diff --git a/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/Toolbars/UrlBar/TabLocationView.swift b/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/Toolbars/UrlBar/TabLocationView.swift
index 37a9d18ecd1..9e6675498ed 100644
--- a/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/Toolbars/UrlBar/TabLocationView.swift
+++ b/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/Toolbars/UrlBar/TabLocationView.swift
@@ -273,12 +273,6 @@ class TabLocationView: UIView {
     contentView.snp.makeConstraints { make in
       make.leading.trailing.top.bottom.equalTo(self)
     }
-
-    // Setup UIDragInteraction to handle dragging the location
-    // bar for dropping its URL into other apps.
-    let dragInteraction = UIDragInteraction(delegate: self)
-    dragInteraction.allowsSimultaneousRecognitionDuringLift = true
-    self.addInteraction(dragInteraction)
     
     privateModeCancellable = privateBrowsingManager.$isPrivateBrowsing
       .removeDuplicates()
@@ -414,26 +408,6 @@ class TabLocationView: UIView {
   }
 }
 
-// MARK: - UIDragInteractionDelegate
-
-extension TabLocationView: UIDragInteractionDelegate {
-  func dragInteraction(_ interaction: UIDragInteraction, itemsForBeginning session: UIDragSession) -> [UIDragItem] {
-    // Ensure we actually have a URL in the location bar and that the URL is not local.
-    guard let url = self.url, !InternalURL.isValid(url: url), let itemProvider = NSItemProvider(contentsOf: url),
-      !reloadButton.isHighlighted
-    else {
-      return []
-    }
-
-    let dragItem = UIDragItem(itemProvider: itemProvider)
-    return [dragItem]
-  }
-
-  func dragInteraction(_ interaction: UIDragInteraction, sessionWillBegin session: UIDragSession) {
-    delegate?.tabLocationViewDidBeginDragInteraction(self)
-  }
-}
-
 // MARK: - TabEventHandler
 
 extension TabLocationView: TabEventHandler {
diff --git a/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/Toolbars/UrlBar/TopToolbarView.swift b/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/Toolbars/UrlBar/TopToolbarView.swift
index b6c2fbf8258..08fb51bdfc4 100644
--- a/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/Toolbars/UrlBar/TopToolbarView.swift
+++ b/Sources/Brave/Frontend/Browser/Toolbars/UrlBar/TopToolbarView.swift
@@ -307,6 +307,10 @@ class TopToolbarView: UIView, ToolbarProtocol {
     swipeGestureRecognizer.isEnabled = false
     locationView.addGestureRecognizer(swipeGestureRecognizer)
     
+    let dragInteraction = UIDragInteraction(delegate: self)
+    dragInteraction.allowsSimultaneousRecognitionDuringLift = true
+    locationView.addInteraction(dragInteraction)
+    
     self.displayTabTraySwipeGestureRecognizer = swipeGestureRecognizer
     
     qrCodeButton.addTarget(self, action: #selector(topToolbarDidPressQrCodeButton), for: .touchUpInside)
@@ -412,11 +416,11 @@ class TopToolbarView: UIView, ToolbarProtocol {
       $0.attributedPlaceholder = self.locationView.makePlaceholder(colors: .standard)
       $0.clearButtonMode = .whileEditing
       $0.rightViewMode = .never
+      if let dropInteraction = $0.textDropInteraction {
+        $0.removeInteraction(dropInteraction)
+      }
     }
     
-    let dragInteraction = UIDragInteraction(delegate: self)
-    locationTextField.addInteraction(dragInteraction)
-
     if RecentSearchQRCodeScannerController.hasCameraSupport {
       locationBarOptionsStackView.addArrangedSubview(qrCodeButton)
     }
@@ -807,12 +811,19 @@ extension TopToolbarView: AutocompleteTextFieldDelegate {
 
 extension TopToolbarView: UIDragInteractionDelegate {
   func dragInteraction(_ interaction: UIDragInteraction, itemsForBeginning session: UIDragSession) -> [UIDragItem] {
-    guard let text = locationTextField?.text else {
+    // Ensure we actually have a URL in the location bar and that the URL is not local.
+    guard let url = self.locationView.url, !InternalURL.isValid(url: url), let itemProvider = NSItemProvider(contentsOf: url),
+          !locationView.reloadButton.isHighlighted, !inOverlayMode
+    else {
       return []
     }
-    
-    let dragItem = UIDragItem(itemProvider: NSItemProvider(object: text as NSString))
+
+    let dragItem = UIDragItem(itemProvider: itemProvider)
     dragItem.localObject = locationTextField
     return [dragItem]
   }
+  
+  func dragInteraction(_ interaction: UIDragInteraction, sessionWillBegin session: UIDragSession) {
+    delegate?.topToolbarDidBeginDragInteraction(self)
+  }
 }