diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/channelMenu.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/channelMenu.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/channelMenu.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/channelMenu.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/contextualMenu.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/contextualMenu.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/contextualMenu.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/contextualMenu.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/defaultTrackModifier.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/defaultTrackModifier.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/defaultTrackModifier.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/defaultTrackModifier.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/historyIcon.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/historyIcon.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/historyIcon.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/historyIcon.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/historyPanel.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/historyPanel.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/historyPanel.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/historyPanel.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/modal.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/modal.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/modal.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/modal.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/notification.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/notification.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/notification.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/notification.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/progressiveBar.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/progressiveBar.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/progressiveBar.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/progressiveBar.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/progressiveBarControl.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/progressiveBarControl.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/progressiveBarControl.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/progressiveBarControl.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/progressiveConfirm.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/progressiveConfirm.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/progressiveConfirm.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/progressiveConfirm.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmActions.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmActions.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmActions.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmActions.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/cancelProgressiveRow.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/cancelProgressiveRow.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/cancelProgressiveRow.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/cancelProgressiveRow.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/closeChannelsRow.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/closeChannelsRow.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/closeChannelsRow.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/closeChannelsRow.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/index.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/index.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/index.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/index.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/releaseRow.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/releaseRow.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/releaseRow.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/releaseRow.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/releaseRowGroup.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/releaseRowGroup.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/releaseRowGroup.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesConfirmDetails/releaseRowGroup.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesHeading.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesHeading.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesHeading.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesHeading.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/cellViews.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/cellViews.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/cellViews.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/cellViews.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/channelRow.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/channelRow.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/channelRow.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/channelRow.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/index.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/index.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/index.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/index.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/releaseCell.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/releaseCell.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/releaseCell.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/releaseCell.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/releaseMenuItem.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/releaseMenuItem.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/releaseMenuItem.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/releaseMenuItem.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/revisionCell.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/revisionCell.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/revisionCell.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/revisionCell.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/revisionsRow.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/revisionsRow.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/revisionsRow.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/releasesTable/revisionsRow.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/revisionLabel.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/revisionLabel.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/revisionLabel.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/revisionLabel.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/revisionsList.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/revisionsList.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/revisionsList.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/revisionsList.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/revisionsListRow.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/revisionsListRow.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/revisionsListRow.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/components/revisionsListRow.jsx
diff --git a/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/releasesController.js b/static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/releasesController.jsx
similarity index 100%
rename from static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/releasesController.js
rename to static/js/publisher/pages/Releases/releasesController.jsx
diff --git a/vite.config.js b/vite.config.js
index 68e426e0c2..768f76d499 100644
--- a/vite.config.js
+++ b/vite.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import react from "@vitejs/plugin-react-swc";
-import { defineConfig, loadEnv, transformWithEsbuild } from "vite";
+import { defineConfig, loadEnv } from "vite";
 import autoprefixer from "autoprefixer";
 import { execSync } from "node:child_process";
 
@@ -52,30 +52,10 @@ const flaskViteImportPlugin = () => ({
   },
 });
 
-/**
- * Vite is opinionated and doesn't support JSX in .js files (and that's cool).
- * This plugin makes it clear that we don't care about its opinions: process
- * all .js files with esbuild as if they were .jsx.
- *
- * This has a small performance penalty compared to renaming the files, but
- * for the moment it's fine and we can easily get rid of it later
- */
-export const jsxInJsPlugin = () => ({
-  name: "jsx-in-js",
-  async transform(code, id) {
-    if (!id.match(/\.js$/)) return null;
-
-    return transformWithEsbuild(code, id, {
-      loader: "jsx",
-      jsx: "automatic",
-    });
-  },
-});
-
 const env = loadEnv("all", process.cwd());
 
 export default defineConfig({
-  plugins: [flaskViteImportPlugin(), react(), jsxInJsPlugin()],
+  plugins: [flaskViteImportPlugin(), react()],
   server: {
     port: env?.VITE_PORT || 5173,
     host: true,
diff --git a/vitest.config.js b/vitest.config.js
index 6fe3e1bcb0..60be14e622 100644
--- a/vitest.config.js
+++ b/vitest.config.js
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import { coverageConfigDefaults, defineConfig } from "vitest/config";
-import { jsxInJsPlugin } from "./vite.config";
 
 export default defineConfig({
   css: false,
-  plugins: [jsxInJsPlugin()],
+  plugins: [],
   test: {
     dir: "static/js", // base directory for tests
     globals: true, // inject global `vi` object in tests so we don't have to import it