diff --git a/views/blocks/team-grid/team-grid.js b/views/blocks/team-grid/team-grid.js
index 30eb725..3fac1a2 100644
--- a/views/blocks/team-grid/team-grid.js
+++ b/views/blocks/team-grid/team-grid.js
@@ -50,17 +50,11 @@ const animateOpen = (bioWrap) => {
 		setMaxHeight(bioWrap, `${target}px`);
 	});
 
-	// After the transition completes, set max-height back to 'none' so
-	// dynamic content (e.g. images loading late) can grow the bio
-	// without being clipped.
-	const onEnd = (event) => {
-		if (event.propertyName !== 'max-height' || event.target !== bioWrap) {
-			return;
-		}
-		bioWrap.removeEventListener('transitionend', onEnd);
-		setMaxHeight(bioWrap, 'none');
-	};
-	bioWrap.addEventListener('transitionend', onEnd);
+	// After the transition completes, leave max-height at the measured
+	// pixel value. Resetting to 'none' breaks the close animation: the
+	// browser treats 'none' as a discrete keyword value and won't
+	// transition from it to a length. The pixel value gives the close
+	// animation a clean from-state to interpolate from.
 };
 
 const animateClose = (bioWrap) => {