diff --git a/code/frameworks/vue3-vite/src/plugins/vue-component-meta.ts b/code/frameworks/vue3-vite/src/plugins/vue-component-meta.ts
index 54ac30cbb9dd..a263635a44f8 100644
--- a/code/frameworks/vue3-vite/src/plugins/vue-component-meta.ts
+++ b/code/frameworks/vue3-vite/src/plugins/vue-component-meta.ts
@@ -50,6 +50,26 @@ export async function vueComponentMeta(tsconfigPath = 'tsconfig.json'): Promise<
 
           const exportName = exportNames[index];
 
+          // we remove nested object schemas here since they are not used inside Storybook (we don't generate controls for object properties)
+          // and they can cause "out of memory" issues for large/complex schemas (e.g. HTMLElement)
+          // it also reduced the bundle size when running "Storybook build" when such schemas are used
+          (['props', 'exposed'] as const).forEach((key) => {
+            meta[key].forEach((value) => {
+              if (typeof value.schema !== 'object') return;
+
+              // we need to use Object.defineProperty here since schema is a getter so we can not set it directly
+              Object.defineProperty(value, 'schema', {
+                configurable: true,
+                enumerable: true,
+                value: {
+                  kind: value.schema.kind,
+                  type: value.schema.type,
+                  // note that value.schema.schema is not included here (see comment above)
+                },
+              });
+            });
+          });
+
           const exposed =
             // the meta also includes duplicated entries in the "exposed" array with "on"
             // prefix (e.g. onClick instead of click), so we need to filter them out here
diff --git a/code/renderers/vue3/src/docs/__snapshots__/extractArgTypes.test.ts.snap b/code/renderers/vue3/src/docs/__snapshots__/extractArgTypes.test.ts.snap
index cbe74a47b7d6..39e2654bcff4 100644
--- a/code/renderers/vue3/src/docs/__snapshots__/extractArgTypes.test.ts.snap
+++ b/code/renderers/vue3/src/docs/__snapshots__/extractArgTypes.test.ts.snap
@@ -157,12 +157,7 @@ exports[`extractArgTypes (vue-docgen-api) > should extract props for component 1
       "value": {
         "name": "object",
         "required": false,
-        "value": {
-          "nestedProp": {
-            "name": "string",
-            "required": true,
-          },
-        },
+        "value": {},
       },
     },
   },
@@ -183,12 +178,7 @@ exports[`extractArgTypes (vue-docgen-api) > should extract props for component 1
       "value": {
         "name": "object",
         "required": false,
-        "value": {
-          "nestedProp": {
-            "name": "string",
-            "required": true,
-          },
-        },
+        "value": {},
       },
     },
   },
@@ -279,12 +269,7 @@ exports[`extractArgTypes (vue-docgen-api) > should extract props for component 1
     "type": {
       "name": "object",
       "required": true,
-      "value": {
-        "foo": {
-          "name": "string",
-          "required": true,
-        },
-      },
+      "value": {},
     },
   },
   "literalFromContext": {
@@ -325,12 +310,7 @@ exports[`extractArgTypes (vue-docgen-api) > should extract props for component 1
     "type": {
       "name": "object",
       "required": true,
-      "value": {
-        "nestedProp": {
-          "name": "string",
-          "required": true,
-        },
-      },
+      "value": {},
     },
   },
   "nestedIntersection": {
@@ -347,16 +327,7 @@ exports[`extractArgTypes (vue-docgen-api) > should extract props for component 1
     "type": {
       "name": "object",
       "required": true,
-      "value": {
-        "additionalProp": {
-          "name": "string",
-          "required": true,
-        },
-        "nestedProp": {
-          "name": "string",
-          "required": true,
-        },
-      },
+      "value": {},
     },
   },
   "nestedOptional": {
@@ -377,22 +348,12 @@ exports[`extractArgTypes (vue-docgen-api) > should extract props for component 1
         {
           "name": "object",
           "required": false,
-          "value": {
-            "nestedProp": {
-              "name": "string",
-              "required": true,
-            },
-          },
+          "value": {},
         },
         {
           "name": "object",
           "required": false,
-          "value": {
-            "nestedProp": {
-              "name": "string",
-              "required": true,
-            },
-          },
+          "value": {},
         },
       ],
     },
@@ -411,13 +372,7 @@ exports[`extractArgTypes (vue-docgen-api) > should extract props for component 1
     "type": {
       "name": "object",
       "required": false,
-      "value": {
-        "recursive": {
-          "name": "other",
-          "required": true,
-          "value": "MyNestedRecursiveProps",
-        },
-      },
+      "value": {},
     },
   },
   "stringArray": {
diff --git a/code/renderers/vue3/src/docs/extractArgTypes.ts b/code/renderers/vue3/src/docs/extractArgTypes.ts
index 76c52cc755a7..31f4d19dc163 100644
--- a/code/renderers/vue3/src/docs/extractArgTypes.ts
+++ b/code/renderers/vue3/src/docs/extractArgTypes.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import type { VueDocgenInfo, VueDocgenInfoEntry, VueDocgenPlugin } from '@storybook/vue3-vite';
 import type { ExtractedProp } from 'storybook/internal/docs-tools';
 import {
   convert,
@@ -6,7 +7,6 @@ import {
   type ArgTypesExtractor,
 } from 'storybook/internal/docs-tools';
 import type { SBType, StrictArgTypes, StrictInputType } from 'storybook/internal/types';
-import type { VueDocgenInfo, VueDocgenInfoEntry, VueDocgenPlugin } from '@storybook/vue3-vite';
 
 type PropertyMetaSchema = VueDocgenInfoEntry<'vue-component-meta', 'props'>['schema'];
 
@@ -283,17 +283,12 @@ export const convertVueComponentMetaProp = (
       };
     }
 
-    // recursively/deeply convert all properties of the object
     case 'object':
       return {
         name: 'object',
-        value: Object.entries(schema.schema ?? {}).reduce<Record<string, SBType>>(
-          (obj, [propName, propSchema]) => {
-            obj[propName] = convertVueComponentMetaProp(propSchema);
-            return obj;
-          },
-          {}
-        ),
+        // while Storybook generates simple JSON object controls, nested schemas don't have specialized controls
+        // so we don't need to recursively map the object schema here
+        value: {},
         required,
       };