diff --git a/code/lib/cli/src/generate.ts b/code/lib/cli/src/generate.ts
index 63b4f788fde6..33f8ba1b0f0e 100644
--- a/code/lib/cli/src/generate.ts
+++ b/code/lib/cli/src/generate.ts
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ program
   .description('Run a Storybook codemod migration on your source files')
   .option('-l --list', 'List available migrations')
   .option('-g --glob <glob>', 'Glob for files upon which to apply the migration', '**/*.js')
-  .option('-p --parser <babel | babylon | flow | ts | tsx>', 'jscodeshift parser')
+  .option('-p --parser <babel | babylon | flow | ts | tsx>', 'jscodeshift parser (default: tsx)')
   .option(
     '-n --dry-run',
     'Dry run: verify the migration exists and show the files to which it will be applied'
diff --git a/code/lib/codemod/src/index.js b/code/lib/codemod/src/index.js
index 5d44b44210da..edeedeb785d8 100644
--- a/code/lib/codemod/src/index.js
+++ b/code/lib/codemod/src/index.js
@@ -56,10 +56,20 @@ export async function runCodemod(codemod, { glob, logger, dryRun, rename, parser
   const files = await globby([glob, '!**/node_modules', '!**/dist']);
   logger.log(`=> Applying ${codemod}: ${files.length} files`);
   if (!dryRun) {
-    const parserArgs = inferredParser ? ['--parser', inferredParser] : [];
+    const parserArgs = ['--parser', inferredParser ?? 'tsx'];
     spawnSync(
       'npx',
-      ['jscodeshift', '-t', `${TRANSFORM_DIR}/${codemod}.js`, ...parserArgs, ...files],
+      [
+        'jscodeshift',
+        // this makes sure codeshift doesn't transform our own source code with babel
+        // which is faster, and also makes sure the user won't see babel messages such as:
+        // [BABEL] Note: The code generator has deoptimised the styling of repo/node_modules/prettier/index.js as it exceeds the max of 500KB.
+        '--no-babel',
+        '-t',
+        `${TRANSFORM_DIR}/${codemod}.js`,
+        ...parserArgs,
+        ...files,
+      ],
       {
         stdio: 'inherit',
         shell: true,
diff --git a/code/lib/codemod/src/transforms/csf-2-to-3.ts b/code/lib/codemod/src/transforms/csf-2-to-3.ts
index 7520b7d8582b..7d8ede84b126 100644
--- a/code/lib/codemod/src/transforms/csf-2-to-3.ts
+++ b/code/lib/codemod/src/transforms/csf-2-to-3.ts
@@ -181,4 +181,6 @@ function transform({ source }: { source: string }, api: any, options: { parser?:
   });
 }
 
+export const parser = 'tsx';
+
 export default transform;