diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/search.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/search.scss
index 12bff32bbf38643e3c85d78662ee98cb519adcb0..88ea92c5afb1e7e7d8184d984426cc3cb5a1cdfd 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/search.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/pages/search.scss
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
 .file-finder-input:hover,
 .issuable-search-form:hover,
 .search-text-input:hover,
-textarea:hover,
 .form-control:hover {
   border-color: lighten($dropdown-input-focus-border, 20%);
   box-shadow: 0 0 4px lighten($search-input-focus-shadow-color, 20%);
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/27066-textarea-border.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/27066-textarea-border.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e45cb3aced52795d0382b1ea29f3fe4f916b653c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/27066-textarea-border.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: Remove blue border from comment box hover
+merge_request:
+author: