diff --git a/patches/@wordpress+block-editor+14.17.0.patch b/patches/@wordpress+block-editor+14.17.0.patch
index ec98355a8..4a6ee08eb 100644
--- a/patches/@wordpress+block-editor+14.17.0.patch
+++ b/patches/@wordpress+block-editor+14.17.0.patch
@@ -1,3 +1,27 @@
+diff --git a/node_modules/@wordpress/block-editor/build-module/components/inserter-list-item/index.js b/node_modules/@wordpress/block-editor/build-module/components/inserter-list-item/index.js
+index 89a3bbc..8564798 100644
+--- a/node_modules/@wordpress/block-editor/build-module/components/inserter-list-item/index.js
++++ b/node_modules/@wordpress/block-editor/build-module/components/inserter-list-item/index.js
+@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ function InserterListItem({
+   ...props
+ }) {
+   const isDraggingRef = useRef(false);
++  const isTouchDeviceRef = useRef(
++    window.matchMedia( '(hover: none)' ).matches ||
++    window.matchMedia( '(pointer: coarse)' ).matches
++  );
+   const itemIconStyle = item.icon ? {
+     backgroundColor: item.icon.background,
+     color: item.icon.foreground
+@@ -80,7 +84,7 @@ function InserterListItem({
+           }
+         },
+         onMouseEnter: () => {
+-          if (isDraggingRef.current) {
++          if (isDraggingRef.current || isTouchDeviceRef.current) {
+             return;
+           }
+           onHover(item);
 diff --git a/node_modules/@wordpress/block-editor/build-module/components/inserter/index.js b/node_modules/@wordpress/block-editor/build-module/components/inserter/index.js
 index 78b9b8f..9a8efb8 100644
 --- a/node_modules/@wordpress/block-editor/build-module/components/inserter/index.js
diff --git a/patches/README.md b/patches/README.md
index bda3981dc..976271bf6 100644
--- a/patches/README.md
+++ b/patches/README.md
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Existing patches should be described and justified here.
 -   Expose an `open` prop on the `Inserter` component, allowing toggling the inserter visibility via the quick inserter's "Browse all" button.
 -   Disable `stripExperimentalSettings` in the `BlockEditorProvider` component so that the Patterns and Media inserter tabs function.
 -   Allow setting popover props for the `Inserter` component, so we can improve the mobile screen reader experience by marking it as a modal dialog.
+-   Prevent the insertion point popover from appearing on touch devices in `InserterListItem`. The popover (triggered by `onMouseEnter`) disrupts tap/click events, requiring users to tap inserter items twice before they are inserted.
 
 ### `@wordpress/block-library`
 
diff --git a/src/components/visual-editor/style.scss b/src/components/visual-editor/style.scss
index 4404210d1..2d96ce03a 100644
--- a/src/components/visual-editor/style.scss
+++ b/src/components/visual-editor/style.scss
@@ -92,11 +92,12 @@
 	width: 100%;
 }
 
-// Hide the inserter popover displayed between blocks when hovering between
-// blocks or hovering over a block type in the inserter. Its presence is less
-// useful for touch devices and steals focus away from the inserter, which
-// results in needing to tap a block type twice to insert it.
-.gutenberg-kit-visual-editor .block-editor-block-popover {
+// Hide the inline inserter popover displayed from the "Add block" button
+// positioned alongside empty text blocks. Its presence is less useful for touch
+// devices and steals focus away from the inserter, which results in needing to
+// tap a block type twice to insert it.
+.gutenberg-kit-visual-editor
+	.block-editor-block-list__block-side-inserter-popover {
 	display: none;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/index.scss b/src/index.scss
index 9df2698ec..ea5df25a0 100644
--- a/src/index.scss
+++ b/src/index.scss
@@ -73,11 +73,6 @@ $baseline-interactive-font-size: 17px;
 		width: 320px;
 	}
 
-	// Hide the inline insterter shown inside the block list
-	.block-editor-block-list__block-side-inserter-popover {
-		display: none;
-	}
-
 	/* Inserter (Mobile Design) */
 
 	// Inserter tab buttons