diff --git a/lint-staged.config.js b/lint-staged.config.js
index a7d55dd462..78515e3f07 100644
--- a/lint-staged.config.js
+++ b/lint-staged.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,15 @@
 module.exports = {
-	'**/*.ts?(x)': () => 'npm run tsc',
+	// Don't compile when committing as it will process all TS files in the
+	// monorepo, which is too slow. Errors should be checked during development
+	// using `npm run watch`.
+	//
+	// Or if we add this back, we could do something like this:
+	// https://stackoverflow.com/a/44748041/561309
+	//
+	// The script would check where the TS file is located, then use the right
+	// tsconfig.json file along with the tsconfig override.
+	//
+	// '**/*.ts?(x)': () => 'npm run tsc',
 	'*.{js,jsx,ts,tsx}': [
 		'npm run linter-precommit',
 		'git add',