diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/BeatmapCarousel.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/BeatmapCarousel.cs
index 9f5ee22106..20a36dbdc5 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/BeatmapCarousel.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/BeatmapCarousel.cs
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
                 updateItems();
 
             // Remove all items that should no longer be on-screen
-            scrollableContent.RemoveAll(p => p.Y < visibleUpperBound - p.DrawHeight || p.Y > visibleBottomBound || !p.IsPresent);
+            //scrollableContent.RemoveAll(p => p.Y < visibleUpperBound - p.DrawHeight || p.Y > visibleBottomBound || !p.IsPresent);
 
             // Find index range of all items that should be on-screen
             int firstIndex = yPositions.BinarySearch(visibleUpperBound - DrawableCarouselItem.MAX_HEIGHT);
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/DrawableCarouselBeatmapSet.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/DrawableCarouselBeatmapSet.cs
index 1cdc496af8..daee7abcc0 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/DrawableCarouselBeatmapSet.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/Carousel/DrawableCarouselBeatmapSet.cs
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ using osu.Framework.Graphics;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Colour;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Containers;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Cursor;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Primitives;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Shapes;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.UserInterface;
 using osu.Framework.Input.Events;
@@ -31,6 +32,9 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select.Carousel
     {
         public const float HEIGHT = MAX_HEIGHT;
 
+        // TODO: don't do this. need to split out the base class' style so our height isn't fixed to the panel display height (and autosize?).
+        protected override bool ComputeIsMaskedAway(RectangleF maskingBounds) => false;
+
         private Action<BeatmapSetInfo> restoreHiddenRequested;
         private Action<int> viewDetails;