diff --git a/src/wp-admin/widgets-form-blocks.php b/src/wp-admin/widgets-form-blocks.php
index 6921ff7a15..7f3b6b2f65 100644
--- a/src/wp-admin/widgets-form-blocks.php
+++ b/src/wp-admin/widgets-form-blocks.php
@@ -29,6 +29,11 @@ $editor_settings = get_block_editor_settings(
 	$block_editor_context
 );
 
+// The widgets editor does not support the Block Directory, so don't load any of
+// its assets. This also prevents 'wp-editor' from being enqueued which we
+// cannot load in the widgets screen because many widget scripts rely on `wp.editor`.
+remove_action( 'enqueue_block_editor_assets', 'wp_enqueue_editor_block_directory_assets' );
+
 wp_add_inline_script(
 	'wp-edit-widgets',
 	sprintf(
@@ -67,7 +72,7 @@ require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/admin-header.php';
 do_action( 'widgets_admin_page' );
 ?>
 
-<div id="widgets-editor" class="blocks-widgets-container"></div> 
+<div id="widgets-editor" class="blocks-widgets-container"></div>
 
 <?php
 /** This action is documented in wp-admin/widgets-form.php */