diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/CompilerError.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/CompilerError.ts
index 352d31b2f89..c7c8d6a161e 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/CompilerError.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/CompilerError.ts
@@ -1067,7 +1067,15 @@ function getRuleForCategoryImpl(category: ErrorCategory): LintRule {
         name: 'memo-dependencies',
         description:
           'Validates that useMemo() and useCallback() specify comprehensive dependencies without extraneous values. See [`useMemo()` docs](https://react.dev/reference/react/useMemo) for more information.',
-        preset: LintRulePreset.RecommendedLatest,
+        /**
+         * TODO: the "MemoDependencies" rule largely reimplements the "exhaustive-deps" non-compiler rule,
+         * allowing the compiler to ensure it does not regress change behavior due to different dependencies.
+         * We previously relied on the source having ESLint suppressions for any exhaustive-deps violations,
+         * but it's more reliable to verify it within the compiler.
+         *
+         * Long-term we should de-duplicate these implementations.
+         */
+        preset: LintRulePreset.Off,
       };
     }
     case ErrorCategory.IncompatibleLibrary: {
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Entrypoint/Pipeline.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Entrypoint/Pipeline.ts
index 3d97d4ddf04..1b76dfb43e1 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Entrypoint/Pipeline.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Entrypoint/Pipeline.ts
@@ -303,9 +303,11 @@ function runWithEnvironment(
   inferReactivePlaces(hir);
   log({kind: 'hir', name: 'InferReactivePlaces', value: hir});
 
-  if (env.config.validateExhaustiveMemoizationDependencies) {
-    // NOTE: this relies on reactivity inference running first
-    validateExhaustiveDependencies(hir).unwrap();
+  if (env.enableValidations) {
+    if (env.config.validateExhaustiveMemoizationDependencies) {
+      // NOTE: this relies on reactivity inference running first
+      validateExhaustiveDependencies(hir).unwrap();
+    }
   }
 
   rewriteInstructionKindsBasedOnReassignment(hir);
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Validation/ValidateExhaustiveDependencies.ts b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Validation/ValidateExhaustiveDependencies.ts
index d5f9ab29323..b3a68fc0134 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Validation/ValidateExhaustiveDependencies.ts
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/Validation/ValidateExhaustiveDependencies.ts
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ export function validateExhaustiveDependencies(
       if (missing.length !== 0) {
         const diagnostic = CompilerDiagnostic.create({
           category: ErrorCategory.MemoDependencies,
-          reason: 'Found non-exhaustive dependencies',
+          reason: 'Found missing memoization dependencies',
           description:
             'Missing dependencies can cause a value not to update when those inputs change, ' +
             'resulting in stale UI',
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ export function validateExhaustiveDependencies(
           reason: 'Found unnecessary memoization dependencies',
           description:
             'Unnecessary dependencies can cause a value to update more often than necessary, ' +
-            'which can cause effects to run more than expected',
+            'causing performance regressions and effects to fire more often than expected',
         });
         diagnostic.withDetails({
           kind: 'error',
diff --git a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/error.invalid-exhaustive-deps.expect.md b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/error.invalid-exhaustive-deps.expect.md
index bca95a84e1e..ed317be118e 100644
--- a/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/error.invalid-exhaustive-deps.expect.md
+++ b/compiler/packages/babel-plugin-react-compiler/src/__tests__/fixtures/compiler/error.invalid-exhaustive-deps.expect.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ function Component({x, y, z}) {
 ```
 Found 4 errors:
 
-Error: Found non-exhaustive dependencies
+Error: Found missing memoization dependencies
 
 Missing dependencies can cause a value not to update when those inputs change, resulting in stale UI.
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ error.invalid-exhaustive-deps.ts:7:11
    9 |   }, [x?.y.z?.a.b]);
   10 |   const b = useMemo(() => {
 
-Error: Found non-exhaustive dependencies
+Error: Found missing memoization dependencies
 
 Missing dependencies can cause a value not to update when those inputs change, resulting in stale UI.
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ error.invalid-exhaustive-deps.ts:15:11
 
 Error: Found unnecessary memoization dependencies
 
-Unnecessary dependencies can cause a value to update more often than necessary, which can cause effects to run more than expected.
+Unnecessary dependencies can cause a value to update more often than necessary, causing performance regressions and effects to fire more often than expected.
 
 error.invalid-exhaustive-deps.ts:31:5
   29 |     return [];
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ error.invalid-exhaustive-deps.ts:31:5
   33 |   const ref2 = useRef(null);
   34 |   const ref = z ? ref1 : ref2;
 
-Error: Found non-exhaustive dependencies
+Error: Found missing memoization dependencies
 
 Missing dependencies can cause a value not to update when those inputs change, resulting in stale UI.