diff --git a/.changeset/breezy-weeks-explode.md b/.changeset/breezy-weeks-explode.md
deleted file mode 100644
index f25d52e5ff..0000000000
--- a/.changeset/breezy-weeks-explode.md
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
----
-'@primer/view-components': patch
----
-
-Fix dialogs rendered inside menu items
diff --git a/app/components/primer/alpha/action_menu/action_menu_element.ts b/app/components/primer/alpha/action_menu/action_menu_element.ts
index 44af0f87a4..2600f0ead7 100644
--- a/app/components/primer/alpha/action_menu/action_menu_element.ts
+++ b/app/components/primer/alpha/action_menu/action_menu_element.ts
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ export class ActionMenuElement extends HTMLElement {
         const dialog = this.ownerDocument.getElementById(dialogInvoker.getAttribute('data-show-dialog-id') || '')
 
         if (dialog && this.contains(dialogInvoker) && this.contains(dialog)) {
-          this.#handleDialogItemActivated(event, dialog as HTMLDialogElement)
+          this.#handleDialogItemActivated(event, dialog)
           return
         }
       }
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ export class ActionMenuElement extends HTMLElement {
     }
   }
 
-  #handleDialogItemActivated(event: Event, dialog: HTMLDialogElement) {
+  #handleDialogItemActivated(event: Event, dialog: HTMLElement) {
     this.querySelector<HTMLElement>('.ActionListWrap')!.style.display = 'none'
     const dialog_controller = new AbortController()
     const {signal} = dialog_controller
@@ -286,33 +286,8 @@ export class ActionMenuElement extends HTMLElement {
         setTimeout(() => this.invokerElement?.focus(), 0)
       }
     }
-
-    // At this point, the dialog is about to open. When it opens, all other popovers (incuding
-    // this ActionMenu) will be closed. We listen to the toggle event here, which will fire when
-    // the menu is closed and manually re-open it. When the menu is re-opened, it gets added to
-    // the top of the popover stack. Only the item at the top of the stack will close when the
-    // escape key is pressed, so we add another beforetoggle listener. When the escape key is
-    // pressed, the listener is invoked, which manually closes the dialog. Closing the dialog
-    // causes the dialog's close event to fire, which
-    this.popoverElement?.addEventListener(
-      'toggle',
-      (toggleEvent: Event) => {
-        if ((toggleEvent as ToggleEvent).newState === 'closed') {
-          this.#show()
-          this.popoverElement?.addEventListener(
-            'beforetoggle',
-            (beforeToggleEvent: Event) => {
-              if ((beforeToggleEvent as ToggleEvent).newState === 'closed') {
-                dialog.close()
-              }
-            },
-            {signal},
-          )
-        }
-      },
-      {signal, once: true},
-    )
-
+    // a modal <dialog> element will close all popovers
+    setTimeout(() => this.#show(), 0)
     dialog.addEventListener('close', handleDialogClose, {signal})
     dialog.addEventListener('cancel', handleDialogClose, {signal})
   }