diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_editor/components/pipeline_processors_editor_item/pipeline_processors_editor_item.scss b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_editor/components/pipeline_processors_editor_item/pipeline_processors_editor_item.scss
index 55630fa96d9b0..d51dee31e9f8e 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_editor/components/pipeline_processors_editor_item/pipeline_processors_editor_item.scss
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_editor/components/pipeline_processors_editor_item/pipeline_processors_editor_item.scss
@@ -17,11 +17,6 @@
     box-shadow: none;
   }
 
-  // Remove the box-shadow on all nested items
-  .pipelineProcessorsEditor__item {
-    box-shadow: none !important;
-  }
-
   &__processorTypeLabel {
     line-height: $euiButtonHeightSmall;
   }
diff --git a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_editor/components/pipeline_processors_editor_item/pipeline_processors_editor_item.tsx b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_editor/components/pipeline_processors_editor_item/pipeline_processors_editor_item.tsx
index 27035a8d269f2..320f99acd08f7 100644
--- a/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_editor/components/pipeline_processors_editor_item/pipeline_processors_editor_item.tsx
+++ b/x-pack/plugins/ingest_pipelines/public/application/components/pipeline_editor/components/pipeline_processors_editor_item/pipeline_processors_editor_item.tsx
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ export const PipelineProcessorsEditorItem: FunctionComponent<Props> = memo(
     };
 
     return (
-      <EuiPanel className={panelClasses} paddingSize="s">
+      <EuiPanel hasBorder hasShadow={false} paddingSize="s" className={panelClasses}>
         <EuiFlexGroup
           gutterSize="none"
           responsive={false}