diff --git a/packages/babel-preset-react-app/create.js b/packages/babel-preset-react-app/create.js
index a617a507f2..50ad64e695 100644
--- a/packages/babel-preset-react-app/create.js
+++ b/packages/babel-preset-react-app/create.js
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@
 
 const path = require('path');
 
+const hasJsxRuntime = (() => {
+  try {
+    require.resolve('react/jsx-runtime.js');
+    return true;
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false;
+  }
+})();
+
 const validateBoolOption = (name, value, defaultValue) => {
   if (typeof value === 'undefined') {
     value = defaultValue;
@@ -54,10 +63,6 @@ module.exports = function (api, opts, env) {
     );
   }
 
-  var hasJsxRuntime = Boolean(
-    api.caller(caller => !!caller && caller.hasJsxRuntime)
-  );
-
   if (!isEnvDevelopment && !isEnvProduction && !isEnvTest) {
     throw new Error(
       'Using `babel-preset-react-app` requires that you specify `NODE_ENV` or ' +
@@ -100,7 +105,7 @@ module.exports = function (api, opts, env) {
           // Will use the native built-in instead of trying to polyfill
           // behavior for any plugins that require one.
           ...(!hasJsxRuntime ? { useBuiltIns: true } : {}),
-          runtime: opts.runtime || 'classic',
+          runtime: hasJsxRuntime ? 'automatic' : 'classic',
         },
       ],
       isTypeScriptEnabled && [require('@babel/preset-typescript').default],
diff --git a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/base.js b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/base.js
index 1e94b5a16c..b6acd702ea 100644
--- a/packages/eslint-config-react-app/base.js
+++ b/packages/eslint-config-react-app/base.js
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@
 // React App support, and is used as the `baseConfig` for `eslint-loader`
 // to ensure that user-provided configs don't need this boilerplate.
 
+const hasJsxRuntime = (() => {
+  try {
+    require.resolve('react/jsx-runtime.js');
+    return true;
+  } catch (e) {
+    return false;
+  }
+})();
+
 module.exports = {
   root: true,
 
@@ -41,8 +50,10 @@ module.exports = {
   },
 
   rules: {
-    'react/jsx-uses-react': 'warn',
     'react/jsx-uses-vars': 'warn',
-    'react/react-in-jsx-scope': 'error',
+    ...(!hasJsxRuntime && {
+      'react/jsx-uses-react': 'warn',
+      'react/react-in-jsx-scope': 'error',
+    }),
   },
 };
diff --git a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
index bb506bbf44..b7c5913979 100644
--- a/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/react-scripts/config/webpack.config.js
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ const fs = require('fs');
 const path = require('path');
 const webpack = require('webpack');
 const resolve = require('resolve');
-const semver = require('semver');
 const PnpWebpackPlugin = require('pnp-webpack-plugin');
 const HtmlWebpackPlugin = require('html-webpack-plugin');
 const CaseSensitivePathsPlugin = require('case-sensitive-paths-webpack-plugin');
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ const ModuleNotFoundPlugin = require('react-dev-utils/ModuleNotFoundPlugin');
 const ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin = require('react-dev-utils/ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin');
 const typescriptFormatter = require('react-dev-utils/typescriptFormatter');
 const ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin = require('@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin');
-const react = require(require.resolve('react', { paths: [paths.appPath] }));
 // @remove-on-eject-begin
 const getCacheIdentifier = require('react-dev-utils/getCacheIdentifier');
 // @remove-on-eject-end
@@ -403,16 +401,7 @@ module.exports = function (webpackEnv) {
                 // @remove-on-eject-begin
                 babelrc: false,
                 configFile: false,
-                presets: [
-                  [
-                    require.resolve('babel-preset-react-app'),
-                    {
-                      runtime: semver.gte(react.version, '17.0.0-alpha.0')
-                        ? 'automatic'
-                        : 'classic',
-                    },
-                  ],
-                ],
+                presets: [require.resolve('babel-preset-react-app')],
                 // Make sure we have a unique cache identifier, erring on the
                 // side of caution.
                 // We remove this when the user ejects because the default