diff --git a/compiler/packages/eslint-plugin-react-compiler/__tests__/ReactCompilerRuleTypescript-test.ts b/compiler/packages/eslint-plugin-react-compiler/__tests__/ReactCompilerRuleTypescript-test.ts
index 3ac2bec2da..9c44f62ef8 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/eslint-plugin-react-compiler/__tests__/ReactCompilerRuleTypescript-test.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/eslint-plugin-react-compiler/__tests__/ReactCompilerRuleTypescript-test.ts
@@ -34,10 +34,8 @@ const tests: CompilerTestCases = {
         }
       `,
     },
-  ],
-  invalid: [
     {
-      name: "[FALSE POSITIVE] Repro for hooks as normal values",
+      name: "Repro for hooks as normal values",
       filename: "test.tsx",
       code: normalizeIndent`
         function Button(props) {
@@ -45,13 +43,9 @@ const tests: CompilerTestCases = {
           return <Button thing={scrollview} />;
         }
       `,
-      errors: [
-        {
-          message:
-            "Hooks may not be referenced as normal values, they must be called. See https://react.dev/reference/rules/react-calls-components-and-hooks#never-pass-around-hooks-as-regular-values",
-        },
-      ],
     },
+  ],
+  invalid: [
     {
       name: "Mutating useState value",
       filename: "test.tsx",
diff --git a/compiler/packages/eslint-plugin-react-compiler/src/rules/ReactCompilerRule.ts b/compiler/packages/eslint-plugin-react-compiler/src/rules/ReactCompilerRule.ts
index bfda6adf43..a7c242c08d 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/eslint-plugin-react-compiler/src/rules/ReactCompilerRule.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/eslint-plugin-react-compiler/src/rules/ReactCompilerRule.ts
@@ -114,29 +114,25 @@ const rule: Rule.RuleModule = {
     }
 
     let babelAST;
-    try {
-      // first try parsing with the faster Hermes that also supports JS, Flow
-      // and most TS syntax
+    if (
+      context.filename.endsWith(".tsx") ||
+      context.filename.endsWith(".ts")
+    ) {
+      try {
+        const { parse: babelParse } = require("@babel/parser");
+        babelAST = babelParse(sourceCode, {
+          filename,
+          sourceType: "unambiguous",
+          plugins: ["typescript", "jsx"],
+        });
+      } catch {}
+    } else {
       babelAST = HermesParser.parse(sourceCode, {
         babel: true,
         enableExperimentalComponentSyntax: true,
         sourceFilename: filename,
         sourceType: "module",
       });
-    } catch {
-      // If Hermes fails, try Babel for advanced TS syntax.
-      if (
-        context.filename.endsWith(".tsx") ||
-        context.filename.endsWith(".ts")
-      ) {
-        try {
-          const { parse: babelParse } = require("@babel/parser");
-          babelAST = babelParse(sourceCode, {
-            sourceType: "unambiguous",
-            plugins: ["typescript", "jsx"],
-          });
-        } catch {}
-      }
     }
 
     if (babelAST != null) {