diff --git a/.storybook/main.js b/.storybook/main.js
index 8cb06f92..15846543 100644
--- a/.storybook/main.js
+++ b/.storybook/main.js
@@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ const path = require('path');
 module.exports = {
     stories: ['../stories/*.stories.tsx'],
     addons: ['@storybook/addon-essentials'],
+    typescript: {
+        check: false, // typecheck separately
+        reactDocgen: false, // substantially improves performance: https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/issues/22164#issuecomment-1603627308
+    },
     webpackFinal: async (config, {configType}) => {
+        config.devtool = false; // perf per: https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/issues/19736#issuecomment-1478103817
         config.module.rules.push({
-            test: /\.(ts|tsx)$/,
-            loader: 'ts-loader'
-        }, {
             test: /\.scss$/,
             exclude: /node_modules/,
             include: path.resolve(__dirname, '../'),
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 64e264b0..68fad02e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -91,7 +91,6 @@
         "storybook": "^6.5.14",
         "style-loader": "^2.0.0",
         "ts-jest": "^26.5.6",
-        "ts-loader": "^8.3.0",
         "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
         "webfonts-generator": "^0.4.0",
         "webpack": "^4.46.0"
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 136ac9d0..cb9720ad 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -6143,7 +6143,7 @@ endent@^2.0.1:
     fast-json-parse "^1.0.3"
     objectorarray "^1.0.4"
 
-enhanced-resolve@^4.0.0, enhanced-resolve@^4.5.0:
+enhanced-resolve@^4.5.0:
   version "4.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/enhanced-resolve/-/enhanced-resolve-4.5.0.tgz#2f3cfd84dbe3b487f18f2db2ef1e064a571ca5ec"
   integrity sha512-Nv9m36S/vxpsI+Hc4/ZGRs0n9mXqSWGGq49zxb/cJfPAQMbUtttJAlNPS4AQzaBdw/pKskw5bMbekT/Y7W/Wlg==
@@ -9890,7 +9890,7 @@ micromatch@^3.1.10, micromatch@^3.1.4:
     snapdragon "^0.8.1"
     to-regex "^3.0.2"
 
-micromatch@^4.0.0, micromatch@^4.0.2, micromatch@^4.0.4:
+micromatch@^4.0.2, micromatch@^4.0.4:
   version "4.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/micromatch/-/micromatch-4.0.4.tgz#896d519dfe9db25fce94ceb7a500919bf881ebf9"
   integrity sha512-pRmzw/XUcwXGpD9aI9q/0XOwLNygjETJ8y0ao0wdqprrzDa4YnxLcz7fQRZr8voh8V10kGhABbNcHVk5wHgWwg==
@@ -13706,17 +13706,6 @@ ts-jest@^26.5.6:
     semver "7.x"
     yargs-parser "20.x"
 
-ts-loader@^8.3.0:
-  version "8.4.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ts-loader/-/ts-loader-8.4.0.tgz#e845ea0f38d140bdc3d7d60293ca18d12ff2720f"
-  integrity sha512-6nFY3IZ2//mrPc+ImY3hNWx1vCHyEhl6V+wLmL4CZcm6g1CqX7UKrkc6y0i4FwcfOhxyMPCfaEvh20f4r9GNpw==
-  dependencies:
-    chalk "^4.1.0"
-    enhanced-resolve "^4.0.0"
-    loader-utils "^2.0.0"
-    micromatch "^4.0.0"
-    semver "^7.3.4"
-
 ts-node@^10.9.1:
   version "10.9.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ts-node/-/ts-node-10.9.1.tgz#e73de9102958af9e1f0b168a6ff320e25adcff4b"