diff --git a/.changeset/neat-lamps-press.md b/.changeset/neat-lamps-press.md
index ffc7ec9226..23c0b15fb7 100644
--- a/.changeset/neat-lamps-press.md
+++ b/.changeset/neat-lamps-press.md
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
 '@backstage/core-components': patch
 '@backstage/plugin-splunk-on-call': patch
 '@backstage/plugin-xcmetrics': patch
-'@backstage/plugin-techdocs': patch
 '@backstage/plugin-catalog': patch
 ---
 
-Material UI v5 fix: express theme spacing without extra unit
+Prefer simple `theme.spacing` without string interpolation
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/transformers/styles/rules/layout.test.ts b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/transformers/styles/rules/layout.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 49f7ee51a5..0000000000
--- a/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/transformers/styles/rules/layout.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2023 The Backstage Authors
- *
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-
-import { ensurePxUnit } from './layout';
-
-describe('ensurePxUnit', () => {
-  it('only adds a unit when necessary', () => {
-    expect(ensurePxUnit('1px')).toBe('1px');
-    expect(ensurePxUnit('-1.3px')).toBe('-1.3px');
-    expect(ensurePxUnit('1')).toBe('1px');
-    expect(ensurePxUnit('-1.3')).toBe('-1.3px');
-    expect(ensurePxUnit(1)).toBe('1px');
-    expect(ensurePxUnit(-1.3)).toBe('-1.3px');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/transformers/styles/rules/layout.ts b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/transformers/styles/rules/layout.ts
index b5e4da81a8..cce6af7d6f 100644
--- a/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/transformers/styles/rules/layout.ts
+++ b/plugins/techdocs/src/reader/transformers/styles/rules/layout.ts
@@ -18,16 +18,6 @@ import { RuleOptions } from './types';
 
 const SIDEBAR_WIDTH = '224px';
 
-// NOTE(freben): Since different versions of Material UI have been inconsistent
-// with whether they returned a unit or not with the theme spacing function, we
-// ensure that one is always added here to be sure that we work with all
-// versions of the library.
-export function ensurePxUnit(value: string | number) {
-  return typeof value === 'number' || value.match(/^[\d.-]+$/)
-    ? `${value}px`
-    : value;
-}
-
 export default ({ theme, sidebar }: RuleOptions) => `
 /*==================  Layout  ==================*/
 
@@ -52,7 +42,7 @@ export default ({ theme, sidebar }: RuleOptions) => `
 .md-nav__icon {
   height: 20px !important;
   width: 20px !important;
-  margin-left: ${ensurePxUnit(theme.spacing(1))};
+  margin-left:${theme.spacing(1)}px;
 }
 .md-nav__icon svg {
   margin: 0;
@@ -86,7 +76,7 @@ export default ({ theme, sidebar }: RuleOptions) => `
   width: calc(12.1rem);
 }
 .md-sidebar--secondary {
-  right: ${ensurePxUnit(theme.spacing(3))};
+  right: ${theme.spacing(3)}px;
 }
 .md-sidebar::-webkit-scrollbar {
   width: 5px;
@@ -244,7 +234,7 @@ export default ({ theme, sidebar }: RuleOptions) => `
   #toggle-sidebar {
     display: none;
   }
-
+  
   .md-content {
     margin: 0;
     width: 100%;