diff --git a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/FlexFormattingContext.cpp b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/FlexFormattingContext.cpp
index 4f77355e14..3f8838bbc4 100644
--- a/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/FlexFormattingContext.cpp
+++ b/Userland/Libraries/LibWeb/Layout/FlexFormattingContext.cpp
@@ -171,12 +171,11 @@ void FlexFormattingContext::generate_anonymous_flex_items()
     }
 
     flex_container().for_each_child_of_type<Box>([&](Box& child_box) {
-        (void)layout_inside(child_box, LayoutMode::Default);
         // Skip anonymous text runs that are only whitespace.
         if (child_box.is_anonymous() && !child_box.first_child_of_type<BlockContainer>()) {
             bool contains_only_white_space = true;
             child_box.for_each_in_inclusive_subtree_of_type<TextNode>([&contains_only_white_space](auto& text_node) {
-                if (!text_node.text_for_rendering().is_whitespace()) {
+                if (!text_node.dom_node().data().is_whitespace()) {
                     contains_only_white_space = false;
                     return IterationDecision::Break;
                 }