diff --git a/core/src/components/segment-button/segment-button.tsx b/core/src/components/segment-button/segment-button.tsx
index 3a2135421c..fb940c9d99 100644
--- a/core/src/components/segment-button/segment-button.tsx
+++ b/core/src/components/segment-button/segment-button.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { ComponentInterface } from '@stencil/core';
 import { Component, Element, Host, Prop, Method, State, Watch, forceUpdate, h } from '@stencil/core';
 import type { ButtonInterface } from '@utils/element-interface';
 import type { Attributes } from '@utils/helpers';
-import { addEventListener, removeEventListener, inheritAttributes, getNextSiblingOfType } from '@utils/helpers';
+import { addEventListener, removeEventListener, inheritAttributes } from '@utils/helpers';
 import { hostContext } from '@utils/theme';
 
 import { getIonMode } from '../../global/ionic-global';
@@ -65,41 +65,7 @@ export class SegmentButton implements ComponentInterface, ButtonInterface {
     this.updateState();
   }
 
-  private waitForSegmentContent(ionSegment: HTMLIonSegmentElement | null, contentId: string): Promise<HTMLElement> {
-    return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-      let timeoutId: NodeJS.Timeout | undefined = undefined;
-      let animationFrameId: number;
-
-      const check = () => {
-        if (!ionSegment) {
-          reject(new Error(`Segment not found when looking for Segment Content`));
-          return;
-        }
-
-        const segmentView = getNextSiblingOfType<HTMLIonSegmentViewElement>(ionSegment); // Skip the text nodes
-        const segmentContent = segmentView?.querySelector(
-          `ion-segment-content[id="${contentId}"]`
-        ) as HTMLIonSegmentContentElement | null;
-        if (segmentContent && timeoutId) {
-          clearTimeout(timeoutId); // Clear the timeout if the segmentContent is found
-          cancelAnimationFrame(animationFrameId);
-          resolve(segmentContent);
-        } else {
-          animationFrameId = requestAnimationFrame(check); // Keep checking on the next animation frame
-        }
-      };
-
-      check();
-
-      // Set a timeout to reject the promise
-      timeoutId = setTimeout(() => {
-        cancelAnimationFrame(animationFrameId);
-        reject(new Error(`Unable to find Segment Content with id="${contentId} within 1000 ms`));
-      }, 1000);
-    });
-  }
-
-  async connectedCallback() {
+  connectedCallback() {
     const segmentEl = (this.segmentEl = this.el.closest('ion-segment'));
     if (segmentEl) {
       this.updateState();
@@ -107,27 +73,8 @@ export class SegmentButton implements ComponentInterface, ButtonInterface {
       addEventListener(segmentEl, 'ionStyle', this.updateStyle);
     }
 
-    // Return if there is no contentId defined
-    if (!this.contentId) return;
-
-    let segmentContent;
-    try {
-      // Attempt to find the Segment Content by its contentId
-      segmentContent = await this.waitForSegmentContent(segmentEl, this.contentId);
-    } catch (error) {
-      // If no associated Segment Content exists, log an error and return
-      console.error('Segment Button: ', (error as Error).message);
-      return;
-    }
-
-    // Ensure the found element is a valid ION-SEGMENT-CONTENT
-    if (segmentContent.tagName !== 'ION-SEGMENT-CONTENT') {
-      console.error(`Segment Button: Element with id="${this.contentId}" is not an <ion-segment-content> element.`);
-      return;
-    }
-
     // Prevent buttons from being disabled when associated with segment content
-    if (this.disabled) {
+    if (this.contentId && this.disabled) {
       console.warn(`Segment Button: Segment buttons cannot be disabled when associated with an <ion-segment-content>.`);
       this.disabled = false;
     }
@@ -146,6 +93,24 @@ export class SegmentButton implements ComponentInterface, ButtonInterface {
     this.inheritedAttributes = {
       ...inheritAttributes(this.el, ['aria-label']),
     };
+
+    // Return if there is no contentId defined
+    if (!this.contentId) return;
+
+    // Attempt to find the Segment Content by its contentId
+    const segmentContent = document.getElementById(this.contentId) as HTMLIonSegmentContentElement | null;
+
+    // If no associated Segment Content exists, log an error and return
+    if (!segmentContent) {
+      console.error(`Segment Button: Unable to find Segment Content with id="${this.contentId}".`);
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // Ensure the found element is a valid ION-SEGMENT-CONTENT
+    if (segmentContent.tagName !== 'ION-SEGMENT-CONTENT') {
+      console.error(`Segment Button: Element with id="${this.contentId}" is not an <ion-segment-content> element.`);
+      return;
+    }
   }
 
   private get hasLabel() {
diff --git a/core/src/utils/helpers.ts b/core/src/utils/helpers.ts
index 1a3cd15b0d..e2a65407c0 100644
--- a/core/src/utils/helpers.ts
+++ b/core/src/utils/helpers.ts
@@ -388,17 +388,6 @@ export const shallowEqualStringMap = (
   return true;
 };
 
-export const getNextSiblingOfType = <T extends Element>(element: Element): T | null => {
-  let sibling = element.nextSibling;
-  while (sibling) {
-    if (sibling.nodeType === Node.ELEMENT_NODE && (sibling as T) !== null) {
-      return sibling as T;
-    }
-    sibling = sibling.nextSibling;
-  }
-  return null;
-};
-
 /**
  * Checks input for usable number. Not NaN and not Infinite.
  */