diff --git a/.changeset/clean-news-lay.md b/.changeset/clean-news-lay.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e15546b949
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clean-news-lay.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@leafygreen-ui/select': major
+---
+
+Removes support for `refEl` property, which was never leveraged within the component logic. Instead, the `refEl` property always positions the internal MenuButton component against the internal ListBox component. There are no end user changes, just a more precise `SelectProps` type definition.
diff --git a/packages/select/src/ListMenu/ListMenu.tsx b/packages/select/src/ListMenu/ListMenu.tsx
index fe136de5c9..93ce193e32 100644
--- a/packages/select/src/ListMenu/ListMenu.tsx
+++ b/packages/select/src/ListMenu/ListMenu.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import isUndefined from 'lodash/isUndefined';
 import { css, cx } from '@leafygreen-ui/emotion';
 import { useAvailableSpace } from '@leafygreen-ui/hooks';
 import { useDarkMode } from '@leafygreen-ui/leafygreen-provider';
-import Popover, { Align, Justify } from '@leafygreen-ui/popover';
+import { Align, Justify, Popover } from '@leafygreen-ui/popover';
 
 import { DropdownWidthBasis } from '../Select/Select.types';
 import SelectContext from '../SelectContext';
diff --git a/packages/select/src/MenuButton/MenuButton.tsx b/packages/select/src/MenuButton/MenuButton.tsx
index 67df92ad09..3f2afda545 100644
--- a/packages/select/src/MenuButton/MenuButton.tsx
+++ b/packages/select/src/MenuButton/MenuButton.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import React, { useCallback, useContext } from 'react';
 
-import Button, { Size as ButtonSize, Variant } from '@leafygreen-ui/button';
+import { Button, Size as ButtonSize, Variant } from '@leafygreen-ui/button';
 import { css, cx } from '@leafygreen-ui/emotion';
 import CaretDownIcon from '@leafygreen-ui/icon/dist/CaretDown';
 import { useDarkMode } from '@leafygreen-ui/leafygreen-provider';
diff --git a/packages/select/src/Select/Select.types.ts b/packages/select/src/Select/Select.types.ts
index cad7972f5a..5819284811 100644
--- a/packages/select/src/Select/Select.types.ts
+++ b/packages/select/src/Select/Select.types.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,10 @@ export type DropdownWidthBasis =
 
 export interface BaseSelectProps
   extends Omit<React.ComponentProps<'button'>, 'onChange' | 'onClick'>,
-    Omit<PopoverProps, 'active' | 'dismissMode' | 'onToggle' | 'spacing'>,
+    Omit<
+      PopoverProps,
+      'active' | 'dismissMode' | 'onToggle' | 'spacing' | 'refEl'
+    >,
     DarkModeProps,
     LgIdProps {
   /**