diff --git a/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/aditima-ie11-detailslist-scroll_2018-03-15-23-43.json b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/aditima-ie11-detailslist-scroll_2018-03-15-23-43.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a749b95cba3707
--- /dev/null
+++ b/common/changes/office-ui-fabric-react/aditima-ie11-detailslist-scroll_2018-03-15-23-43.json
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{
+  "changes": [
+    {
+      "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+      "comment": "DetailsList: scrollbars show up unnecessarily on IE11",
+      "type": "patch"
+    }
+  ],
+  "packageName": "office-ui-fabric-react",
+  "email": "aditima@microsoft.com"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/DetailsList/DetailsList.scss b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/DetailsList/DetailsList.scss
index 549eafd42f27c7..11cde63a353d5a 100644
--- a/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/DetailsList/DetailsList.scss
+++ b/packages/office-ui-fabric-react/src/components/DetailsList/DetailsList.scss
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ $detailsList-text-color: $listTextColor;
 
 .focusZone {
   display: inline-block;
-  vertical-align: top;
   min-width: 100%;
   min-height: 1px;
 }