diff --git a/components/layout_2020/dom_traversal.rs b/components/layout_2020/dom_traversal.rs
index 7d9be02634e..76e1a2b0cf9 100644
--- a/components/layout_2020/dom_traversal.rs
+++ b/components/layout_2020/dom_traversal.rs
@@ -169,32 +169,43 @@ fn traverse_children_of<'dom, Node>(
 {
     traverse_pseudo_element(WhichPseudoElement::Before, parent_element, context, handler);
 
-    for child in iter_child_nodes(parent_element) {
-        if child.is_text_node() {
-            let info = NodeAndStyleInfo::new(child, child.style(context));
-            handler.handle_text(&info, child.to_threadsafe().node_text_content());
-        } else if child.is_element() {
-            traverse_element(child, context, handler);
-        }
-    }
-
-    if matches!(
+    let is_text_input_element = matches!(
         parent_element.type_id(),
         LayoutNodeType::Element(LayoutElementType::HTMLInputElement)
-    ) {
+    );
+
+    let is_textarea_element = matches!(
+        parent_element.type_id(),
+        LayoutNodeType::Element(LayoutElementType::HTMLTextAreaElement)
+    );
+
+    if is_text_input_element || is_textarea_element {
         let info = NodeAndStyleInfo::new(parent_element, parent_element.style(context));
 
-        // The addition of zero-width space here forces the text input to have an inline formatting
-        // context that might otherwise be trimmed if there's no text. This is important to ensure
-        // that the input element is at least as tall as the line gap of the caret:
-        // <https://drafts.csswg.org/css-ui/#element-with-default-preferred-size>.
-        //
-        // TODO: Is there a less hacky way to do this?
-        handler.handle_text(&info, "\u{200B}".into());
+        if is_text_input_element {
+            // The addition of zero-width space here forces the text input to have an inline formatting
+            // context that might otherwise be trimmed if there's no text. This is important to ensure
+            // that the input element is at least as tall as the line gap of the caret:
+            // <https://drafts.csswg.org/css-ui/#element-with-default-preferred-size>.
+            //
+            // TODO: Is there a less hacky way to do this?
+            handler.handle_text(&info, "\u{200B}".into());
+        }
 
         handler.handle_text(&info, parent_element.to_threadsafe().node_text_content());
     }
 
+    if !is_text_input_element && !is_textarea_element {
+        for child in iter_child_nodes(parent_element) {
+            if child.is_text_node() {
+                let info = NodeAndStyleInfo::new(child, child.style(context));
+                handler.handle_text(&info, child.to_threadsafe().node_text_content());
+            } else if child.is_element() {
+                traverse_element(child, context, handler);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     traverse_pseudo_element(WhichPseudoElement::After, parent_element, context, handler);
 }
 
diff --git a/tests/wpt/meta/css/css-inline/baseline-source/baseline-source-first-textarea-001.tentative.html.ini b/tests/wpt/meta/css/css-inline/baseline-source/baseline-source-first-textarea-001.tentative.html.ini
index a0d601bc001..33e8242e0ef 100644
--- a/tests/wpt/meta/css/css-inline/baseline-source/baseline-source-first-textarea-001.tentative.html.ini
+++ b/tests/wpt/meta/css/css-inline/baseline-source/baseline-source-first-textarea-001.tentative.html.ini
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
   [.target > * 1]
     expected: FAIL
 
-  [.target > * 5]
+  [.target > * 11]
     expected: FAIL
diff --git a/tests/wpt/meta/html/dom/elements/global-attributes/dir_auto-textarea-script-N-EN.html.ini b/tests/wpt/meta/html/dom/elements/global-attributes/dir_auto-textarea-script-N-EN.html.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index d05c57232ad..00000000000
--- a/tests/wpt/meta/html/dom/elements/global-attributes/dir_auto-textarea-script-N-EN.html.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[dir_auto-textarea-script-N-EN.html]
-  expected: FAIL
diff --git a/tests/wpt/meta/html/semantics/forms/the-textarea-element/multiline-placeholder-cr.html.ini b/tests/wpt/meta/html/semantics/forms/the-textarea-element/multiline-placeholder-cr.html.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 341c31c230c..00000000000
--- a/tests/wpt/meta/html/semantics/forms/the-textarea-element/multiline-placeholder-cr.html.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[multiline-placeholder-cr.html]
-  expected: FAIL
diff --git a/tests/wpt/meta/html/semantics/forms/the-textarea-element/multiline-placeholder-crlf.html.ini b/tests/wpt/meta/html/semantics/forms/the-textarea-element/multiline-placeholder-crlf.html.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index f013c959875..00000000000
--- a/tests/wpt/meta/html/semantics/forms/the-textarea-element/multiline-placeholder-crlf.html.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[multiline-placeholder-crlf.html]
-  expected: FAIL
diff --git a/tests/wpt/meta/html/semantics/forms/the-textarea-element/multiline-placeholder.html.ini b/tests/wpt/meta/html/semantics/forms/the-textarea-element/multiline-placeholder.html.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index da95ec74928..00000000000
--- a/tests/wpt/meta/html/semantics/forms/the-textarea-element/multiline-placeholder.html.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[multiline-placeholder.html]
-  expected: FAIL
diff --git a/tests/wpt/meta/html/semantics/forms/the-textarea-element/placeholder-white-space.tentative.html.ini b/tests/wpt/meta/html/semantics/forms/the-textarea-element/placeholder-white-space.tentative.html.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index ed6c90d86ff..00000000000
--- a/tests/wpt/meta/html/semantics/forms/the-textarea-element/placeholder-white-space.tentative.html.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[placeholder-white-space.tentative.html]
-  expected: FAIL
diff --git a/tests/wpt/mozilla/meta/mozilla/textarea_placeholder.html.ini b/tests/wpt/mozilla/meta/mozilla/textarea_placeholder.html.ini
deleted file mode 100644
index 83e7aac96c9..00000000000
--- a/tests/wpt/mozilla/meta/mozilla/textarea_placeholder.html.ini
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-[textarea_placeholder.html]
-  expected: FAIL