diff --git a/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/Reader.tsx b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/Reader.tsx
index 31ccbbb57a..4f89b9296f 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/Reader.tsx
+++ b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/components/Reader.tsx
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ export const Reader = () => {
 
   const location = useLocation();
   const { componentId, '*': path } = useParams();
-  const [ref, shadowRoot] = useShadowDom(componentId, path);
+  const [ref, shadowRoot] = useShadowDom();
   const navigate = useNavigate();
   const normalizedUrl = new URLFormatter(
     `${docStorageURL}${location.pathname.replace('/docs', '')}`,
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/hooks/shadowDom.test.tsx b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/hooks/shadowDom.test.tsx
index b8a6a78c1f..31956ccb06 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/hooks/shadowDom.test.tsx
+++ b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/hooks/shadowDom.test.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const ComponentWithoutHook = () => {
 };
 
 const ComponentWithHook = () => {
-  const [ref] = useShadowDom('mkdocs', 'about/license/');
+  const [ref] = useShadowDom();
   return <div data-testid="root" ref={ref} />;
 };
 
@@ -31,19 +31,14 @@ describe('useShadowDom', () => {
   it('does not create a Shadow DOM instance', async () => {
     const rendered = await renderWithEffects(<ComponentWithoutHook />);
 
-    const outerDivElement = rendered.getByTestId('root');
-    expect(outerDivElement.shadowRoot).not.toBeInstanceOf(ShadowRoot);
-    expect(outerDivElement.children.length).toBe(0);
+    const divElement = rendered.getByTestId('root');
+    expect(divElement.shadowRoot).not.toBeInstanceOf(ShadowRoot);
   });
 
   it('create a Shadow DOM instance', async () => {
     const rendered = await renderWithEffects(<ComponentWithHook />);
 
-    const outerDivElement = rendered.getByTestId('root');
-    expect(outerDivElement.shadowRoot).not.toBeInstanceOf(ShadowRoot);
-    expect(outerDivElement.children.length).toBe(1);
-
-    const innerDivElement = outerDivElement.children[0];
-    expect(innerDivElement.shadowRoot).toBeInstanceOf(ShadowRoot);
+    const divElement = rendered.getByTestId('root');
+    expect(divElement.shadowRoot).toBeInstanceOf(ShadowRoot);
   });
 });
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/hooks/shadowDom.ts b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/hooks/shadowDom.ts
index 90b287e343..93e4c1d375 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/hooks/shadowDom.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/hooks/shadowDom.ts
@@ -17,30 +17,15 @@
 import { useEffect, useRef } from 'react';
 import type { RefObject } from 'react';
 
-type IUseShadowDOM = (
-  componentId: string,
-  path: string,
-) => [RefObject<HTMLDivElement>, ShadowRoot?];
+type IUseShadowDOM = () => [RefObject<HTMLDivElement>, ShadowRoot?];
 
-export const useShadowDom: IUseShadowDOM = (componentId, path) => {
+export const useShadowDom: IUseShadowDOM = () => {
   const ref = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
-    const innerDivElement = document.createElement('div');
-    innerDivElement.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+    const divElement = ref.current;
+    divElement?.attachShadow({ mode: 'open' });
+  }, []);
 
-    const outerDivElement = ref.current;
-    outerDivElement?.appendChild(innerDivElement);
-
-    return function cancel() {
-      outerDivElement?.removeChild(innerDivElement);
-    };
-  }, [componentId, path]);
-
-  const shadowRoot =
-    ref.current?.children && ref.current?.children[0].shadowRoot
-      ? ref.current?.children[0].shadowRoot
-      : undefined;
-
-  return [ref, shadowRoot];
+  return [ref, ref.current?.shadowRoot || undefined];
 };