diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/bin/modified-editsite-lock-unlock.js b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/bin/modified-editsite-lock-unlock.js
index 140c67f8930..e9e10980bfd 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/bin/modified-editsite-lock-unlock.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/bin/modified-editsite-lock-unlock.js
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
  */
 import { __dangerousOptInToUnstableAPIsOnlyForCoreModules } from '@wordpress/private-apis';
 
+// Workaround for Gutenberg private API consent string differences between WP 6.3 and 6.4+
+// The modified version checks for the WP version and replaces the consent string with the correct one.
+// This can be removed once we drop support for WP 6.3 in the "Customize Your Store" task.
+// See this PR for details: https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/pull/40884
+
 const wordPressConsentString = {
 	6.4: 'I know using unstable features means my plugin or theme will inevitably break on the next WordPress release.',
 	6.5: 'I know using unstable features means my theme or plugin will inevitably break in the next version of WordPress.',
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/package.json b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/package.json
index dbceeeb74d5..6b4cc1fb7f2 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/package.json
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 		"build": "pnpm --if-present --workspace-concurrency=Infinity --stream --filter=\"$npm_package_name...\" '/^build:project:.*$/'",
 		"build:project": "pnpm --if-present '/^build:project:.*$/'",
 		"build:project:bundle": "wireit",
+		"build:project:patch-dependecies": "cp ./bin/modified-editsite-lock-unlock.js ./node_modules/@wordpress/edit-site/build-module/lock-unlock.js",
 		"build:project:feature-config": "php ../woocommerce/bin/generate-feature-config.php",
 		"changelog": "XDEBUG_MODE=off composer install --quiet && composer exec -- changelogger",
 		"example": "webpack --config docs/examples/extensions/examples.config.js",
@@ -29,6 +30,7 @@
 		"watch:build": "pnpm --if-present --workspace-concurrency=Infinity --filter=\"$npm_package_name...\" --parallel '/^watch:build:project:.*$/'",
 		"watch:build:project": "pnpm --if-present run '/^watch:build:project:.*$/'",
 		"watch:build:project:bundle": "wireit",
+		"watch:build:project:patch-dependecies": "cp ./bin/modified-editsite-lock-unlock.js ./node_modules/@wordpress/edit-site/build-module/lock-unlock.js",
 		"watch:build:project:feature-config": "WC_ADMIN_PHASE=development php ../woocommerce/bin/generate-feature-config.php",
 		"postinstall": "node ./bin/xstate5-react-script.js"
 	},
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/webpack.config.js b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/webpack.config.js
index a82c5f86b60..d259661f391 100644
--- a/plugins/woocommerce-admin/webpack.config.js
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce-admin/webpack.config.js
@@ -10,8 +10,6 @@ const BundleAnalyzerPlugin =
 const MomentTimezoneDataPlugin = require( 'moment-timezone-data-webpack-plugin' );
 const ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin = require( 'fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin' );
 const ReactRefreshWebpackPlugin = require( '@pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin' );
-const NormalModuleReplacementPlugin =
-	require( 'webpack' ).NormalModuleReplacementPlugin;
 
 /**
  * Internal dependencies
@@ -184,14 +182,6 @@ const webpackConfig = {
 		},
 	},
 	plugins: [
-		// Workaround for Gutenberg private API consent string differences between WP 6.3 and 6.4+
-		// The modified version checks for the WP version and replaces the consent string with the correct one.
-		// This can be removed once we drop support for WP 6.3 in the "Customize Your Store" task.
-		// See this PR for details: https://github.com/woocommerce/woocommerce/pull/40884
-		new NormalModuleReplacementPlugin(
-			/@wordpress\/edit-site\/build-module\/lock-unlock\.js/,
-			path.resolve( __dirname, 'bin/modified-editsite-lock-unlock.js' )
-		),
 		...styleConfig.plugins,
 		// Runs TypeScript type checker on a separate process.
 		! process.env.STORYBOOK && new ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin(),
diff --git a/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/dev-webpack-resources-copy-tweaks b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/dev-webpack-resources-copy-tweaks
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..1263513684c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/plugins/woocommerce/changelog/dev-webpack-resources-copy-tweaks
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+Significance: patch
+Type: dev
+
+Monorepo: tweak patching dependencies for better Webpack perfromance.