diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/PaintableBox.cpp b/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/PaintableBox.cpp
index a57665399d66..6e4d6dbd0c8e 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/PaintableBox.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/PaintableBox.cpp
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 
 namespace Web::Painting {
 
+bool g_paint_viewport_scrollbars = true;
+
 GC::Ref<PaintableWithLines> PaintableWithLines::create(Layout::BlockContainer const& block_container)
 {
     return block_container.heap().allocate<PaintableWithLines>(block_container);
@@ -381,13 +383,15 @@ void PaintableBox::paint(PaintContext& context, PaintPhase phase) const
         }
     }
 
-    auto scrollbar_width = computed_values().scrollbar_width();
-    if (phase == PaintPhase::Overlay && scrollbar_width != CSS::ScrollbarWidth::None) {
-        if (auto scrollbar_data = compute_scrollbar_data(ScrollDirection::Vertical); scrollbar_data.has_value()) {
-            context.display_list_recorder().paint_scrollbar(own_scroll_frame_id().value(), context.rounded_device_rect(scrollbar_data->thumb_rect).to_type<int>(), scrollbar_data->scroll_length, true);
-        }
-        if (auto scrollbar_data = compute_scrollbar_data(ScrollDirection::Horizontal); scrollbar_data.has_value()) {
-            context.display_list_recorder().paint_scrollbar(own_scroll_frame_id().value(), context.rounded_device_rect(scrollbar_data->thumb_rect).to_type<int>(), scrollbar_data->scroll_length, false);
+    if (g_paint_viewport_scrollbars || !is_viewport()) {
+        auto scrollbar_width = computed_values().scrollbar_width();
+        if (phase == PaintPhase::Overlay && scrollbar_width != CSS::ScrollbarWidth::None) {
+            if (auto scrollbar_data = compute_scrollbar_data(ScrollDirection::Vertical); scrollbar_data.has_value()) {
+                context.display_list_recorder().paint_scrollbar(own_scroll_frame_id().value(), context.rounded_device_rect(scrollbar_data->thumb_rect).to_type<int>(), scrollbar_data->scroll_length, true);
+            }
+            if (auto scrollbar_data = compute_scrollbar_data(ScrollDirection::Horizontal); scrollbar_data.has_value()) {
+                context.display_list_recorder().paint_scrollbar(own_scroll_frame_id().value(), context.rounded_device_rect(scrollbar_data->thumb_rect).to_type<int>(), scrollbar_data->scroll_length, false);
+            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/PaintableBox.h b/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/PaintableBox.h
index 8b3c8437649f..40e35e649907 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/PaintableBox.h
+++ b/Libraries/LibWeb/Painting/PaintableBox.h
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@
 
 namespace Web::Painting {
 
+extern bool g_paint_viewport_scrollbars;
+
 class PaintableBox : public Paintable
     , public ClippableAndScrollable {
     GC_CELL(PaintableBox, Paintable);
diff --git a/Services/WebContent/main.cpp b/Services/WebContent/main.cpp
index 44a73194e680..9d49a803a246 100644
--- a/Services/WebContent/main.cpp
+++ b/Services/WebContent/main.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include <LibWeb/Loader/ContentFilter.h>
 #include <LibWeb/Loader/GeneratedPagesLoader.h>
 #include <LibWeb/Loader/ResourceLoader.h>
+#include <LibWeb/Painting/PaintableBox.h>
 #include <LibWeb/PermissionsPolicy/AutoplayAllowlist.h>
 #include <LibWeb/Platform/AudioCodecPluginAgnostic.h>
 #include <LibWeb/Platform/EventLoopPluginSerenity.h>
@@ -105,6 +106,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     bool force_fontconfig = false;
     bool collect_garbage_on_every_allocation = false;
     bool is_headless = false;
+    bool disable_scrollbar_painting = false;
     StringView echo_server_port_string_view {};
 
     Core::ArgsParser args_parser;
@@ -124,6 +126,7 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
     args_parser.add_option(force_cpu_painting, "Force CPU painting", "force-cpu-painting");
     args_parser.add_option(force_fontconfig, "Force using fontconfig for font loading", "force-fontconfig");
     args_parser.add_option(collect_garbage_on_every_allocation, "Collect garbage after every JS heap allocation", "collect-garbage-on-every-allocation");
+    args_parser.add_option(disable_scrollbar_painting, "Don't paint horizontal or vertical viewport scrollbars", "disable-scrollbar-painting");
     args_parser.add_option(echo_server_port_string_view, "Echo server port used in test internals", "echo-server-port", 0, "echo_server_port");
     args_parser.add_option(is_headless, "Report that the browser is running in headless mode", "headless");
 
@@ -157,6 +160,8 @@ ErrorOr<int> serenity_main(Main::Arguments arguments)
         Web::Fetch::Fetching::g_http_cache_enabled = true;
     }
 
+    Web::Painting::g_paint_viewport_scrollbars = !disable_scrollbar_painting;
+
     if (!echo_server_port_string_view.is_empty()) {
         if (auto maybe_echo_server_port = echo_server_port_string_view.to_number<u16>(); maybe_echo_server_port.has_value())
             Web::Internals::Internals::set_echo_server_port(maybe_echo_server_port.value());