 							} }
 							onSelectClassicMenu={ async ( classicMenu ) => {
 								const navMenu = await convertClassicMenu(
@@ -806,11 +776,10 @@ function Navigation( {
 									classicMenu.name
 								);
 								if ( navMenu ) {
-									handleUpdateMenu( navMenu.id );
-									setShouldFocusNavigationSelector( true );
+									handleUpdateMenu( navMenu.id, true );
 								}
 							} }
-							onCreateNew={ () => createNavigationMenu( '', [] ) }
+							onCreateNew={ createUntitledEmptyNavigationMenu }
 							/* translators: %s: The name of a menu. */
 							actionLabel={ __( "Switch to '%s'" ) }
 						/>
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/navigation-menu-selector.js b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/navigation-menu-selector.js
index a1cdae652123a..7e07c15cf5aa7 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/navigation-menu-selector.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/navigation-menu-selector.js
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ import {
 import { Icon, chevronUp, chevronDown } from '@wordpress/icons';
 import { __, sprintf } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 import { decodeEntities } from '@wordpress/html-entities';
-import { forwardRef, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from '@wordpress/element';
+import { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from '@wordpress/element';
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
@@ -18,17 +18,14 @@ import { forwardRef, useEffect, useMemo, useState } from '@wordpress/element';
 import useNavigationMenu from '../use-navigation-menu';
 import useNavigationEntities from '../use-navigation-entities';
 
-function NavigationMenuSelector(
-	{
-		currentMenuId,
-		onSelectNavigationMenu,
-		onSelectClassicMenu,
-		onCreateNew,
-		actionLabel,
-		toggleProps = {},
-	},
-	forwardedRef
-) {
+function NavigationMenuSelector( {
+	currentMenuId,
+	onSelectNavigationMenu,
+	onSelectClassicMenu,
+	onCreateNew,
+	actionLabel,
+	toggleProps = {},
+} ) {
 	/* translators: %s: The name of a menu. */
 	const createActionLabel = __( "Create from '%s'" );
 
@@ -106,20 +103,18 @@ function NavigationMenuSelector(
 	return (
 		<DropdownMenu
 			className="wp-block-navigation__navigation-selector"
-			ref={ forwardedRef }
 			label={ selectorLabel }
 			text={ selectorLabel }
 			icon={ null }
 			toggleProps={ toggleProps }
 		>
-			{ ( { onClose } ) => (
+			{ () => (
 				<>
 					{ showNavigationMenus && hasNavigationMenus && (
 						<MenuGroup label={ __( 'Menus' ) }>
 							<MenuItemsChoice
 								value={ currentMenuId }
 								onSelect={ ( menuId ) => {
-									onClose();
 									onSelectNavigationMenu( menuId );
 								} }
 								choices={ menuChoices }
@@ -133,7 +128,6 @@ function NavigationMenuSelector(
 								return (
 									<MenuItem
 										onClick={ () => {
-											onClose();
 											onSelectClassicMenu( menu );
 										} }
 										key={ menu.id }
@@ -164,4 +158,4 @@ function NavigationMenuSelector(
 	);
 }
 
-export default forwardRef( NavigationMenuSelector );
+export default NavigationMenuSelector;