This post was helpful, but just wanted to share a slight alternative that may help others:
Setting max-height instead of height also does the trick. In my case, I'm disabling scrolling based on a class toggle. Setting .someContainer {height: 100%; overflow: hidden;} when the container's height is smaller than that of the viewport would stretch the container, which wouldn't be what you'd want. Setting max-height accounts for this, but if the container's height is greater than the viewport's when the content changes, still disables scrolling.