diff --git a/src/zen/split-view/ZenViewSplitter.mjs b/src/zen/split-view/ZenViewSplitter.mjs
index feac3928d..5a11b4dd1 100644
--- a/src/zen/split-view/ZenViewSplitter.mjs
+++ b/src/zen/split-view/ZenViewSplitter.mjs
@@ -1021,14 +1021,20 @@ class nsZenViewSplitter extends nsZenDOMOperatedFeature {
     let tab = window.gBrowser.getTabForBrowser(browser);
     const ignoreSplit = tab.hasAttribute('zen-dont-split-glance');
     tab.removeAttribute('zen-dont-split-glance');
+    let isGlanceTab = false;
     if (tab.hasAttribute('zen-glance-tab') && !ignoreSplit) {
       // Extract from parent node so we are not selecting the wrong (current) tab
       tab = tab.parentNode.closest('.tabbrowser-tab');
+      isGlanceTab = true;
       console.assert(tab, 'Tab not found for zen-glance-tab');
     }
     if (tab) {
       this.updateSplitView(tab);
       tab.linkedBrowser.docShellIsActive = true;
+      if (isGlanceTab) {
+        // See issues https://github.com/zen-browser/desktop/issues/11641
+        this.removeSplitters();
+      }
     }
     this._maybeRemoveFakeBrowser();
     {
@@ -1168,7 +1174,6 @@ class nsZenViewSplitter extends nsZenDOMOperatedFeature {
     const oldView = this.currentView;
     const newView = this._data.findIndex((group) => group.tabs.includes(tab));
 
-    if (oldView === newView) return;
     if (newView < 0 && oldView >= 0) {
       this.deactivateCurrentSplitView();
       return;