diff --git a/code/lib/addons/src/types.ts b/code/lib/addons/src/types.ts
index 5ce1726388b5..b33a88e39438 100644
--- a/code/lib/addons/src/types.ts
+++ b/code/lib/addons/src/types.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ export type IndexEntry = StoryIndexEntry | DocsIndexEntry;
 
 // The `any` here is the story store's `StoreItem` record. Ideally we should probably only
 // pass a defined subset of that full data, but we pass it all so far :shrug:
-export type StorySortComparator = Comparator<[StoryId, any, Parameters, Parameters]>;
+export type IndexEntryLegacy = [StoryId, any, Parameters, Parameters];
+export type StorySortComparator = Comparator<IndexEntryLegacy>;
 export type StorySortParameter = StorySortComparator | StorySortObjectParameter;
 export type StorySortComparatorV7 = Comparator<IndexEntry>;
 export type StorySortParameterV7 = StorySortComparatorV7 | StorySortObjectParameter;
diff --git a/code/lib/builder-vite/src/optimizeDeps.ts b/code/lib/builder-vite/src/optimizeDeps.ts
index 09df4ba81c8c..1ee4070dff6a 100644
--- a/code/lib/builder-vite/src/optimizeDeps.ts
+++ b/code/lib/builder-vite/src/optimizeDeps.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,6 @@ const INCLUDE_CANDIDATES = [
   'refractor/lang/yaml.js',
   'regenerator-runtime/runtime.js',
   'slash',
-  'stable',
   'store2',
   'synchronous-promise',
   'telejson',
diff --git a/code/lib/builder-webpack5/package.json b/code/lib/builder-webpack5/package.json
index 3c955d317110..f4aa7c596118 100644
--- a/code/lib/builder-webpack5/package.json
+++ b/code/lib/builder-webpack5/package.json
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@
     "html-webpack-plugin": "^5.5.0",
     "path-browserify": "^1.0.1",
     "process": "^0.11.10",
-    "stable": "^0.1.8",
     "style-loader": "^3.3.1",
     "terser-webpack-plugin": "^5.3.1",
     "ts-dedent": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/code/lib/store/package.json b/code/lib/store/package.json
index 5749685d5b5e..779bba95a8f4 100644
--- a/code/lib/store/package.json
+++ b/code/lib/store/package.json
@@ -44,7 +44,6 @@
     "lodash": "^4.17.21",
     "memoizerific": "^1.11.3",
     "slash": "^3.0.0",
-    "stable": "^0.1.8",
     "synchronous-promise": "^2.0.15",
     "ts-dedent": "^2.0.0",
     "util-deprecate": "^1.0.2"
diff --git a/code/lib/store/src/sortStories.ts b/code/lib/store/src/sortStories.ts
index bcc8a7222b6a..f817fca96bcf 100644
--- a/code/lib/store/src/sortStories.ts
+++ b/code/lib/store/src/sortStories.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-import stable from 'stable';
 import { dedent } from 'ts-dedent';
-import type { Comparator, StorySortParameter, StorySortParameterV7 } from '@storybook/addons';
+import type {
+  Comparator,
+  IndexEntryLegacy,
+  StorySortParameter,
+  StorySortParameterV7,
+} from '@storybook/addons';
 import { storySort } from './storySort';
 import type { Story, StoryIndexEntry, IndexEntry, Path, Parameters } from './types';
 
@@ -16,10 +20,9 @@ const sortStoriesCommon = (
     } else {
       sortFn = storySort(storySortParameter);
     }
-    stable.inplace(stories, sortFn);
+    stories.sort(sortFn as (a: IndexEntry, b: IndexEntry) => number);
   } else {
-    stable.inplace(
-      stories,
+    stories.sort(
       (s1, s2) => fileNameOrder.indexOf(s1.importPath) - fileNameOrder.indexOf(s2.importPath)
     );
   }
@@ -57,7 +60,7 @@ export const sortStoriesV6 = (
   fileNameOrder: Path[]
 ) => {
   if (storySortParameter && typeof storySortParameter === 'function') {
-    stable.inplace(stories, storySortParameter);
+    stories.sort(storySortParameter as (a: IndexEntryLegacy, b: IndexEntryLegacy) => number);
     return stories.map((s) => toIndexEntry(s[1]));
   }
 
diff --git a/code/yarn.lock b/code/yarn.lock
index 419c3fe5f3ad..0cee90fdc740 100644
--- a/code/yarn.lock
+++ b/code/yarn.lock
@@ -7777,7 +7777,6 @@ __metadata:
     html-webpack-plugin: ^5.5.0
     path-browserify: ^1.0.1
     process: ^0.11.10
-    stable: ^0.1.8
     style-loader: ^3.3.1
     terser-webpack-plugin: ^5.3.1
     ts-dedent: ^2.0.0
@@ -9440,7 +9439,6 @@ __metadata:
     lodash: ^4.17.21
     memoizerific: ^1.11.3
     slash: ^3.0.0
-    stable: ^0.1.8
     synchronous-promise: ^2.0.15
     ts-dedent: ^2.0.0
     typescript: ~4.6.3