diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 22a1427daa..c635d8dc1d 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -29,9 +29,6 @@ wp-tests-config.php
 /src/wp-includes/css/*.min.css
 /src/wp-includes/css/*-rtl.css
 /src/wp-includes/blocks/**/*.css
-/src/wp-includes/blocks/**/*.js
-/src/wp-includes/blocks/**/*.js.map
-/src/wp-includes/blocks/**/*.asset.php
 /packagehash.txt
 /artifacts
 
diff --git a/Gruntfile.js b/Gruntfile.js
index 6f5a80ae15..a24e701e06 100644
--- a/Gruntfile.js
+++ b/Gruntfile.js
@@ -996,7 +996,6 @@ module.exports = function(grunt) {
 						WORKING_DIR + 'wp-{admin,includes}/**/*.js',
 						WORKING_DIR + 'wp-content/themes/twenty*/**/*.js',
 						'!' + WORKING_DIR + 'wp-content/themes/twenty*/node_modules/**/*.js',
-						'!' + WORKING_DIR + 'wp-includes/blocks/**/*.js',
 						'!' + WORKING_DIR + 'wp-includes/js/dist/**/*.js',
 					]
 				}
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/blocks.php b/src/wp-includes/blocks.php
index 1d3c123ca8..d9c47b64ba 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/blocks.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/blocks.php
@@ -42,16 +42,12 @@ function generate_block_asset_handle( $block_name, $field_name ) {
 		if ( 0 === strpos( $field_name, 'editor' ) ) {
 			$asset_handle .= '-editor';
 		}
-		if ( 0 === strpos( $field_name, 'view' ) ) {
-			$asset_handle .= '-view';
-		}
 		return $asset_handle;
 	}
 
 	$field_mappings = array(
 		'editorScript' => 'editor-script',
 		'script'       => 'script',
-		'viewScript'   => 'view-script',
 		'editorStyle'  => 'editor-style',
 		'style'        => 'style',
 	);
@@ -105,23 +101,18 @@ function register_block_script_handle( $metadata, $field_name ) {
 		);
 		return false;
 	}
-	$is_core_block       = isset( $metadata['file'] ) && 0 === strpos( $metadata['file'], ABSPATH . WPINC );
-	$script_uri          = $is_core_block ?
-		includes_url( str_replace( ABSPATH . WPINC, '', realpath( dirname( $metadata['file'] ) . '/' . $script_path ) ) ) :
-		plugins_url( $script_path, $metadata['file'] );
-	$script_asset        = require $script_asset_path;
-	$script_dependencies = isset( $script_asset['dependencies'] ) ? $script_asset['dependencies'] : array();
-	$result              = wp_register_script(
+	$script_asset = require $script_asset_path;
+	$result       = wp_register_script(
 		$script_handle,
-		$script_uri,
-		$script_dependencies,
-		isset( $script_asset['version'] ) ? $script_asset['version'] : false
+		plugins_url( $script_path, $metadata['file'] ),
+		$script_asset['dependencies'],
+		$script_asset['version']
 	);
 	if ( ! $result ) {
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if ( ! empty( $metadata['textdomain'] ) && in_array( 'wp-i18n', $script_dependencies ) ) {
+	if ( ! empty( $metadata['textdomain'] ) ) {
 		wp_set_script_translations( $script_handle, $metadata['textdomain'] );
 	}
 
@@ -320,13 +311,6 @@ function register_block_type_from_metadata( $file_or_folder, $args = array() ) {
 		);
 	}
 
-	if ( ! empty( $metadata['viewScript'] ) ) {
-		$settings['view_script'] = register_block_script_handle(
-			$metadata,
-			'viewScript'
-		);
-	}
-
 	if ( ! empty( $metadata['editorStyle'] ) ) {
 		$settings['editor_style'] = register_block_style_handle(
 			$metadata,
diff --git a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-block-type.php b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-block-type.php
index e3fd7c7411..84e956ec9a 100644
--- a/src/wp-includes/class-wp-block-type.php
+++ b/src/wp-includes/class-wp-block-type.php
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ class WP_Block_Type {
 	public $provides_context = null;
 
 	/**
-	 * Block type editor only script handle.
+	 * Block type editor script handle.
 	 *
 	 * @since 5.0.0
 	 * @var string|null
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ class WP_Block_Type {
 	public $editor_script = null;
 
 	/**
-	 * Block type front end and editor script handle.
+	 * Block type front end script handle.
 	 *
 	 * @since 5.0.0
 	 * @var string|null
@@ -172,15 +172,7 @@ class WP_Block_Type {
 	public $script = null;
 
 	/**
-	 * Block type front end only script handle.
-	 *
-	 * @since 5.8.0
-	 * @var string|null
-	 */
-	public $view_script = null;
-
-	/**
-	 * Block type editor only style handle.
+	 * Block type editor style handle.
 	 *
 	 * @since 5.0.0
 	 * @var string|null
@@ -188,7 +180,7 @@ class WP_Block_Type {
 	public $editor_style = null;
 
 	/**
-	 * Block type front end and editor style handle.
+	 * Block type front end style handle.
 	 *
 	 * @since 5.0.0
 	 * @var string|null
@@ -233,11 +225,10 @@ class WP_Block_Type {
 	 *     @type array|null    $attributes       Block type attributes property schemas.
 	 *     @type array         $uses_context     Context values inherited by blocks of this type.
 	 *     @type array|null    $provides_context Context provided by blocks of this type.
-	 *     @type string|null   $editor_script    Block type editor only script handle.
-	 *     @type string|null   $script           Block type front end and editor script handle.
-	 *     @type string|null   $view_script      Block type front end only script handle.
-	 *     @type string|null   $editor_style     Block type editor only style handle.
-	 *     @type string|null   $style            Block type front end and editor style handle.
+	 *     @type string|null   $editor_script    Block type editor script handle.
+	 *     @type string|null   $script           Block type front end script handle.
+	 *     @type string|null   $editor_style     Block type editor style handle.
+	 *     @type string|null   $style            Block type front end style handle.
 	 * }
 	 */
 	public function __construct( $block_type, $args = array() ) {
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/data/blocks/notice/block.json b/tests/phpunit/data/blocks/notice/block.json
index 610a96099f..9a0ecc018d 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/data/blocks/notice/block.json
+++ b/tests/phpunit/data/blocks/notice/block.json
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@
 	},
 	"editorScript": "tests-notice-editor-script",
 	"script": "tests-notice-script",
-	"viewScript": "tests-notice-view-script",
 	"editorStyle": "tests-notice-editor-style",
 	"style": "tests-notice-style"
 }
diff --git a/tests/phpunit/tests/blocks/register.php b/tests/phpunit/tests/blocks/register.php
index b8b9fc1aad..7388fd6ab6 100644
--- a/tests/phpunit/tests/blocks/register.php
+++ b/tests/phpunit/tests/blocks/register.php
@@ -132,10 +132,6 @@ class WP_Test_Block_Register extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 			'unit-tests-my-block-script',
 			generate_block_asset_handle( $block_name, 'script' )
 		);
-		$this->assertSame(
-			'unit-tests-my-block-view-script',
-			generate_block_asset_handle( $block_name, 'viewScript' )
-		);
 		$this->assertSame(
 			'unit-tests-my-block-editor-style',
 			generate_block_asset_handle( $block_name, 'editorStyle' )
@@ -160,10 +156,6 @@ class WP_Test_Block_Register extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 			'wp-block-paragraph',
 			generate_block_asset_handle( $block_name, 'script' )
 		);
-		$this->assertSame(
-			'wp-block-paragraph-view',
-			generate_block_asset_handle( $block_name, 'viewScript' )
-		);
 		$this->assertSame(
 			'wp-block-paragraph-editor',
 			generate_block_asset_handle( $block_name, 'editorStyle' )
@@ -380,7 +372,6 @@ class WP_Test_Block_Register extends WP_UnitTestCase {
 		);
 		$this->assertSame( 'tests-notice-editor-script', $result->editor_script );
 		$this->assertSame( 'tests-notice-script', $result->script );
-		$this->assertSame( 'tests-notice-view-script', $result->view_script );
 		$this->assertSame( 'tests-notice-editor-style', $result->editor_style );
 		$this->assertSame( 'tests-notice-style', $result->style );
 
diff --git a/tools/webpack/blocks.js b/tools/webpack/blocks.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bf7e1dff24..0000000000
--- a/tools/webpack/blocks.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,212 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * External dependencies
- */
-const { DefinePlugin } = require( 'webpack' );
-const CopyWebpackPlugin = require( 'copy-webpack-plugin' );
-const postcss = require( 'postcss' );
-const UglifyJS = require( 'uglify-js' );
-
-const { join, basename } = require( 'path' );
-const { get } = require( 'lodash' );
-
-/**
- * WordPress dependencies
- */
-const DependencyExtractionPlugin = require( '@wordpress/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin' );
-
-const baseDir = join( __dirname, '../../' );
-
-module.exports = function( env = { environment: 'production', watch: false, buildTarget: false } ) {
-	const mode = env.environment;
-	const suffix = mode === 'production' ? '.min' : '';
-	let buildTarget = env.buildTarget ? env.buildTarget : ( mode === 'production' ? 'build' : 'src' );
-	buildTarget = buildTarget  + '/wp-includes';
-
-	const dynamicBlockFolders = [
-		'archives',
-		'block',
-		'calendar',
-		'categories',
-		'file',
-		'latest-comments',
-		'latest-posts',
-		'loginout',
-		'page-list',
-		'post-content',
-		'post-date',
-		'post-excerpt',
-		'post-featured-image',
-		'post-terms',
-		'post-title',
-		'post-template',
-		'query',
-		'query-pagination',
-		'query-pagination-next',
-		'query-pagination-numbers',
-		'query-pagination-previous',
-		'query-title',
-		'rss',
-		'search',
-		'shortcode',
-		'site-logo',
-		'site-tagline',
-		'site-title',
-		'social-link',
-		'tag-cloud',
-	];
-	const blockFolders = [
-		'audio',
-		'button',
-		'buttons',
-		'code',
-		'column',
-		'columns',
-		'cover',
-		'embed',
-		'freeform',
-		'gallery',
-		'group',
-		'heading',
-		'html',
-		'image',
-		'list',
-		'media-text',
-		'missing',
-		'more',
-		'nextpage',
-		'paragraph',
-		'preformatted',
-		'pullquote',
-		'quote',
-		'separator',
-		'social-links',
-		'spacer',
-		'table',
-		'text-columns',
-		'verse',
-		'video',
-		...dynamicBlockFolders,
-	];
-	const blockPHPFiles = {
-		'widgets/src/blocks/legacy-widget/index.php': 'wp-includes/blocks/legacy-widget.php',
-		...dynamicBlockFolders.reduce( ( files, blockName ) => {
-			files[ `block-library/src/${ blockName }/index.php` ] = `wp-includes/blocks/${ blockName }.php`;
-			return files;
-		} , {} ),
-	};
-	const blockMetadataFiles = {
-		'widgets/src/blocks/legacy-widget/block.json': 'wp-includes/blocks/legacy-widget/block.json',
-		...blockFolders.reduce( ( files, blockName ) => {
-			files[ `block-library/src/${ blockName }/block.json` ] = `wp-includes/blocks/${ blockName }/block.json`;
-			return files;
-		} , {} ),
-	};
-
-	const blockPHPCopies = Object.keys( blockPHPFiles ).map( ( filename ) => ( {
-		from: join( baseDir, `node_modules/@wordpress/${ filename }` ),
-		to: join( baseDir, `src/${ blockPHPFiles[ filename ] }` ),
-	} ) );
-
-	const blockMetadataCopies = Object.keys( blockMetadataFiles ).map( ( filename ) => ( {
-		from: join( baseDir, `node_modules/@wordpress/${ filename }` ),
-		to: join( baseDir, `src/${ blockMetadataFiles[ filename ] }` ),
-	} ) );
-
-	const blockStylesheetCopies = blockFolders.map( ( blockName ) => ( {
-		from: join( baseDir, `node_modules/@wordpress/block-library/build-style/${ blockName }/*.css` ),
-		to: join( baseDir, `${ buildTarget }/blocks/${ blockName }/` ),
-		flatten: true,
-		transform: ( content ) => {
-			if ( mode === 'production' ) {
-				return postcss( [
-					require( 'cssnano' )( {
-						preset: 'default',
-					} ),
-				] )
-					.process( content, { from: 'src/app.css', to: 'dest/app.css' } )
-					.then( ( result ) => result.css );
-			}
-
-			return content;
-		},
-		transformPath: ( targetPath, sourcePath ) => {
-			if ( mode === 'production' ) {
-				return targetPath.replace( /\.css$/, '.min.css' );
-			}
-
-			return targetPath;
-		}
-	} ) );
-
-	const config = {
-		mode,
-		entry: {
-			'file/view': join( baseDir, `node_modules/@wordpress/block-library/build-module/file/view` ),
-		},
-		output: {
-			devtoolNamespace: 'wp',
-			filename: `[name]${ suffix }.js`,
-			path: join( baseDir, `${ buildTarget }/blocks` ),
-		},
-		resolve: {
-			modules: [
-				baseDir,
-				'node_modules',
-			],
-			alias: {
-				'lodash-es': 'lodash',
-			},
-		},
-		module: {
-			rules: [
-				{
-					test: /\.js$/,
-					use: [ 'source-map-loader' ],
-					enforce: 'pre',
-				},
-			],
-		},
-		optimization: {
-			moduleIds: mode === 'production' ? 'hashed' : 'named',
-		},
-		plugins: [
-			new DefinePlugin( {
-				// Inject the `GUTENBERG_PHASE` global, used for feature flagging.
-				'process.env.GUTENBERG_PHASE': 1,
-				'process.env.FORCE_REDUCED_MOTION': JSON.stringify(
-					process.env.FORCE_REDUCED_MOTION
-				),
-			} ),
-			new DependencyExtractionPlugin( {
-				injectPolyfill: true,
-			} ),
-			new CopyWebpackPlugin(
-				[
-					...blockPHPCopies,
-					...blockMetadataCopies,
-					...blockStylesheetCopies,
-				],
-			),
-		],
-		stats: {
-			children: false,
-		},
-
-		watch: env.watch,
-	};
-
-	if ( config.mode !== 'production' ) {
-		config.devtool = process.env.SOURCEMAP || 'source-map';
-	}
-
-	if ( mode === 'development' && env.buildTarget === 'build/' ) {
-		delete config.devtool;
-		config.mode = 'production';
-		config.optimization = {
-			minimize: false,
-			moduleIds: 'hashed',
-		};
-	}
-
-	return config;
-};
diff --git a/tools/webpack/packages.js b/tools/webpack/packages.js
index cc94118dbe..80840b8b90 100644
--- a/tools/webpack/packages.js
+++ b/tools/webpack/packages.js
@@ -106,8 +106,85 @@ module.exports = function( env = { environment: 'production', watch: false, buil
 		'wp-polyfill-dom-rect.min.js': 'polyfill-library/polyfills/__dist/DOMRect/raw.js',
 	};
 
+	const dynamicBlockFolders = [
+		'archives',
+		'block',
+		'calendar',
+		'categories',
+		'file',
+		'latest-comments',
+		'latest-posts',
+		'loginout',
+		'page-list',
+		'post-content',
+		'post-date',
+		'post-excerpt',
+		'post-featured-image',
+		'post-terms',
+		'post-title',
+		'post-template',
+		'query',
+		'query-pagination',
+		'query-pagination-next',
+		'query-pagination-numbers',
+		'query-pagination-previous',
+		'query-title',
+		'rss',
+		'search',
+		'shortcode',
+		'site-logo',
+		'site-tagline',
+		'site-title',
+		'social-link',
+		'tag-cloud',
+	];
+	const blockFolders = [
+		'audio',
+		'button',
+		'buttons',
+		'code',
+		'column',
+		'columns',
+		'cover',
+		'embed',
+		'freeform',
+		'gallery',
+		'group',
+		'heading',
+		'html',
+		'image',
+		'list',
+		'media-text',
+		'missing',
+		'more',
+		'nextpage',
+		'paragraph',
+		'preformatted',
+		'pullquote',
+		'quote',
+		'separator',
+		'social-links',
+		'spacer',
+		'table',
+		'text-columns',
+		'verse',
+		'video',
+		...dynamicBlockFolders,
+	];
 	const phpFiles = {
 		'block-serialization-default-parser/parser.php': 'wp-includes/class-wp-block-parser.php',
+		'widgets/src/blocks/legacy-widget/index.php': 'wp-includes/blocks/legacy-widget.php',
+		...dynamicBlockFolders.reduce( ( files, blockName ) => {
+			files[ `block-library/src/${ blockName }/index.php` ] = `wp-includes/blocks/${ blockName }.php`;
+			return files;
+		} , {} ),
+	};
+	const blockMetadataFiles = {
+		'widgets/src/blocks/legacy-widget/block.json': 'wp-includes/blocks/legacy-widget/block.json',
+		...blockFolders.reduce( ( files, blockName ) => {
+			files[ `block-library/src/${ blockName }/block.json` ] = `wp-includes/blocks/${ blockName }/block.json`;
+			return files;
+		} , {} ),
 	};
 
 	const developmentCopies = mapVendorCopies( vendors, buildTarget );
@@ -154,6 +231,37 @@ module.exports = function( env = { environment: 'production', watch: false, buil
 		to: join( baseDir, `src/${ phpFiles[ filename ] }` ),
 	} ) );
 
+	const blockMetadataCopies = Object.keys( blockMetadataFiles ).map( ( filename ) => ( {
+		from: join( baseDir, `node_modules/@wordpress/${ filename }` ),
+		to: join( baseDir, `src/${ blockMetadataFiles[ filename ] }` ),
+	} ) );
+
+	const blockStylesheetCopies = blockFolders.map( ( blockName ) => ( {
+		from: join( baseDir, `node_modules/@wordpress/block-library/build-style/${ blockName }/*.css` ),
+		to: join( baseDir, `${ buildTarget }/blocks/${ blockName }/` ),
+		flatten: true,
+		transform: ( content ) => {
+			if ( mode === 'production' ) {
+				return postcss( [
+					require( 'cssnano' )( {
+						preset: 'default',
+					} ),
+				] )
+					.process( content, { from: 'src/app.css', to: 'dest/app.css' } )
+					.then( ( result ) => result.css );
+			}
+
+			return content;
+		},
+		transformPath: ( targetPath, sourcePath ) => {
+			if ( mode === 'production' ) {
+				return targetPath.replace( /\.css$/, '.min.css' );
+			}
+
+			return targetPath;
+		}
+	} ) );
+
 	const config = {
 		mode,
 
@@ -244,6 +352,8 @@ module.exports = function( env = { environment: 'production', watch: false, buil
 					...vendorCopies,
 					...cssCopies,
 					...phpCopies,
+					...blockMetadataCopies,
+					...blockStylesheetCopies,
 				],
 			),
 		],
diff --git a/webpack.config.js b/webpack.config.js
index 5b7b7b632d..bc6ab59bee 100644
--- a/webpack.config.js
+++ b/webpack.config.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-const blocksConfig = require( './tools/webpack/blocks' );
 const mediaConfig = require( './tools/webpack/media' );
 const packagesConfig = require( './tools/webpack/packages' );
 
@@ -12,7 +11,6 @@ module.exports = function( env = { environment: "production", watch: false, buil
 	}
 
 	const config = [
-		blocksConfig( env ),
 		mediaConfig( env ),
 		packagesConfig( env ),
 	];