diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications_v2/components/embedded_status.tsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications_v2/components/embedded_status.tsx
index 0881e24e3f0..baec0161173 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications_v2/components/embedded_status.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications_v2/components/embedded_status.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useCallback } from 'react';
+import { useCallback, useRef } from 'react';
 
 import { FormattedMessage } from 'react-intl';
 
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export const EmbeddedStatus: React.FC<{ statusId: string }> = ({
   statusId,
 }) => {
   const history = useHistory();
+  const clickCoordinatesRef = useRef<[number, number] | null>();
 
   const status = useAppSelector(
     (state) => state.statuses.get(statusId) as Status | undefined,
@@ -31,11 +32,69 @@ export const EmbeddedStatus: React.FC<{ statusId: string }> = ({
     state.accounts.get(status?.get('account') as string),
   );
 
-  const handleClick = useCallback(() => {
-    if (!account) return;
+  const handleMouseDown = useCallback<React.MouseEventHandler<HTMLDivElement>>(
+    ({ clientX, clientY }) => {
+      clickCoordinatesRef.current = [clientX, clientY];
+    },
+    [clickCoordinatesRef],
+  );
 
-    history.push(`/@${account.acct}/${statusId}`);
-  }, [statusId, account, history]);
+  const handleMouseUp = useCallback<React.MouseEventHandler<HTMLDivElement>>(
+    ({ clientX, clientY, target, button }) => {
+      const [startX, startY] = clickCoordinatesRef.current ?? [0, 0];
+      const [deltaX, deltaY] = [
+        Math.abs(clientX - startX),
+        Math.abs(clientY - startY),
+      ];
+
+      let element: HTMLDivElement | null = target as HTMLDivElement;
+
+      while (element) {
+        if (
+          element.localName === 'button' ||
+          element.localName === 'a' ||
+          element.localName === 'label'
+        ) {
+          return;
+        }
+
+        element = element.parentNode as HTMLDivElement | null;
+      }
+
+      if (deltaX + deltaY < 5 && button === 0 && account) {
+        history.push(`/@${account.acct}/${statusId}`);
+      }
+
+      clickCoordinatesRef.current = null;
+    },
+    [clickCoordinatesRef, statusId, account, history],
+  );
+
+  const handleMouseEnter = useCallback<React.MouseEventHandler<HTMLDivElement>>(
+    ({ currentTarget }) => {
+      const emojis =
+        currentTarget.querySelectorAll<HTMLImageElement>('.custom-emoji');
+
+      for (const emoji of emojis) {
+        const newSrc = emoji.getAttribute('data-original');
+        if (newSrc) emoji.src = newSrc;
+      }
+    },
+    [],
+  );
+
+  const handleMouseLeave = useCallback<React.MouseEventHandler<HTMLDivElement>>(
+    ({ currentTarget }) => {
+      const emojis =
+        currentTarget.querySelectorAll<HTMLImageElement>('.custom-emoji');
+
+      for (const emoji of emojis) {
+        const newSrc = emoji.getAttribute('data-static');
+        if (newSrc) emoji.src = newSrc;
+      }
+    },
+    [],
+  );
 
   if (!status) {
     return null;
@@ -51,7 +110,15 @@ export const EmbeddedStatus: React.FC<{ statusId: string }> = ({
   ).size;
 
   return (
-    <div className='notification-group__embedded-status'>
+    <div
+      className='notification-group__embedded-status'
+      role='button'
+      tabIndex={-1}
+      onMouseDown={handleMouseDown}
+      onMouseUp={handleMouseUp}
+      onMouseEnter={handleMouseEnter}
+      onMouseLeave={handleMouseLeave}
+    >
       <div className='notification-group__embedded-status__account'>
         <Avatar account={account} size={16} />
         <DisplayName account={account} />
@@ -62,7 +129,6 @@ export const EmbeddedStatus: React.FC<{ statusId: string }> = ({
         content={contentHtml}
         language={language}
         mentions={mentions}
-        onClick={handleClick}
       />
 
       {(poll || mediaAttachmentsSize > 0) && (
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications_v2/components/embedded_status_content.tsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications_v2/components/embedded_status_content.tsx
index 310a6857115..1a38be536ba 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications_v2/components/embedded_status_content.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/notifications_v2/components/embedded_status_content.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { useCallback, useRef } from 'react';
+import { useCallback } from 'react';
 
 import { useHistory } from 'react-router-dom';
 
@@ -34,76 +34,10 @@ export const EmbeddedStatusContent: React.FC<{
   content: string;
   mentions: List<Mention>;
   language: string;
-  onClick?: () => void;
   className?: string;
-}> = ({ content, mentions, language, onClick, className }) => {
-  const clickCoordinatesRef = useRef<[number, number] | null>();
+}> = ({ content, mentions, language, className }) => {
   const history = useHistory();
 
-  const handleMouseDown = useCallback<React.MouseEventHandler<HTMLDivElement>>(
-    ({ clientX, clientY }) => {
-      clickCoordinatesRef.current = [clientX, clientY];
-    },
-    [clickCoordinatesRef],
-  );
-
-  const handleMouseUp = useCallback<React.MouseEventHandler<HTMLDivElement>>(
-    ({ clientX, clientY, target, button }) => {
-      const [startX, startY] = clickCoordinatesRef.current ?? [0, 0];
-      const [deltaX, deltaY] = [
-        Math.abs(clientX - startX),
-        Math.abs(clientY - startY),
-      ];
-
-      let element: HTMLDivElement | null = target as HTMLDivElement;
-
-      while (element) {
-        if (
-          element.localName === 'button' ||
-          element.localName === 'a' ||
-          element.localName === 'label'
-        ) {
-          return;
-        }
-
-        element = element.parentNode as HTMLDivElement | null;
-      }
-
-      if (deltaX + deltaY < 5 && button === 0 && onClick) {
-        onClick();
-      }
-
-      clickCoordinatesRef.current = null;
-    },
-    [clickCoordinatesRef, onClick],
-  );
-
-  const handleMouseEnter = useCallback<React.MouseEventHandler<HTMLDivElement>>(
-    ({ currentTarget }) => {
-      const emojis =
-        currentTarget.querySelectorAll<HTMLImageElement>('.custom-emoji');
-
-      for (const emoji of emojis) {
-        const newSrc = emoji.getAttribute('data-original');
-        if (newSrc) emoji.src = newSrc;
-      }
-    },
-    [],
-  );
-
-  const handleMouseLeave = useCallback<React.MouseEventHandler<HTMLDivElement>>(
-    ({ currentTarget }) => {
-      const emojis =
-        currentTarget.querySelectorAll<HTMLImageElement>('.custom-emoji');
-
-      for (const emoji of emojis) {
-        const newSrc = emoji.getAttribute('data-static');
-        if (newSrc) emoji.src = newSrc;
-      }
-    },
-    [],
-  );
-
   const handleContentRef = useCallback(
     (node: HTMLDivElement | null) => {
       if (!node) {
@@ -150,16 +84,10 @@ export const EmbeddedStatusContent: React.FC<{
 
   return (
     <div
-      role='button'
-      tabIndex={0}
       className={className}
       ref={handleContentRef}
       lang={language}
       dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: content }}
-      onMouseDown={handleMouseDown}
-      onMouseUp={handleMouseUp}
-      onMouseEnter={handleMouseEnter}
-      onMouseLeave={handleMouseLeave}
     />
   );
 };
diff --git a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
index adcbad202d7..18a775fb2f1 100644
--- a/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/styles/mastodon/components.scss
@@ -10457,6 +10457,8 @@ noscript {
   }
 
   &__embedded-status {
+    cursor: pointer;
+
     &__account {
       display: flex;
       align-items: center;
@@ -10478,7 +10480,6 @@ noscript {
       font-size: 15px;
       line-height: 22px;
       color: $dark-text-color;
-      cursor: pointer;
       -webkit-line-clamp: 4;
       -webkit-box-orient: vertical;
       max-height: 4 * 22px;