diff --git a/lib/theme.json b/lib/theme.json
index f32734b6efe0f4..867c38af1f180d 100644
--- a/lib/theme.json
+++ b/lib/theme.json
@@ -230,6 +230,12 @@
 					"customRadius": true
 				}
 			},
+			"core/cover": {
+				"spacing": {
+					"customMargin": true,
+					"customPadding": true
+				}
+			},
 			"core/pullquote": {
 				"border": {
 					"customColor": true,
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/cover/block.json b/packages/block-library/src/cover/block.json
index 214a485a942514..883d2ebd8040c9 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/cover/block.json
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/cover/block.json
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 		"html": false,
 		"spacing": {
 			"padding": true,
+			"margin": true,
 			"__experimentalDefaultControls": {
 				"padding": true
 			}
diff --git a/packages/block-library/src/cover/edit.js b/packages/block-library/src/cover/edit.js
index 500cdd37838a82..0a48aa6d129ad9 100644
--- a/packages/block-library/src/cover/edit.js
+++ b/packages/block-library/src/cover/edit.js
@@ -80,8 +80,6 @@ const INNER_BLOCKS_TEMPLATE = [
 	],
 ];
 
-const { __Visualizer: BoxControlVisualizer } = BoxControl;
-
 function retrieveFastAverageColor() {
 	if ( ! retrieveFastAverageColor.fastAverageColor ) {
 		retrieveFastAverageColor.fastAverageColor = new FastAverageColor();
@@ -320,7 +318,6 @@ function CoverEdit( {
 		isRepeated,
 		minHeight,
 		minHeightUnit,
-		style: styleAttribute,
 		url,
 		alt,
 	} = attributes;
@@ -670,10 +667,6 @@ function CoverEdit( {
 				style={ { ...style, ...blockProps.style } }
 				data-url={ url }
 			>
-				<BoxControlVisualizer
-					values={ styleAttribute?.spacing?.padding }
-					showValues={ styleAttribute?.visualizers?.padding }
-				/>
 				<ResizableCover
 					className="block-library-cover__resize-container"
 					onResizeStart={ () => {