diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/columns_area.jsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/columns_area.jsx
index 5a2ea8c2c8..ff76d5bcb2 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/columns_area.jsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/features/ui/components/columns_area.jsx
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import { Children, cloneElement, useCallback } from 'react';
 import ImmutablePropTypes from 'react-immutable-proptypes';
 import ImmutablePureComponent from 'react-immutable-pure-component';
 
-import { supportsPassiveEvents } from 'detect-passive-events';
-
 import { scrollRight } from '../../../scroll';
 import BundleContainer from '../containers/bundle_container';
 import {
@@ -71,10 +69,6 @@ export default class ColumnsArea extends ImmutablePureComponent {
   };
 
   componentDidMount() {
-    if (!this.props.singleColumn) {
-      this.node.addEventListener('wheel', this.handleWheel, supportsPassiveEvents ? { passive: true } : false);
-    }
-
     if (this.mediaQuery) {
       if (this.mediaQuery.addEventListener) {
         this.mediaQuery.addEventListener('change', this.handleLayoutChange);
@@ -87,23 +81,7 @@ export default class ColumnsArea extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     this.isRtlLayout = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0].classList.contains('rtl');
   }
 
-  UNSAFE_componentWillUpdate(nextProps) {
-    if (this.props.singleColumn !== nextProps.singleColumn && nextProps.singleColumn) {
-      this.node.removeEventListener('wheel', this.handleWheel);
-    }
-  }
-
-  componentDidUpdate(prevProps) {
-    if (this.props.singleColumn !== prevProps.singleColumn && !this.props.singleColumn) {
-      this.node.addEventListener('wheel', this.handleWheel, supportsPassiveEvents ? { passive: true } : false);
-    }
-  }
-
   componentWillUnmount () {
-    if (!this.props.singleColumn) {
-      this.node.removeEventListener('wheel', this.handleWheel);
-    }
-
     if (this.mediaQuery) {
       if (this.mediaQuery.removeEventListener) {
         this.mediaQuery.removeEventListener('change', this.handleLayoutChange);
@@ -116,7 +94,7 @@ export default class ColumnsArea extends ImmutablePureComponent {
   handleChildrenContentChange() {
     if (!this.props.singleColumn) {
       const modifier = this.isRtlLayout ? -1 : 1;
-      this._interruptScrollAnimation = scrollRight(this.node, (this.node.scrollWidth - window.innerWidth) * modifier);
+      scrollRight(this.node, (this.node.scrollWidth - window.innerWidth) * modifier);
     }
   }
 
@@ -124,14 +102,6 @@ export default class ColumnsArea extends ImmutablePureComponent {
     this.setState({ renderComposePanel: !e.matches });
   };
 
-  handleWheel = () => {
-    if (typeof this._interruptScrollAnimation !== 'function') {
-      return;
-    }
-
-    this._interruptScrollAnimation();
-  };
-
   setRef = (node) => {
     this.node = node;
   };
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/scroll.ts b/app/javascript/mastodon/scroll.ts
index 35e13a4527..0756edb4ce 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/scroll.ts
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/scroll.ts
@@ -38,13 +38,20 @@ const scroll = (
 const isScrollBehaviorSupported =
   'scrollBehavior' in document.documentElement.style;
 
-export const scrollRight = (node: Element, position: number) => {
-  if (isScrollBehaviorSupported)
-    node.scrollTo({ left: position, behavior: 'smooth' });
-  else scroll(node, 'scrollLeft', position);
-};
+export const scrollRight = (node: Element, position: number) =>
+  requestIdleCallback(() => {
+    if (isScrollBehaviorSupported) {
+      node.scrollTo({ left: position, behavior: 'smooth' });
+    } else {
+      scroll(node, 'scrollLeft', position);
+    }
+  });
 
-export const scrollTop = (node: Element) => {
-  if (isScrollBehaviorSupported) node.scrollTo({ top: 0, behavior: 'smooth' });
-  else scroll(node, 'scrollTop', 0);
-};
+export const scrollTop = (node: Element) =>
+  requestIdleCallback(() => {
+    if (isScrollBehaviorSupported) {
+      node.scrollTo({ top: 0, behavior: 'smooth' });
+    } else {
+      scroll(node, 'scrollTop', 0);
+    }
+  });
diff --git a/app/javascript/mastodon/test_helpers.tsx b/app/javascript/mastodon/test_helpers.tsx
index f405090730..8a6f5a3377 100644
--- a/app/javascript/mastodon/test_helpers.tsx
+++ b/app/javascript/mastodon/test_helpers.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ import { render as rtlRender } from '@testing-library/react';
 
 import { IdentityContext } from './identity_context';
 
+beforeEach(() => {
+  global.requestIdleCallback = jest
+    .fn()
+    .mockImplementation((fn: () => void) => {
+      fn();
+    });
+});
+
 function render(
   ui: React.ReactElement,
   {