diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fd5ce80a8a1..726f2bd15f0 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -6607,7 +6607,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "selectors"
 version = "0.28.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#b0123d478e727125f8f6862e7afb5cf8ebf8ba17"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#ae8a6e376ce4838a9d08ac5905d4c25a9aa5659a"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.1",
  "cssparser",
@@ -6902,7 +6902,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "servo_arc"
 version = "0.4.1"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#b0123d478e727125f8f6862e7afb5cf8ebf8ba17"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#ae8a6e376ce4838a9d08ac5905d4c25a9aa5659a"
 dependencies = [
  "serde",
  "stable_deref_trait",
@@ -7363,7 +7363,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "stylo"
 version = "0.3.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#b0123d478e727125f8f6862e7afb5cf8ebf8ba17"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#ae8a6e376ce4838a9d08ac5905d4c25a9aa5659a"
 dependencies = [
  "app_units",
  "arrayvec",
@@ -7421,7 +7421,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "stylo_atoms"
 version = "0.3.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#b0123d478e727125f8f6862e7afb5cf8ebf8ba17"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#ae8a6e376ce4838a9d08ac5905d4c25a9aa5659a"
 dependencies = [
  "string_cache",
  "string_cache_codegen",
@@ -7430,12 +7430,12 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "stylo_config"
 version = "0.3.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#b0123d478e727125f8f6862e7afb5cf8ebf8ba17"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#ae8a6e376ce4838a9d08ac5905d4c25a9aa5659a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stylo_derive"
 version = "0.3.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#b0123d478e727125f8f6862e7afb5cf8ebf8ba17"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#ae8a6e376ce4838a9d08ac5905d4c25a9aa5659a"
 dependencies = [
  "darling",
  "proc-macro2",
@@ -7447,7 +7447,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "stylo_dom"
 version = "0.3.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#b0123d478e727125f8f6862e7afb5cf8ebf8ba17"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#ae8a6e376ce4838a9d08ac5905d4c25a9aa5659a"
 dependencies = [
  "bitflags 2.9.1",
  "stylo_malloc_size_of",
@@ -7456,7 +7456,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "stylo_malloc_size_of"
 version = "0.3.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#b0123d478e727125f8f6862e7afb5cf8ebf8ba17"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#ae8a6e376ce4838a9d08ac5905d4c25a9aa5659a"
 dependencies = [
  "app_units",
  "cssparser",
@@ -7473,12 +7473,12 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "stylo_static_prefs"
 version = "0.3.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#b0123d478e727125f8f6862e7afb5cf8ebf8ba17"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#ae8a6e376ce4838a9d08ac5905d4c25a9aa5659a"
 
 [[package]]
 name = "stylo_traits"
 version = "0.3.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#b0123d478e727125f8f6862e7afb5cf8ebf8ba17"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#ae8a6e376ce4838a9d08ac5905d4c25a9aa5659a"
 dependencies = [
  "app_units",
  "bitflags 2.9.1",
@@ -7887,7 +7887,7 @@ checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
 [[package]]
 name = "to_shmem"
 version = "0.2.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#b0123d478e727125f8f6862e7afb5cf8ebf8ba17"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#ae8a6e376ce4838a9d08ac5905d4c25a9aa5659a"
 dependencies = [
  "cssparser",
  "servo_arc",
@@ -7900,7 +7900,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "to_shmem_derive"
 version = "0.1.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#b0123d478e727125f8f6862e7afb5cf8ebf8ba17"
+source = "git+https://github.com/stevennovaryo/stylo?branch=input-text-internal-pseudo-selector#ae8a6e376ce4838a9d08ac5905d4c25a9aa5659a"
 dependencies = [
  "darling",
  "proc-macro2",
diff --git a/components/layout/stylesheets/servo.css b/components/layout/stylesheets/servo.css
index 2a536f88af0..d3957476a76 100644
--- a/components/layout/stylesheets/servo.css
+++ b/components/layout/stylesheets/servo.css
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ input::-servo-text-control-inner-container {
   display: flex;
 }
 
+input:not(:placeholder-shown)::-servo-text-control-placeholder {
+  visibility: hidden !important
+}
+
 input::-servo-text-control-inner-editor, input::-servo-text-control-placeholder {
   white-space: pre;
   margin-block: auto !important;
diff --git a/components/script/dom/htmlinputelement.rs b/components/script/dom/htmlinputelement.rs
index 63691beddbf..0e0d0c5161a 100644
--- a/components/script/dom/htmlinputelement.rs
+++ b/components/script/dom/htmlinputelement.rs
@@ -2197,17 +2197,10 @@ impl HTMLInputElement {
             return;
         }
 
-        // Ideally we are not supposed to handle visibility of the placeholder.
-        // But we are doing so because UA stylesheet does not support `:host` selector yet.
-        let placeholder_text = match self.upcast::<Element>().placeholder_shown_state() {
-            true => self.placeholder.borrow().clone(),
-            false => "".into(),
-        };
-
         self.text_shadow_tree(can_gc)
             .placeholder_container
             .upcast::<Node>()
-            .SetTextContent(Some(placeholder_text), can_gc);
+            .SetTextContent(Some(self.placeholder.borrow().clone()), can_gc);
     }
 
     // https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/#file-upload-state-(type=file)
@@ -3048,7 +3041,6 @@ impl VirtualMethods for HTMLInputElement {
                         }
                         self.value_dirty.set(true);
                         self.update_placeholder_shown_state();
-                        self.update_text_shadow_tree_placeholder(can_gc);
                         self.upcast::<Node>().dirty(NodeDamage::OtherNodeDamage);
                         event.mark_as_handled();
                     },