diff --git a/packages/richtext-lexical/src/field/RenderLexical/RichTextComponentClient.tsx b/packages/richtext-lexical/src/field/RenderLexical/RichTextComponentClient.tsx
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--- a/packages/richtext-lexical/src/field/RenderLexical/RichTextComponentClient.tsx
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-'use client'
-
-import type { FormState } from 'payload'
-
-import { Form } from '@payloadcms/ui'
-import React from 'react'
-
-import { buildEditorState } from '../../utilities/buildEditorState.js'
-
-/**
- * @experimental - may break in minor releases
- */
-export const RichTextComponentClient: React.FC<{
-  FieldComponent: React.ReactNode
-}> = (props) => {
-  const { FieldComponent } = props
-
-  const [initialState] = React.useState<FormState>(() => {
-    const lexical = buildEditorState({ text: 'Hello world' })
-
-    return {
-      richText: {
-        initialValue: lexical,
-        valid: true,
-        value: lexical,
-      },
-    }
-  })
-
-  const onChange: (args: { formState: FormState; submitted?: boolean }) => Promise<FormState> =
-    // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/require-await
-    React.useCallback(async ({ formState }) => {
-      return formState
-    }, [])
-
-  return (
-    <Form
-      el="div" // <= new in 3.26.0
-      fields={[{ name: 'richText', type: 'richText' }]}
-      initialState={initialState}
-      onChange={[onChange]}
-    >
-      {FieldComponent}
-    </Form>
-  )
-}