diff --git a/packages/next/build/webpack-config.ts b/packages/next/build/webpack-config.ts
index 452a2afdc307b91..a431bc0a55c798a 100644
--- a/packages/next/build/webpack-config.ts
+++ b/packages/next/build/webpack-config.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,6 @@ export function getDefineEnv({
   isNodeServer,
   isEdgeServer,
   middlewareMatchers,
-  hasServerComponents,
 }: {
   dev?: boolean
   distDir: string
@@ -104,7 +103,6 @@ export function getDefineEnv({
   isEdgeServer?: boolean
   middlewareMatchers?: MiddlewareMatcher[]
   config: NextConfigComplete
-  hasServerComponents?: boolean
 }) {
   return {
     // internal field to identify the plugin config
@@ -178,7 +176,6 @@ export function getDefineEnv({
     ),
     'process.env.__NEXT_STRICT_MODE': JSON.stringify(config.reactStrictMode),
     'process.env.__NEXT_REACT_ROOT': JSON.stringify(hasReactRoot),
-    'process.env.__NEXT_RSC': JSON.stringify(hasServerComponents),
     'process.env.__NEXT_OPTIMIZE_FONTS': JSON.stringify(
       config.optimizeFonts && !dev
     ),
@@ -540,15 +537,23 @@ export default async function getBaseWebpackConfig(
     rewrites.afterFiles.length > 0 ||
     rewrites.fallback.length > 0
 
-  if (isClient && !hasReactRoot) {
-    if (config.experimental.runtime) {
-      throw new Error(
-        '`experimental.runtime` requires React 18 to be installed.'
-      )
+  // Only error in first one compiler (client) once
+  if (isClient) {
+    if (!hasReactRoot) {
+      if (config.experimental.runtime) {
+        throw new Error(
+          '`experimental.runtime` requires React 18 to be installed.'
+        )
+      }
+      if (config.experimental.serverComponents) {
+        throw new Error(
+          '`experimental.serverComponents` requires React 18 to be installed.'
+        )
+      }
     }
-    if (config.experimental.serverComponents) {
+    if (!config.experimental.appDir && config.experimental.serverComponents) {
       throw new Error(
-        '`experimental.serverComponents` requires React 18 to be installed.'
+        '`experimental.serverComponents` requires experimental.appDir to be enabled.'
       )
     }
   }
@@ -1680,7 +1685,6 @@ export default async function getBaseWebpackConfig(
           isNodeServer,
           isEdgeServer,
           middlewareMatchers,
-          hasServerComponents,
         })
       ),
       isClient &&
diff --git a/packages/next/client/index.tsx b/packages/next/client/index.tsx
index a4d62af4256a466..7324cccd7d90849 100644
--- a/packages/next/client/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/client/index.tsx
@@ -289,149 +289,6 @@ export async function initialize(opts: { webpackHMR?: any } = {}): Promise<{
   return { assetPrefix: prefix }
 }
 
-let RSCComponent: (props: any) => JSX.Element
-if (process.env.__NEXT_RSC) {
-  const getCacheKey = () => {
-    const { pathname, search } = location
-    return pathname + search
-  }
-
-  const {
-    createFromFetch,
-    createFromReadableStream,
-  } = require('next/dist/compiled/react-server-dom-webpack')
-  const encoder = new TextEncoder()
-
-  let initialServerDataBuffer: string[] | undefined = undefined
-  let initialServerDataWriter: ReadableStreamDefaultController | undefined =
-    undefined
-  let initialServerDataLoaded = false
-  let initialServerDataFlushed = false
-
-  function nextServerDataCallback(seg: [number, string, string]) {
-    if (seg[0] === 0) {
-      initialServerDataBuffer = []
-    } else {
-      if (!initialServerDataBuffer)
-        throw new Error('Unexpected server data: missing bootstrap script.')
-
-      if (initialServerDataWriter) {
-        initialServerDataWriter.enqueue(encoder.encode(seg[2]))
-      } else {
-        initialServerDataBuffer.push(seg[2])
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  // There might be race conditions between `nextServerDataRegisterWriter` and
-  // `DOMContentLoaded`. The former will be called when React starts to hydrate
-  // the root, the latter will be called when the DOM is fully loaded.
-  // For streaming, the former is called first due to partial hydration.
-  // For non-streaming, the latter can be called first.
-  // Hence, we use two variables `initialServerDataLoaded` and
-  // `initialServerDataFlushed` to make sure the writer will be closed and
-  // `initialServerDataBuffer` will be cleared in the right time.
-  function nextServerDataRegisterWriter(ctr: ReadableStreamDefaultController) {
-    if (initialServerDataBuffer) {
-      initialServerDataBuffer.forEach((val) => {
-        ctr.enqueue(encoder.encode(val))
-      })
-      if (initialServerDataLoaded && !initialServerDataFlushed) {
-        ctr.close()
-        initialServerDataFlushed = true
-        initialServerDataBuffer = undefined
-      }
-    }
-
-    initialServerDataWriter = ctr
-  }
-
-  // When `DOMContentLoaded`, we can close all pending writers to finish hydration.
-  const DOMContentLoaded = function () {
-    if (initialServerDataWriter && !initialServerDataFlushed) {
-      initialServerDataWriter.close()
-      initialServerDataFlushed = true
-      initialServerDataBuffer = undefined
-    }
-    initialServerDataLoaded = true
-  }
-  // It's possible that the DOM is already loaded.
-  if (document.readyState === 'loading') {
-    document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', DOMContentLoaded, false)
-  } else {
-    DOMContentLoaded()
-  }
-
-  const nextServerDataLoadingGlobal = ((self as any).__next_s =
-    (self as any).__next_s || [])
-  nextServerDataLoadingGlobal.forEach(nextServerDataCallback)
-  nextServerDataLoadingGlobal.push = nextServerDataCallback
-
-  function createResponseCache() {
-    return new Map<string, any>()
-  }
-  const rscCache = createResponseCache()
-
-  function fetchFlight(href: string, props?: any) {
-    const url = new URL(href, location.origin)
-    const searchParams = url.searchParams
-    searchParams.append('__flight__', '1')
-    if (props) {
-      searchParams.append('__props__', JSON.stringify(props))
-    }
-    return fetch(url.toString())
-  }
-
-  function useServerResponse(cacheKey: string, serialized?: string) {
-    let response = rscCache.get(cacheKey)
-    if (response) return response
-
-    if (initialServerDataBuffer) {
-      const readable = new ReadableStream({
-        start(controller) {
-          nextServerDataRegisterWriter(controller)
-        },
-      })
-      response = createFromReadableStream(readable)
-    } else {
-      if (serialized) {
-        const readable = new ReadableStream({
-          start(controller) {
-            controller.enqueue(encoder.encode(serialized))
-            controller.close()
-          },
-        })
-        response = createFromReadableStream(readable)
-      } else {
-        response = createFromFetch(fetchFlight(getCacheKey()))
-      }
-    }
-
-    rscCache.set(cacheKey, response)
-    return response
-  }
-
-  const ServerRoot = ({
-    cacheKey,
-    serialized,
-  }: {
-    cacheKey: string
-    serialized?: string
-  }) => {
-    React.useEffect(() => {
-      rscCache.delete(cacheKey)
-    })
-    const response = useServerResponse(cacheKey, serialized)
-    return response.readRoot()
-  }
-
-  RSCComponent = (props: any) => {
-    const cacheKey = getCacheKey()
-    const { __flight__ } = props
-    return <ServerRoot cacheKey={cacheKey} serialized={__flight__} />
-  }
-}
-
 function renderApp(App: AppComponent, appProps: AppProps) {
   return <App {...appProps} />
 }
@@ -691,18 +548,15 @@ function Root({
 }
 
 function doRender(input: RenderRouteInfo): Promise<any> {
-  let { App, Component, props, err, __N_RSC }: RenderRouteInfo = input
+  let { App, Component, props, err }: RenderRouteInfo = input
   let styleSheets: StyleSheetTuple[] | undefined =
     'initial' in input ? undefined : input.styleSheets
   Component = Component || lastAppProps.Component
   props = props || lastAppProps.props
 
-  const isRSC =
-    process.env.__NEXT_RSC && 'initial' in input ? !!initialData.rsc : !!__N_RSC
-
   const appProps: AppProps = {
     ...props,
-    Component: isRSC ? RSCComponent : Component,
+    Component,
     err,
     router,
   }
@@ -1026,7 +880,6 @@ export async function hydrate(opts?: { beforeRender?: () => Promise<void> }) {
     defaultLocale,
     domainLocales: initialData.domainLocales,
     isPreview: initialData.isPreview,
-    isRsc: initialData.rsc,
   })
 
   initialMatchesMiddleware = await router._initialMatchesMiddlewarePromise
diff --git a/packages/next/server/dev/next-dev-server.ts b/packages/next/server/dev/next-dev-server.ts
index 11cbc454c0cd7b3..d3176c140dd6565 100644
--- a/packages/next/server/dev/next-dev-server.ts
+++ b/packages/next/server/dev/next-dev-server.ts
@@ -526,7 +526,6 @@ export default class DevServer extends Server {
                     hasReactRoot: this.hotReloader?.hasReactRoot,
                     isNodeServer,
                     isEdgeServer,
-                    hasServerComponents: this.hotReloader?.hasServerComponents,
                   })
 
                   Object.keys(plugin.definitions).forEach((key) => {
diff --git a/packages/next/server/render.tsx b/packages/next/server/render.tsx
index c352429e7bf6ddd..2ec63d476a1b39b 100644
--- a/packages/next/server/render.tsx
+++ b/packages/next/server/render.tsx
@@ -375,7 +375,6 @@ export async function renderToHTML(
     getStaticProps,
     getStaticPaths,
     getServerSideProps,
-    serverComponentManifest,
     isDataReq,
     params,
     previewProps,
@@ -384,18 +383,11 @@ export async function renderToHTML(
     supportsDynamicHTML,
     images,
     runtime: globalRuntime,
-    ComponentMod,
     App,
   } = renderOpts
 
   let Document = renderOpts.Document
 
-  // We don't need to opt-into the flight inlining logic if the page isn't a RSC.
-  const isServerComponent =
-    !!process.env.__NEXT_REACT_ROOT &&
-    !!serverComponentManifest &&
-    !!ComponentMod.__next_rsc__?.server
-
   // Component will be wrapped by ServerComponentWrapper for RSC
   let Component: React.ComponentType<{}> | ((props: any) => JSX.Element) =
     renderOpts.Component
@@ -412,12 +404,6 @@ export async function renderToHTML(
   // next internal queries should be stripped out
   stripInternalQueries(query)
 
-  if (isServerComponent) {
-    throw new Error(
-      'Server Components are not supported from the pages/ directory.'
-    )
-  }
-
   const callMiddleware = async (method: string, args: any[], props = false) => {
     let results: any = props ? {} : []
 
@@ -1417,7 +1403,6 @@ export async function renderToHTML(
       err: renderOpts.err ? serializeError(dev, renderOpts.err) : undefined, // Error if one happened, otherwise don't sent in the resulting HTML
       gsp: !!getStaticProps ? true : undefined, // whether the page is getStaticProps
       gssp: !!getServerSideProps ? true : undefined, // whether the page is getServerSideProps
-      rsc: isServerComponent ? true : undefined, // whether the page is a server components page
       customServer, // whether the user is using a custom server
       gip: hasPageGetInitialProps ? true : undefined, // whether the page has getInitialProps
       appGip: !defaultAppGetInitialProps ? true : undefined, // whether the _app has getInitialProps
diff --git a/packages/next/shared/lib/constants.ts b/packages/next/shared/lib/constants.ts
index 856c638eac756dd..c334cf38fd34b8e 100644
--- a/packages/next/shared/lib/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/next/shared/lib/constants.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ export const TEMPORARY_REDIRECT_STATUS = 307
 export const PERMANENT_REDIRECT_STATUS = 308
 export const STATIC_PROPS_ID = '__N_SSG'
 export const SERVER_PROPS_ID = '__N_SSP'
-export const FLIGHT_PROPS_ID = '__N_RSC'
 export const GOOGLE_FONT_PROVIDER = 'https://fonts.googleapis.com/'
 export const OPTIMIZED_FONT_PROVIDERS = [
   { url: GOOGLE_FONT_PROVIDER, preconnect: 'https://fonts.gstatic.com' },
diff --git a/packages/next/shared/lib/router/router.ts b/packages/next/shared/lib/router/router.ts
index 5fab0820e1b67f2..1ad9a039b42a2ed 100644
--- a/packages/next/shared/lib/router/router.ts
+++ b/packages/next/shared/lib/router/router.ts
@@ -564,7 +564,6 @@ export type CompletePrivateRouteInfo = {
   styleSheets: StyleSheetTuple[]
   __N_SSG?: boolean
   __N_SSP?: boolean
-  __N_RSC?: boolean
   props?: Record<string, any>
   err?: Error
   error?: any
@@ -881,7 +880,6 @@ export default class Router implements BaseRouter {
       defaultLocale,
       domainLocales,
       isPreview,
-      isRsc,
     }: {
       subscription: Subscription
       initialProps: any
@@ -896,7 +894,6 @@ export default class Router implements BaseRouter {
       defaultLocale?: string
       domainLocales?: DomainLocale[]
       isPreview?: boolean
-      isRsc?: boolean
     }
   ) {
     // represents the current component key
@@ -915,7 +912,6 @@ export default class Router implements BaseRouter {
         err,
         __N_SSG: initialProps && initialProps.__N_SSG,
         __N_SSP: initialProps && initialProps.__N_SSP,
-        __N_RSC: !!isRsc,
       }
     }
 
@@ -1993,7 +1989,6 @@ export default class Router implements BaseRouter {
             styleSheets: res.styleSheets,
             __N_SSG: res.mod.__N_SSG,
             __N_SSP: res.mod.__N_SSP,
-            __N_RSC: !!res.mod.__next_rsc__,
           })
         ))
 
@@ -2006,20 +2001,10 @@ export default class Router implements BaseRouter {
         }
       }
 
-      /**
-       * For server components, non-SSR pages will have statically optimized
-       * flight data in a production build. So only development and SSR pages
-       * will always have the real-time generated and streamed flight data.
-       */
-      const useStreamedFlightData =
-        routeInfo.__N_RSC &&
-        (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production' || routeInfo.__N_SSP)
-
-      const shouldFetchData =
-        routeInfo.__N_SSG || routeInfo.__N_SSP || routeInfo.__N_RSC
+      const shouldFetchData = routeInfo.__N_SSG || routeInfo.__N_SSP
 
       const { props, cacheKey } = await this._getData(async () => {
-        if (shouldFetchData && !useStreamedFlightData) {
+        if (shouldFetchData) {
           const { json, cacheKey: _cacheKey } = data?.json
             ? data
             : await fetchNextData({
@@ -2083,31 +2068,7 @@ export default class Router implements BaseRouter {
         ).catch(() => {})
       }
 
-      let flightInfo
-      if (routeInfo.__N_RSC) {
-        flightInfo = {
-          __flight__: useStreamedFlightData
-            ? (
-                await this._getData(() =>
-                  this._getFlightData(
-                    formatWithValidation({
-                      query: { ...query, __flight__: '1' },
-                      pathname: isDynamicRoute(route)
-                        ? interpolateAs(
-                            pathname,
-                            parseRelativeUrl(resolvedAs).pathname,
-                            query
-                          ).result
-                        : pathname,
-                    })
-                  )
-                )
-              ).data
-            : props.__flight__,
-        }
-      }
-
-      props.pageProps = Object.assign({}, props.pageProps, flightInfo)
+      props.pageProps = Object.assign({}, props.pageProps)
       routeInfo.props = props
       routeInfo.route = route
       routeInfo.query = query
diff --git a/packages/next/shared/lib/utils.ts b/packages/next/shared/lib/utils.ts
index 76b9eee3a5207d9..67c486a83d1e447 100644
--- a/packages/next/shared/lib/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/next/shared/lib/utils.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@ export type NEXT_DATA = {
   scriptLoader?: any[]
   isPreview?: boolean
   notFoundSrcPage?: string
-  rsc?: boolean
 }
 
 /**
@@ -177,7 +176,6 @@ export type AppPropsType<
   router: R
   __N_SSG?: boolean
   __N_SSP?: boolean
-  __N_RSC?: boolean
 }
 
 export type DocumentContext = NextPageContext & {
diff --git a/packages/react-refresh-utils/internal/helpers.ts b/packages/react-refresh-utils/internal/helpers.ts
index 7428b73196d1760..9ff15e9808c4989 100644
--- a/packages/react-refresh-utils/internal/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/react-refresh-utils/internal/helpers.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ function isSafeExport(key: string): boolean {
     key === '__esModule' ||
     key === '__N_SSG' ||
     key === '__N_SSP' ||
-    key === '__N_RSC' ||
     // TODO: remove this key from page config instead of allow listing it
     key === 'config'
   )