diff --git a/packages/metro-react-native-babel-preset/package.json b/packages/metro-react-native-babel-preset/package.json
index 22fdb218cd..7c7b3da0ac 100644
--- a/packages/metro-react-native-babel-preset/package.json
+++ b/packages/metro-react-native-babel-preset/package.json
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
     "@babel/plugin-transform-classes": "^7.0.0",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-computed-properties": "^7.0.0",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-destructuring": "^7.0.0",
-    "@babel/plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator": "^7.0.0",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-flow-strip-types": "^7.0.0",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-function-name": "^7.0.0",
     "@babel/plugin-transform-literals": "^7.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/metro-react-native-babel-preset/src/configs/main.js b/packages/metro-react-native-babel-preset/src/configs/main.js
index 8cd7734e8d..c6fd1eed48 100644
--- a/packages/metro-react-native-babel-preset/src/configs/main.js
+++ b/packages/metro-react-native-babel-preset/src/configs/main.js
@@ -123,11 +123,6 @@ const getPreset = (src, options) => {
     ]);
     extraPlugins.push([require('@babel/plugin-transform-async-to-generator')]);
   }
-  if (!isHermes && (isNull || src.indexOf('**') !== -1)) {
-    extraPlugins.push([
-      require('@babel/plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator'),
-    ]);
-  }
   if (
     isNull ||
     src.indexOf('React.createClass') !== -1 ||
diff --git a/packages/metro/package.json b/packages/metro/package.json
index 0747185c55..e519c5f4c6 100644
--- a/packages/metro/package.json
+++ b/packages/metro/package.json
@@ -67,7 +67,6 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@babel/plugin-transform-flow-strip-types": "^7.0.0",
-    "acorn": "^8.7.1",
     "babel-jest": "^29.0.3",
     "dedent": "^0.7.0",
     "jest-snapshot": "^26.5.2",
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/integration_tests/__tests__/build-test.js b/packages/metro/src/integration_tests/__tests__/build-test.js
index 9aee611f0c..b2ebf04099 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/integration_tests/__tests__/build-test.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/integration_tests/__tests__/build-test.js
@@ -49,3 +49,17 @@ it('build a simple bundle with polyfills', async () => {
   });
   expect(execBundle(result.code)).toBe('POLYFILL_IS_INJECTED');
 });
+
+it('builds a bundle with BigInt and exponentiation syntax', async () => {
+  const config = await Metro.loadConfig({
+    config: require.resolve('../metro.config.js'),
+  });
+
+  const result = await Metro.runBuild(config, {
+    entry: 'TestBigInt.js',
+  });
+
+  // $FlowIssue[cannot-resolve-name] Flow is missing BigInt support
+  const BI = BigInt;
+  expect(execBundle(result.code)).toBe(BI(8));
+});
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/integration_tests/basic_bundle/TestBigInt.js b/packages/metro/src/integration_tests/basic_bundle/TestBigInt.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..290ea23a4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/metro/src/integration_tests/basic_bundle/TestBigInt.js
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (c) Meta Platforms, Inc. and affiliates.
+ *
+ * This source code is licensed under the MIT license found in the
+ * LICENSE file in the root directory of this source tree.
+ *
+ * @format
+ * @flow
+ */
+
+'use strict';
+
+// $FlowIssue[bigint-unsupported]
+var a = 2n;
+// $FlowIssue[bigint-unsupported]
+var b = 3n;
+module.exports = a ** b;
diff --git a/packages/metro/src/integration_tests/execBundle.js b/packages/metro/src/integration_tests/execBundle.js
index e30a1e3c8f..d84d60ad20 100644
--- a/packages/metro/src/integration_tests/execBundle.js
+++ b/packages/metro/src/integration_tests/execBundle.js
@@ -11,12 +11,8 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-const acorn = require('acorn');
 const vm = require('vm');
 
 module.exports = function execBundle(code: string, context: {...} = {}): mixed {
-  // Verify the code can run on older VMs by parsing it as ES5 (versus ES6+).
-  acorn.parse(code, {ecmaVersion: 5});
-
   return vm.runInNewContext(code, context);
 };
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index 5dc7521b5f..d6f832ab8b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -157,14 +157,6 @@
   dependencies:
     "@babel/types" "^7.16.7"
 
-"@babel/helper-builder-binary-assignment-operator-visitor@^7.12.13":
-  version "7.12.13"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-builder-binary-assignment-operator-visitor/-/helper-builder-binary-assignment-operator-visitor-7.12.13.tgz#6bc20361c88b0a74d05137a65cac8d3cbf6f61fc"
-  integrity sha512-CZOv9tGphhDRlVjVkAgm8Nhklm9RzSmWpX2my+t7Ua/KT616pEzXsQCjinzvkRvHWJ9itO4f296efroX23XCMA==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/helper-explode-assignable-expression" "^7.12.13"
-    "@babel/types" "^7.12.13"
-
 "@babel/helper-compilation-targets@^7.13.0", "@babel/helper-compilation-targets@^7.13.16", "@babel/helper-compilation-targets@^7.13.8":
   version "7.13.16"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-compilation-targets/-/helper-compilation-targets-7.13.16.tgz#6e91dccf15e3f43e5556dffe32d860109887563c"
@@ -254,13 +246,6 @@
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-environment-visitor/-/helper-environment-visitor-7.18.9.tgz#0c0cee9b35d2ca190478756865bb3528422f51be"
   integrity sha512-3r/aACDJ3fhQ/EVgFy0hpj8oHyHpQc+LPtJoY9SzTThAsStm4Ptegq92vqKoE3vD706ZVFWITnMnxucw+S9Ipg==
 
-"@babel/helper-explode-assignable-expression@^7.12.13":
-  version "7.13.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-explode-assignable-expression/-/helper-explode-assignable-expression-7.13.0.tgz#17b5c59ff473d9f956f40ef570cf3a76ca12657f"
-  integrity sha512-qS0peLTDP8kOisG1blKbaoBg/o9OSa1qoumMjTK5pM+KDTtpxpsiubnCGP34vK8BXGcb2M9eigwgvoJryrzwWA==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/types" "^7.13.0"
-
 "@babel/helper-function-name@^7.12.13":
   version "7.12.13"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/helper-function-name/-/helper-function-name-7.12.13.tgz#93ad656db3c3c2232559fd7b2c3dbdcbe0eb377a"
@@ -844,14 +829,6 @@
   dependencies:
     "@babel/helper-plugin-utils" "^7.13.0"
 
-"@babel/plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator@^7.0.0":
-  version "7.12.13"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator/-/plugin-transform-exponentiation-operator-7.12.13.tgz#4d52390b9a273e651e4aba6aee49ef40e80cd0a1"
-  integrity sha512-fbUelkM1apvqez/yYx1/oICVnGo2KM5s63mhGylrmXUxK/IAXSIf87QIxVfZldWf4QsOafY6vV3bX8aMHSvNrA==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/helper-builder-binary-assignment-operator-visitor" "^7.12.13"
-    "@babel/helper-plugin-utils" "^7.12.13"
-
 "@babel/plugin-transform-flow-strip-types@^7.0.0":
   version "7.13.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/plugin-transform-flow-strip-types/-/plugin-transform-flow-strip-types-7.13.0.tgz#58177a48c209971e8234e99906cb6bd1122addd3"