diff --git a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx
index 9a3b690eb..57b830934 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/widgets/react/hooks.tsx
@@ -635,7 +635,8 @@ export function useLegacyWidget<T extends BasicWidget>(widgetFactory: () => T, {
 
         const renderedWidget = widget.render();
         return [ widget, renderedWidget ];
-    }, [ noteContext, parentComponent, widgetFactory]);
+    }, [ noteContext, parentComponent ]); // eslint-disable-line react-hooks/exhaustive-deps
+    // widgetFactory() is intentionally left out
 
     // Attach the widget to the parent.
     useEffect(() => {