diff --git a/packages/react/src/error.ts b/packages/react/src/error.ts
index ce6d7a9cd2d5..dff809975dd2 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/error.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/error.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { captureException, withScope } from '@sentry/browser';
+import { captureException } from '@sentry/browser';
 import { isError } from '@sentry/core/browser';
 import type { ErrorInfo } from 'react';
 import { version } from 'react';
@@ -64,10 +64,7 @@ export function captureReactException(
     setCause(error, errorBoundaryError);
   }
 
-  return withScope(scope => {
-    scope.setContext('react', { componentStack });
-    return captureException(error, hint);
-  });
+  return captureException(error, hint);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/packages/react/test/errorboundary.test.tsx b/packages/react/test/errorboundary.test.tsx
index 3d2198e81dc9..2fbd258dfb2d 100644
--- a/packages/react/test/errorboundary.test.tsx
+++ b/packages/react/test/errorboundary.test.tsx
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import type { ErrorBoundaryProps, FallbackRender } from '../src/errorboundary';
 import { ErrorBoundary, UNKNOWN_COMPONENT, withErrorBoundary } from '../src/errorboundary';
 
 const mockScope = new Scope();
-const scopeSetContextSpy = vi.spyOn(mockScope, 'setContext');
 const mockCaptureException = vi.fn();
 const mockShowReportDialog = vi.fn();
 const mockClientOn = vi.fn();
@@ -388,16 +387,13 @@ describe('ErrorBoundary', () => {
         mechanism: { handled: true, type: 'auto.function.react.error_boundary' },
       });
 
-      expect(scopeSetContextSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      expect(scopeSetContextSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('react', { componentStack: expect.any(String) });
-
       expect(mockOnError.mock.calls[0]?.[0]).toEqual(mockCaptureException.mock.calls[0]?.[0]);
 
       // Check if error.cause -> react component stack
       const error = mockCaptureException.mock.calls[0]?.[0];
       const cause = error.cause;
 
-      expect(cause.stack).toEqual(scopeSetContextSpy.mock.calls[0]?.[1]?.componentStack);
+      expect(cause.stack).toEqual(expect.any(String));
       expect(cause.name).toContain('React ErrorBoundary');
       expect(cause.message).toEqual(error.message);
     });
@@ -447,9 +443,6 @@ describe('ErrorBoundary', () => {
         mechanism: { handled: true, type: 'auto.function.react.error_boundary' },
       });
 
-      expect(scopeSetContextSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      expect(scopeSetContextSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('react', { componentStack: expect.any(String) });
-
       // Check if error.cause -> react component stack
       const error = mockCaptureException.mock.calls[0]?.[0];
       expect(error.cause).not.toBeDefined();
@@ -486,16 +479,13 @@ describe('ErrorBoundary', () => {
         mechanism: { handled: true, type: 'auto.function.react.error_boundary' },
       });
 
-      expect(scopeSetContextSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      expect(scopeSetContextSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('react', { componentStack: expect.any(String) });
-
       expect(mockOnError.mock.calls[0]?.[0]).toEqual(mockCaptureException.mock.calls[0]?.[0]);
 
       const thirdError = mockCaptureException.mock.calls[0]?.[0];
       const secondError = thirdError.cause;
       const firstError = secondError.cause;
       const cause = firstError.cause;
-      expect(cause.stack).toEqual(scopeSetContextSpy.mock.calls[0]?.[1]?.componentStack);
+      expect(cause.stack).toEqual(expect.any(String));
       expect(cause.name).toContain('React ErrorBoundary');
       expect(cause.message).toEqual(thirdError.message);
     });
@@ -530,15 +520,14 @@ describe('ErrorBoundary', () => {
         mechanism: { handled: true, type: 'auto.function.react.error_boundary' },
       });
 
-      expect(scopeSetContextSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-      expect(scopeSetContextSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('react', { componentStack: expect.any(String) });
-
       expect(mockOnError.mock.calls[0]?.[0]).toEqual(mockCaptureException.mock.calls[0]?.[0]);
 
       const error = mockCaptureException.mock.calls[0]?.[0];
       const cause = error.cause;
-      // We need to make sure that recursive error.cause does not cause infinite loop
-      expect(cause.stack).not.toEqual(scopeSetContextSpy.mock.calls[0]?.[1]?.componentStack);
+      // We need to make sure that recursive error.cause does not cause infinite loop:
+      // when the cause chain loops, captureReactException bails out of setCause and
+      // leaves the original (non-ErrorBoundary) cause intact instead of overwriting
+      // it with `errorBoundaryError`.
       expect(cause.name).not.toContain('React ErrorBoundary');
     });
 
@@ -698,8 +687,6 @@ describe('ErrorBoundary', () => {
           mechanism: { handled: expected, type: 'auto.function.react.error_boundary' },
         });
 
-        expect(scopeSetContextSpy).toHaveBeenCalledTimes(1);
-        expect(scopeSetContextSpy).toHaveBeenCalledWith('react', { componentStack: expect.any(String) });
       },
     );
   });