diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMEventHandle.js b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMEventHandle.js
index 24d6b73e95..9312c19bb3 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMEventHandle.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/client/ReactDOMEventHandle.js
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import {
   getEventListenerMap,
   getFiberFromScopeInstance,
 } from './ReactDOMComponentTree';
-import {ELEMENT_NODE, COMMENT_NODE} from '../shared/HTMLNodeType';
+import {ELEMENT_NODE} from '../shared/HTMLNodeType';
 import {
   listenToNativeEvent,
   addEventTypeToDispatchConfig,
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ function registerEventOnNearestTargetContainer(
 ): void {
   // If it is, find the nearest root or portal and make it
   // our event handle target container.
-  let targetContainer = getNearestRootOrPortalContainer(targetFiber);
+  const targetContainer = getNearestRootOrPortalContainer(targetFiber);
   if (targetContainer === null) {
     invariant(
       false,
@@ -98,9 +98,6 @@ function registerEventOnNearestTargetContainer(
         'that did not have a corresponding root. This is likely a bug in React.',
     );
   }
-  if (targetContainer.nodeType === COMMENT_NODE) {
-    targetContainer = ((targetContainer.parentNode: any): Element);
-  }
   const listenerMap = getEventListenerMap(targetContainer);
   listenToNativeEvent(
     topLevelType,
diff --git a/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/DOMModernPluginEventSystem-test.internal.js b/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/DOMModernPluginEventSystem-test.internal.js
index db46c30c40..2ebdfa03de 100644
--- a/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/DOMModernPluginEventSystem-test.internal.js
+++ b/packages/react-dom/src/events/__tests__/DOMModernPluginEventSystem-test.internal.js
@@ -3009,82 +3009,6 @@ describe('DOMModernPluginEventSystem', () => {
 
               expect(onClick).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
             });
-
-            // @gate experimental
-            it('handle propagation of click events between disjointed comment roots', () => {
-              const buttonRef = React.createRef();
-              const divRef = React.createRef();
-              const log = [];
-              const setClick = ReactDOM.unstable_createEventHandle('click');
-              const setClickCapture = ReactDOM.unstable_createEventHandle(
-                'click',
-                {capture: true},
-              );
-              const onClick = jest.fn(e =>
-                log.push(['bubble', e.currentTarget]),
-              );
-              const onClickCapture = jest.fn(e =>
-                log.push(['capture', e.currentTarget]),
-              );
-
-              function Child() {
-                React.useEffect(() => {
-                  const click1 = setClick(divRef.current, onClick);
-                  const click2 = setClickCapture(
-                    divRef.current,
-                    onClickCapture,
-                  );
-                  return () => {
-                    click1();
-                    click2();
-                  };
-                });
-
-                return <div ref={divRef}>Click me!</div>;
-              }
-
-              function Parent() {
-                React.useEffect(() => {
-                  const click1 = setClick(buttonRef.current, onClick);
-                  const click2 = setClickCapture(
-                    buttonRef.current,
-                    onClickCapture,
-                  );
-                  return () => {
-                    click1();
-                    click2();
-                  };
-                });
-
-                return <button ref={buttonRef} />;
-              }
-
-              // We use a comment node here, then mount to it
-              const disjointedNode = document.createComment(
-                ' react-mount-point-unstable ',
-              );
-              ReactDOM.render(<Parent />, container);
-              Scheduler.unstable_flushAll();
-              buttonRef.current.appendChild(disjointedNode);
-              ReactDOM.render(<Child />, disjointedNode);
-              Scheduler.unstable_flushAll();
-
-              const buttonElement = buttonRef.current;
-              dispatchClickEvent(buttonElement);
-              expect(onClick).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-              expect(onClickCapture).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-              expect(log[0]).toEqual(['capture', buttonElement]);
-              expect(log[1]).toEqual(['bubble', buttonElement]);
-
-              const divElement = divRef.current;
-              dispatchClickEvent(divElement);
-              expect(onClick).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
-              expect(onClickCapture).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(3);
-              expect(log[2]).toEqual(['capture', buttonElement]);
-              expect(log[3]).toEqual(['capture', divElement]);
-              expect(log[4]).toEqual(['bubble', divElement]);
-              expect(log[5]).toEqual(['bubble', buttonElement]);
-            });
           });
         });
       },