diff --git a/babel.config.js b/babel.config.js
index 7ef7f39d372..bbba4bc1d62 100644
--- a/babel.config.js
+++ b/babel.config.js
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ module.exports = {
         },
       },
     ],
-    ['@babel/preset-react', {runtime: 'automatic'}],
+    ['@babel/preset-react', {runtime: 'classic'}],
     '@babel/preset-flow',
   ],
 };
diff --git a/packages/lexical-react/src/LexicalContentEditable.tsx b/packages/lexical-react/src/LexicalContentEditable.tsx
index 657ba4fed3a..4693be6cb21 100644
--- a/packages/lexical-react/src/LexicalContentEditable.tsx
+++ b/packages/lexical-react/src/LexicalContentEditable.tsx
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import type {Props as ElementProps} from './shared/LexicalContentEditableElement
 import type {LexicalEditor} from 'lexical';
 
 import {useLexicalComposerContext} from '@lexical/react/LexicalComposerContext';
+import * as React from 'react';
 import {forwardRef, Ref, useLayoutEffect, useState} from 'react';
 
 import {ContentEditableElement} from './shared/LexicalContentEditableElement';
diff --git a/scripts/build.js b/scripts/build.js
index 14bc48af584..3b8050d2920 100644
--- a/scripts/build.js
+++ b/scripts/build.js
@@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ const wwwMappings = {
   'prismjs/components/prism-swift': 'prism-swift',
   'prismjs/components/prism-typescript': 'prism-typescript',
   'react-dom': 'ReactDOM',
-  // The react entrypoint in fb includes the jsx runtime
-  'react/jsx-runtime': 'react',
 };
 
 /**
@@ -203,7 +201,7 @@ async function build(
               tsconfig: path.resolve('./tsconfig.build.json'),
             },
           ],
-          ['@babel/preset-react', {runtime: 'automatic'}],
+          ['@babel/preset-react', {runtime: 'classic'}],
         ],
       }),
       {