diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/navigation-submenu/edit.js b/packages/block-library/src/navigation-submenu/edit.js
index 69fffeb6e996e..02abd4a35dbca 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/navigation-submenu/edit.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/navigation-submenu/edit.js
@@ -508,6 +508,12 @@ export default function NavigationSubmenuEdit( {
 			allowedBlocks: ALLOWED_BLOCKS,
 			__experimentalDefaultBlock: DEFAULT_BLOCK,
 			__experimentalDirectInsert: true,
+
+			// Ensure block toolbar is not too far removed from item
+			// being edited.
+			// see: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/34615.
+			__experimentalCaptureToolbars: true,
+
 			renderAppender:
 				isSelected ||
 				( isImmediateParentOfSelectedBlock &&
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/inner-blocks.js b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/inner-blocks.js
index 7b8d8eb39da32..8a893c254f099 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/inner-blocks.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/navigation/edit/inner-blocks.js
@@ -110,11 +110,6 @@ export default function NavigationInnerBlocks( {
 			__experimentalDirectInsert: shouldDirectInsert,
 			orientation,
 			renderAppender: CustomAppender || appender,
-
-			// Ensure block toolbar is not too far removed from item
-			// being edited when in vertical mode.
-			// see: https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/34615.
-			__experimentalCaptureToolbars: orientation !== 'vertical',
 			// Template lock set to false here so that the Nav
 			// Block on the experimental menus screen does not
 			// inherit templateLock={ 'all' }.