diff --git a/.changeset/happy-hounds-peel.md b/.changeset/happy-hounds-peel.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1ed41afe4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/happy-hounds-peel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@ithaka/pharos": patch
+---
+
+Re-add change to toast dismissal from PR #475 that was dropped in a tricky merge resolution
diff --git a/packages/pharos/src/components/toast/pharos-toaster.ts b/packages/pharos/src/components/toast/pharos-toaster.ts
index 52e2de9e3..0da61ff92 100644
--- a/packages/pharos/src/components/toast/pharos-toaster.ts
+++ b/packages/pharos/src/components/toast/pharos-toaster.ts
@@ -159,10 +159,7 @@ export class PharosToaster extends ScopedRegistryMixin(PharosElement) {
 
   private _closeToast(event: CustomEvent): void {
     const { id } = <ToastCloseDetail>(<CustomEvent>event).detail || {};
-    const toast = document.getElementById(this._getToastID(id));
-    if (toast) {
-      this.removeChild(toast);
-    }
+    this._toasts = this._toasts.filter((toast) => toast.id !== id);
     this._focusOnReturnElements(this.returnElements);
   }