diff --git a/change/react-native-windows-b9d65f46-f2ba-449c-8ed5-1f216f30d7a8.json b/change/react-native-windows-b9d65f46-f2ba-449c-8ed5-1f216f30d7a8.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8ec7a4242f9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/react-native-windows-b9d65f46-f2ba-449c-8ed5-1f216f30d7a8.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "Remove irrelevant override that eliminated strict-local",
+  "packageName": "react-native-windows",
+  "email": "erozell@outlook.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/vnext/src/Libraries/Text/Text.windows.js b/vnext/src/Libraries/Text/Text.windows.js
index e83adbd6f71..1c5009efa2a 100644
--- a/vnext/src/Libraries/Text/Text.windows.js
+++ b/vnext/src/Libraries/Text/Text.windows.js
@@ -4,8 +4,7 @@
  * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
  * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
  *
- * #7149 should be strict local
- * @flow
+ * @flow strict-local
  * @format
  */