diff --git a/packages/dropdownMenu/tests/__snapshots__/DropdownMenu.test.tsx.snap b/packages/dropdownMenu/tests/__snapshots__/DropdownMenu.test.tsx.snap
index 220267205..9f62f5c6b 100644
--- a/packages/dropdownMenu/tests/__snapshots__/DropdownMenu.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/dropdownMenu/tests/__snapshots__/DropdownMenu.test.tsx.snap
@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ exports[`Dropdown renders a closed dropdown 1`] = `
                           aria-labelledby="downshift-0-label"
                           class="emotion-4"
                           data-cy="popover"
-                          direction="bottom-right"
+                          direction="bottom-left"
                           id="downshift-0-menu"
                           role="listbox"
                         >
@@ -368,7 +368,7 @@ exports[`Dropdown renders a closed dropdown 1`] = `
                           aria-labelledby="downshift-0-label"
                           class="emotion-5"
                           data-cy="popover"
-                          direction="bottom-right"
+                          direction="bottom-left"
                           id="downshift-0-menu"
                           role="listbox"
                         >
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ exports[`Dropdown renders a closed dropdown 1`] = `
                       >
                         <Popover
                           aria-labelledby="downshift-0-label"
-                          direction="bottom-right"
+                          direction="bottom-left"
                           id="downshift-0-menu"
                           menuRef={[Function]}
                           role="listbox"
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ exports[`Dropdown renders a closed dropdown 1`] = `
                             aria-labelledby="downshift-0-label"
                             className="emotion-5"
                             data-cy="popover"
-                            direction="bottom-right"
+                            direction="bottom-left"
                             id="downshift-0-menu"
                             role="listbox"
                             style={
@@ -820,7 +820,7 @@ exports[`Dropdown renders a dropdown with a max height 1`] = `
                           aria-labelledby="downshift-0-label"
                           class="emotion-5"
                           data-cy="popover"
-                          direction="bottom-right"
+                          direction="bottom-left"
                           id="downshift-0-menu"
                           role="listbox"
                         >
@@ -992,7 +992,7 @@ exports[`Dropdown renders a dropdown with a max height 1`] = `
                           aria-labelledby="downshift-2-label"
                           class="emotion-4"
                           data-cy="popover"
-                          direction="bottom-right"
+                          direction="bottom-left"
                           id="downshift-2-menu"
                           role="listbox"
                           style="max-height: 50px;"
@@ -1055,7 +1055,7 @@ exports[`Dropdown renders a dropdown with a max height 1`] = `
                           aria-labelledby="downshift-2-label"
                           class="emotion-5"
                           data-cy="popover"
-                          direction="bottom-right"
+                          direction="bottom-left"
                           id="downshift-2-menu"
                           role="listbox"
                           style="max-height: 50px;"
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ exports[`Dropdown renders a dropdown with a max height 1`] = `
                       >
                         <Popover
                           aria-labelledby="downshift-2-label"
-                          direction="bottom-right"
+                          direction="bottom-left"
                           id="downshift-2-menu"
                           maxHeight={50}
                           menuRef={[Function]}
@@ -1128,7 +1128,7 @@ exports[`Dropdown renders a dropdown with a max height 1`] = `
                             aria-labelledby="downshift-2-label"
                             className="emotion-5"
                             data-cy="popover"
-                            direction="bottom-right"
+                            direction="bottom-left"
                             id="downshift-2-menu"
                             role="listbox"
                             style={
@@ -1509,7 +1509,7 @@ exports[`Dropdown renders an open dropdown 1`] = `
                           aria-labelledby="downshift-0-label"
                           class="emotion-5"
                           data-cy="popover"
-                          direction="bottom-right"
+                          direction="bottom-left"
                           id="downshift-0-menu"
                           role="listbox"
                         >
@@ -2175,7 +2175,7 @@ exports[`Dropdown renders an open dropdown with multiple sections 1`] = `
                           aria-labelledby="downshift-0-label"
                           class="emotion-9"
                           data-cy="popover"
-                          direction="bottom-right"
+                          direction="bottom-left"
                           id="downshift-0-menu"
                           role="listbox"
                         >
@@ -2289,7 +2289,7 @@ exports[`Dropdown renders an open dropdown with multiple sections 1`] = `
                           aria-labelledby="downshift-2-label"
                           class="emotion-9"
                           data-cy="popover"
-                          direction="bottom-right"
+                          direction="bottom-left"
                           id="downshift-2-menu"
                           role="listbox"
                           style="max-height: 50px;"
diff --git a/packages/dropdownable/components/Dropdownable.tsx b/packages/dropdownable/components/Dropdownable.tsx
index ecbc582b1..aa62e26d2 100644
--- a/packages/dropdownable/components/Dropdownable.tsx
+++ b/packages/dropdownable/components/Dropdownable.tsx
@@ -142,6 +142,9 @@ class Dropdownable extends React.Component<DropdownableProps, State> {
   }
 
   setPositionFromCurrentProps() {
+    if (!this.props.open) {
+      return;
+    }
     this.setPosition(this.props);
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/tooltip/tests/__snapshots__/Tooltip.test.tsx.snap b/packages/tooltip/tests/__snapshots__/Tooltip.test.tsx.snap
index 2c441c8b1..89d336b75 100644
--- a/packages/tooltip/tests/__snapshots__/Tooltip.test.tsx.snap
+++ b/packages/tooltip/tests/__snapshots__/Tooltip.test.tsx.snap
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ exports[`Tooltip renders 1`] = `
                       open={false}
                     >
                       <TooltipContent
-                        direction="top-left"
+                        direction="bottom-left"
                         id="renders"
                         open={false}
                       >
@@ -282,7 +282,8 @@ exports[`Tooltip renders open tooltip 1`] = `
                       <div
                         aria-hidden="true"
                         class="
-    emotion-0    emotion-1   inverseColorMode emotion-2"
+    css-nu8exu
+    emotion-1   inverseColorMode emotion-2"
                         data-cy="tooltipContent"
                         id="renders"
                         role="tooltip"
@@ -496,8 +497,7 @@ exports[`Tooltip renders with preferred directions 1`] = `
                       <div
                         aria-hidden="true"
                         class="
-    css-10cr3um
-    emotion-1   inverseColorMode emotion-2"
+    emotion-0    emotion-1   inverseColorMode emotion-2"
                         data-cy="tooltipContent"
                         id="renders"
                         role="tooltip"