diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md
index 72a4a49e1817b6..dcd205497bffa0 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Bug Fixes
+
+-   Remove `fixable` option from `i18n-no-flanking-whitespace` rule [#70279](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/70279).
+
 ### Enhancements
 
 -   Update `use-recommended-components` rule to mark `Autocomplete`, `Field`, and `Fieldset` from `@wordpress/ui` as recommended ([#80636](https://github.com/WordPress/gutenberg/pull/80636)).
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/rules/__tests__/i18n-no-flanking-whitespace.js b/packages/eslint-plugin/rules/__tests__/i18n-no-flanking-whitespace.js
index 509383899a94e6..39bd2d274ab0ab 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/rules/__tests__/i18n-no-flanking-whitespace.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/rules/__tests__/i18n-no-flanking-whitespace.js
@@ -22,42 +22,34 @@ ruleTester.run( 'i18n-no-flanking-whitespace', rule, {
 	invalid: [
 		{
 			code: '__( "Double quoted string with a trailing newline\\n" );',
-			output: `__( 'Double quoted string with a trailing newline' );`,
 			errors: [ { messageId: 'noFlankingWhitespace' } ],
 		},
 		{
 			code: `__( ' Leading whitespace.' );`,
-			output: `__( 'Leading whitespace.' );`,
 			errors: [ { messageId: 'noFlankingWhitespace' } ],
 		},
 		{
 			code: `__( 'Trailing whitespace. ' );`,
-			output: `__( 'Trailing whitespace.' );`,
 			errors: [ { messageId: 'noFlankingWhitespace' } ],
 		},
 		{
 			code: `__( ' Flanking whitespace. ' );`,
-			output: `__( 'Flanking whitespace.' );`,
 			errors: [ { messageId: 'noFlankingWhitespace' } ],
 		},
 		{
 			code: '__( "\tLeading tab." );',
-			output: `__( 'Leading tab.' );`,
 			errors: [ { messageId: 'noFlankingWhitespace' } ],
 		},
 		{
 			code: '__( "\u0009Leading unicode tab." );',
-			output: `__( 'Leading unicode tab.' );`,
 			errors: [ { messageId: 'noFlankingWhitespace' } ],
 		},
 		{
 			code: `__( "Trailing tab.\t" );`,
-			output: `__( 'Trailing tab.' );`,
 			errors: [ { messageId: 'noFlankingWhitespace' } ],
 		},
 		{
 			code: `__( "\tFlanking tab.\t" );`,
-			output: `__( 'Flanking tab.' );`,
 			errors: [ { messageId: 'noFlankingWhitespace' } ],
 		},
 
diff --git a/packages/eslint-plugin/rules/i18n-no-flanking-whitespace.js b/packages/eslint-plugin/rules/i18n-no-flanking-whitespace.js
index 33661e4321497d..060f2505dcf865 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-plugin/rules/i18n-no-flanking-whitespace.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-plugin/rules/i18n-no-flanking-whitespace.js
@@ -12,21 +12,6 @@ const PROBLEMS_BY_CHAR_CODE = {
 	32: 'whitespace',
 };
 
-function makeFixerFunction( arg ) {
-	return ( fixer ) => {
-		switch ( arg.type ) {
-			case 'Literal':
-				return [ fixer.replaceText( arg, `'${ arg.value.trim() }'` ) ];
-
-			case 'BinaryExpression':
-				return [
-					...makeFixerFunction( arg.left )( fixer ),
-					...makeFixerFunction( arg.right )( fixer ),
-				];
-		}
-	};
-}
-
 module.exports = {
 	meta: {
 		type: 'problem',
@@ -35,7 +20,6 @@ module.exports = {
 			noFlankingWhitespace:
 				'Translations should not contain flanking whitespace{{problem}}',
 		},
-		fixable: 'code',
 	},
 	create( context ) {
 		return {
@@ -78,7 +62,6 @@ module.exports = {
 						data: {
 							problem: problemString,
 						},
-						fix: makeFixerFunction( arg ),
 					} );
 				}
 			},