diff --git a/change/@fluentui-react-virtualizer-32407628-78bb-4307-bbf4-d0a366f48deb.json b/change/@fluentui-react-virtualizer-32407628-78bb-4307-bbf4-d0a366f48deb.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..8907b8526f7ea1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/change/@fluentui-react-virtualizer-32407628-78bb-4307-bbf4-d0a366f48deb.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "type": "prerelease",
+  "comment": "fix: remove disallowed v9 react-fabric/v8 from dependency to mitigate dep-tree creep",
+  "packageName": "@fluentui/react-virtualizer",
+  "email": "martinhochel@microsoft.com",
+  "dependentChangeType": "patch"
+}
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-virtualizer/package.json b/packages/react-components/react-virtualizer/package.json
index d889c704dc6d8e..70d3efb0e767e3 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/react-virtualizer/package.json
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-virtualizer/package.json
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@fluentui/react-utilities": "^9.7.2",
-    "@fluentui/react": "^8.106.9",
     "@griffel/react": "^1.5.2",
     "@swc/helpers": "^0.4.14"
   },
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-virtualizer/stories/Virtualizer/DefaultUnbounded.stories.tsx b/packages/react-components/react-virtualizer/stories/Virtualizer/DefaultUnbounded.stories.tsx
index 06aa9cc66be6dc..270ff23a8d6f45 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/react-virtualizer/stories/Virtualizer/DefaultUnbounded.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-virtualizer/stories/Virtualizer/DefaultUnbounded.stories.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Virtualizer, useStaticVirtualizerMeasure } from '@fluentui/react-components/unstable';
 import { makeStyles } from '@fluentui/react-components';
+// @ts-expect-error - we don support path aliases for libraries with both v8 and v9 as dependencies
 import { ThemeProvider } from '@fluentui/react';
 
 import { useFluent } from '@fluentui/react-components';
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-virtualizer/stories/Virtualizer/MultiUnbounded.stories.tsx b/packages/react-components/react-virtualizer/stories/Virtualizer/MultiUnbounded.stories.tsx
index f903f16723a8ab..1ea3d9bb953647 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/react-virtualizer/stories/Virtualizer/MultiUnbounded.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-virtualizer/stories/Virtualizer/MultiUnbounded.stories.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { Virtualizer, useStaticVirtualizerMeasure } from '@fluentui/react-components/unstable';
 import { makeStyles, useFluent } from '@fluentui/react-components';
+// @ts-expect-error - we don support path aliases for libraries with both v8 and v9 as dependencies
 import { ThemeProvider } from '@fluentui/react';
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles({
diff --git a/packages/react-components/react-virtualizer/stories/VirtualizerScrollView/Default.stories.tsx b/packages/react-components/react-virtualizer/stories/VirtualizerScrollView/Default.stories.tsx
index 9ea10c6ee8d342..45ffb294fe4183 100644
--- a/packages/react-components/react-virtualizer/stories/VirtualizerScrollView/Default.stories.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-components/react-virtualizer/stories/VirtualizerScrollView/Default.stories.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as React from 'react';
 import { VirtualizerScrollView } from '@fluentui/react-components/unstable';
 import { makeStyles } from '@fluentui/react-components';
+// @ts-expect-error - we don support path aliases for libraries with both v8 and v9 as dependencies
 import { ThemeProvider } from '@fluentui/react';
 
 const useStyles = makeStyles({