diff --git a/changes/44272-fix-scrollbar-always-showing b/changes/44272-fix-scrollbar-always-showing
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8478706f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changes/44272-fix-scrollbar-always-showing
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+- Fixed horizontal scrollbar showing up when there is nothing to scroll in report and policy results tables.
diff --git a/frontend/pages/hosts/details/HostQueryReport/HQRTable/_styles.scss b/frontend/pages/hosts/details/HostQueryReport/HQRTable/_styles.scss
index 163e8f0aff..7ceeb00a3c 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/hosts/details/HostQueryReport/HQRTable/_styles.scss
+++ b/frontend/pages/hosts/details/HostQueryReport/HQRTable/_styles.scss
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
   }
 
   .data-table {
-    overflow-x: scroll;
+    overflow-x: auto;
   }
 
   .empty-table__container {
diff --git a/frontend/pages/policies/edit/components/PolicyResults/_styles.scss b/frontend/pages/policies/edit/components/PolicyResults/_styles.scss
index 40aead6e4c..c826af6c5c 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/policies/edit/components/PolicyResults/_styles.scss
+++ b/frontend/pages/policies/edit/components/PolicyResults/_styles.scss
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   }
 
   .data-table__wrapper {
-    overflow-x: scroll;
+    overflow-x: auto;
   }
 
   .data-table-block .data-table thead th {
diff --git a/frontend/pages/queries/details/components/QueryReport/_styles.scss b/frontend/pages/queries/details/components/QueryReport/_styles.scss
index d0396255d0..9b9daba31f 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/queries/details/components/QueryReport/_styles.scss
+++ b/frontend/pages/queries/details/components/QueryReport/_styles.scss
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     }
 
     .data-table__wrapper {
-      overflow-x: scroll;
+      overflow-x: auto;
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/frontend/pages/queries/edit/components/QueryResults/_styles.scss b/frontend/pages/queries/edit/components/QueryResults/_styles.scss
index 4d8f179f1e..bcd2e99b44 100644
--- a/frontend/pages/queries/edit/components/QueryResults/_styles.scss
+++ b/frontend/pages/queries/edit/components/QueryResults/_styles.scss
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
   }
 
   .data-table__wrapper {
-    overflow-x: scroll;
+    overflow-x: auto;
   }
 
   .data-table-block .data-table thead th {