diff --git a/packages/nimble-components/src/anchor-tabs/index.ts b/packages/nimble-components/src/anchor-tabs/index.ts
index ffbf60114c..65bca52f05 100644
--- a/packages/nimble-components/src/anchor-tabs/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nimble-components/src/anchor-tabs/index.ts
@@ -81,11 +81,6 @@ export class AnchorTabs extends FoundationElement {
      */
     public readonly leftScrollButton!: Element;
 
-    /**
-     * @internal
-     */
-    public readonly rightScrollButton!: Element;
-
     private readonly tabListResizeObserver: ResizeObserver;
     private tabIds: string[] = [];
 
@@ -94,11 +89,10 @@ export class AnchorTabs extends FoundationElement {
         this.tabListResizeObserver = new ResizeObserver(entries => {
             let tabListVisibleWidth = entries[0]?.contentRect.width;
             if (tabListVisibleWidth !== undefined) {
-                const leftButtonWidth = this.leftScrollButton?.clientWidth ?? 0;
-                const rightButtonWidth = this.rightScrollButton?.clientWidth ?? 0;
+                const buttonWidth = this.leftScrollButton?.clientWidth ?? 0;
                 tabListVisibleWidth = Math.ceil(tabListVisibleWidth);
                 if (this.showScrollButtons) {
-                    tabListVisibleWidth += leftButtonWidth + rightButtonWidth;
+                    tabListVisibleWidth += (buttonWidth * 2);
                 }
                 this.showScrollButtons = tabListVisibleWidth < this.tablist.scrollWidth;
             }
diff --git a/packages/nimble-components/src/anchor-tabs/tests/anchor-tabs.spec.ts b/packages/nimble-components/src/anchor-tabs/tests/anchor-tabs.spec.ts
index 28d4eb815f..0658fdcbfc 100644
--- a/packages/nimble-components/src/anchor-tabs/tests/anchor-tabs.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nimble-components/src/anchor-tabs/tests/anchor-tabs.spec.ts
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ describe('AnchorTabs', () => {
             expect(tabsPageObject.areScrollButtonsVisible()).toBeTrue();
         });
 
-        it('should hide scroll buttons when tab label is updated and tabs no longer overflow the container', async () => {
+        fit('should hide scroll buttons when tab label is updated and tabs no longer overflow the container', async () => {
             await tabsPageObject.setTabsWidth(550);
             await waitForUpdatesAsync(); // wait for the resize observer to fire
             await tabsPageObject.addTab('New Tab With Extremely Long Name');