diff --git a/packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/lib/index.js b/packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/lib/index.js
index 7fb904427b9ae..0e6f8a5fbc6cc 100644
--- a/packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/lib/index.js
+++ b/packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/lib/index.js
@@ -349,9 +349,6 @@ class DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin {
 		}
 	}
 
-	static #staticDepsCurrent = new WeakSet();
-	static #staticDepsCache = new WeakMap();
-
 	/**
 	 * Can we trace a line of static dependencies from an entry to a module
 	 *
@@ -361,20 +358,6 @@ class DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin {
 	 * @return {boolean} True if there is a static import path to the root
 	 */
 	static hasStaticDependencyPathToRoot( compilation, block ) {
-		if ( DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin.#staticDepsCache.has( block ) ) {
-			return DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin.#staticDepsCache.get(
-				block
-			);
-		}
-
-		if (
-			DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin.#staticDepsCurrent.has( block )
-		) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin.#staticDepsCurrent.add( block );
-
 		const incomingConnections = [
 			...compilation.moduleGraph.getIncomingConnections( block ),
 		].filter(
@@ -388,13 +371,6 @@ class DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin {
 		// If we don't have non-entry, non-library incoming connections,
 		// we've reached a root of
 		if ( ! incomingConnections.length ) {
-			DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin.#staticDepsCache.set(
-				block,
-				true
-			);
-			DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin.#staticDepsCurrent.delete(
-				block
-			);
 			return true;
 		}
 
@@ -413,28 +389,16 @@ class DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin {
 
 		// All the dependencies were Async, the module was reached via a dynamic import
 		if ( ! staticDependentModules.length ) {
-			DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin.#staticDepsCache.set(
-				block,
-				false
-			);
-			DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin.#staticDepsCurrent.delete(
-				block
-			);
 			return false;
 		}
 
 		// Continue to explore any static dependencies
-		const result = staticDependentModules.some(
-			( parentStaticDependentModule ) =>
-				DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin.hasStaticDependencyPathToRoot(
-					compilation,
-					parentStaticDependentModule
-				)
+		return staticDependentModules.some( ( parentStaticDependentModule ) =>
+			DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin.hasStaticDependencyPathToRoot(
+				compilation,
+				parentStaticDependentModule
+			)
 		);
-
-		DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin.#staticDepsCache.set( block, result );
-		DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin.#staticDepsCurrent.delete( block );
-		return result;
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/test/fixtures/cyclic-external-deps/webpack.config.js b/packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/test/fixtures/cyclic-external-deps/webpack.config.js
index 59d4c5d2ead3a..bfffff3ae7831 100644
--- a/packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/test/fixtures/cyclic-external-deps/webpack.config.js
+++ b/packages/dependency-extraction-webpack-plugin/test/fixtures/cyclic-external-deps/webpack.config.js
@@ -4,11 +4,5 @@
 const DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin = require( '../../..' );
 
 module.exports = {
-	plugins: [
-		new DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin( {
-			requestToExternalModule( request ) {
-				return request.startsWith( '@wordpress/' );
-			},
-		} ),
-	],
+	plugins: [ new DependencyExtractionWebpackPlugin() ],
 };