diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/selects.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/selects.scss
index 58f6e62b06a..50f1445bc2e 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/selects.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/framework/selects.scss
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@
   border: 1px solid $dropdown-border-color;
   min-width: 175px;
   color: $gl-text-color;
-  z-index: 999;
 }
 
 .select2-drop.select2-drop-above.select2-drop-active {
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/36160-select2-dropdown.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/36160-select2-dropdown.yml
deleted file mode 100644
index a836744fb41..00000000000
--- a/changelogs/unreleased/36160-select2-dropdown.yml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-title: Decreases z-index of select2 to a lower number of our navigation bar
-merge_request:
-author:
-type: fixed