diff --git a/scaladoc-js/main/src/versions-dropdown/DropdownHandler.scala b/scaladoc-js/main/src/versions-dropdown/DropdownHandler.scala
index d8cdb946b852..465ee44d1ad4 100644
--- a/scaladoc-js/main/src/versions-dropdown/DropdownHandler.scala
+++ b/scaladoc-js/main/src/versions-dropdown/DropdownHandler.scala
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ class DropdownHandler:
   private def disableButton() =
     val btn = document.getElementById("dropdown-trigger").asInstanceOf[html.Span]
     btn.classList.add("disabled")
+    btn.classList.add("hidden")
 
   private def getURLContent(url: String): Future[String] = Ajax.get(url).map(_.responseText)
 
diff --git a/scaladoc/resources/dotty_res/styles/theme/layout/header.css b/scaladoc/resources/dotty_res/styles/theme/layout/header.css
index 6447f111bc8f..034f9ed43087 100644
--- a/scaladoc/resources/dotty_res/styles/theme/layout/header.css
+++ b/scaladoc/resources/dotty_res/styles/theme/layout/header.css
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
   margin-right: calc(2 * var(--base-spacing));
 }
 
+.header-container-left span.hidden {
+  display: none;
+}
+
 .header-container-right {
   display: flex;
   align-items: center;