diff --git a/chartfx-chart/src/main/java/io/fair_acc/chartfx/axes/spi/AbstractAxis.java b/chartfx-chart/src/main/java/io/fair_acc/chartfx/axes/spi/AbstractAxis.java
index 05eecac9a..0ceaabb11 100644
--- a/chartfx-chart/src/main/java/io/fair_acc/chartfx/axes/spi/AbstractAxis.java
+++ b/chartfx-chart/src/main/java/io/fair_acc/chartfx/axes/spi/AbstractAxis.java
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 import javafx.scene.CacheHint;
 import javafx.scene.canvas.Canvas;
 import javafx.scene.canvas.GraphicsContext;
-import javafx.scene.layout.Priority;
+import javafx.scene.layout.Pane;
 import javafx.scene.paint.Color;
 import javafx.scene.text.Text;
 import javafx.scene.text.TextAlignment;
@@ -542,11 +542,14 @@ private boolean isTickLabelRendered() {
     }
 
     private void applyOverlapPolicy(List<TickMark> tickMarks) {
-        // Default to all visible
+        // Start with everything being visible
         for (TickMark tickMark : tickMarks) {
             tickMark.setVisible(true);
         }
 
+        // Hide labels that would get cut off by the parent
+        hideLabelsOutsideParentBounds(tickMarks);
+
         // Check whether any labels overlap.
         // Note: We technically only need to compute it for cases that
         // hide/modify labels, but we leave it in for diagnostics.
@@ -557,7 +560,7 @@ private void applyOverlapPolicy(List<TickMark> tickMarks) {
         }
 
         // No overlap -> no need for an overlap policy
-        if (!labelOverlap) {
+        if (!labelOverlap || tickMarks.isEmpty()) {
             return;
         }
 
@@ -573,7 +576,8 @@ private void applyOverlapPolicy(List<TickMark> tickMarks) {
 
             case SKIP_ALT:
                 // make every other label visible to gain a factor 2 margin
-                for (int i = 1; i < tickMarks.size(); i += 2) {
+                int firstHidden = !tickMarks.get(0).isVisible() ? 0 : 1;
+                for (int i = firstHidden; i < tickMarks.size(); i += 2) {
                     tickMarks.get(i).setVisible(false);
                 }
                 break;
@@ -590,6 +594,43 @@ private void applyOverlapPolicy(List<TickMark> tickMarks) {
 
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Hides labels that can't be fully displayed due to the
+     * bounds of the parent container. This often manifests
+     * on the top of y axes when there is no title padding.
+     * <p>
+     * Note that the layout bounds may not be available
+     * until the bounds phase, so we use layout x/y directly.
+     */
+    private void hideLabelsOutsideParentBounds(List<TickMark> tickMarks) {
+        if (getParent() == null || !(getParent() instanceof Pane)) {
+            return;
+        }
+        if (getSide().isHorizontal()) {
+            final double offset = getLayoutX();
+            final double parentWidth = ((Pane) getParent()).getWidth();
+            for (TickMark tickMark : tickMarks) {
+                double width = tickMark.getWidth();
+                double minLabel = tickMark.getPosition() - width / 2 + offset;
+                double maxLabel = tickMark.getPosition() + width / 2 + offset;
+                if (minLabel < 0 || maxLabel > parentWidth) {
+                    tickMark.setVisible(false);
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            final double offset = getLayoutY();
+            final double parentHeight = ((Pane) getParent()).getHeight();
+            for (TickMark tickMark : tickMarks) {
+                double height = tickMark.getHeight();
+                double minLabel = tickMark.getPosition() - height / 2 + offset;
+                double maxLabel = tickMark.getPosition() + height / 2 + offset;
+                if (minLabel < 0 || maxLabel > parentHeight) {
+                    tickMark.setVisible(false);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     @Deprecated // for testing purposes
     List<TickMark> computeTickMarks(AxisRange range, boolean major) {
         if (major) {
diff --git a/chartfx-chart/src/main/resources/io/fair_acc/chartfx/chart.css b/chartfx-chart/src/main/resources/io/fair_acc/chartfx/chart.css
index b765901e4..77046a552 100644
--- a/chartfx-chart/src/main/resources/io/fair_acc/chartfx/chart.css
+++ b/chartfx-chart/src/main/resources/io/fair_acc/chartfx/chart.css
@@ -133,9 +133,6 @@
 .chart {
   -fx-tool-bar-side: TOP;
 }
-.chart .chart-content {
-  -fx-padding: 5 0 0 0px;
-}
 .chart .chart-title {
   visibility: visible;
   -fx-side: top;
diff --git a/chartfx-chart/src/main/resources/io/fair_acc/chartfx/chart.scss b/chartfx-chart/src/main/resources/io/fair_acc/chartfx/chart.scss
index 60e404394..6a3c084c8 100644
--- a/chartfx-chart/src/main/resources/io/fair_acc/chartfx/chart.scss
+++ b/chartfx-chart/src/main/resources/io/fair_acc/chartfx/chart.scss
@@ -179,11 +179,6 @@ $null: null; // null gets removed from Sass. Maybe create a placeholder and repl
   // TODO: they don't seem to work and maybe we should create panes with a side property? deprecate these?
   -fx-tool-bar-side: TOP;
 
-  .chart-content {
-    // leave some top-axis overdraw-padding if there is no title
-    -fx-padding: 5 0 0 0px
-  }
-
   .chart-title {
     visibility: visible;
     -fx-side: top;