diff --git a/src/Interactivity/directives/wp-html.php b/src/Interactivity/directives/wp-html.php
deleted file mode 100644
index 98802165365..00000000000
--- a/src/Interactivity/directives/wp-html.php
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?php
-
-if ( ! class_exists( 'WP_HTML_Tag_Processor' ) ) {
-	include __DIR__ . '/../../../../gutenberg/lib/compat/wordpress-6.2/html-api/class-wp-html-attribute-token.php';
-	include __DIR__ . '/../../../../gutenberg/lib/compat/wordpress-6.2/html-api/class-wp-html-span.php';
-	include __DIR__ . '/../../../../gutenberg/lib/compat/wordpress-6.2/html-api/class-wp-html-text-replacement.php';
-	include __DIR__ . '/../../../../gutenberg/lib/compat/wordpress-6.2/html-api/class-wp-html-tag-processor.php';
-}
diff --git a/src/Interactivity/woo-directives.php b/src/Interactivity/woo-directives.php
index 371418368a3..dcab3b24daf 100644
--- a/src/Interactivity/woo-directives.php
+++ b/src/Interactivity/woo-directives.php
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 <?php
-require_once __DIR__ . '/directives/wp-html.php';
-
 require_once __DIR__ . '/directives/class-woo-directive-context.php';
 require_once __DIR__ . '/directives/class-woo-directive-store.php';
 require_once __DIR__ . '/directives/woo-process-directives.php';
diff --git a/woocommerce-gutenberg-products-block.php b/woocommerce-gutenberg-products-block.php
index 63362d282b2..937c7e93dc9 100644
--- a/woocommerce-gutenberg-products-block.php
+++ b/woocommerce-gutenberg-products-block.php
@@ -287,6 +287,33 @@ function woocommerce_blocks_plugin_outdated_notice() {
 
 add_action( 'admin_notices', 'woocommerce_blocks_plugin_outdated_notice' );
 
-// Include the Interactivity API.
-require_once __DIR__ . '/src/Interactivity/woo-directives.php';
+/**
+ * Disable the Interactivity API if the required `WP_HTML_Tag_Processor` class
+ * doesn't exist, regardless of whether it was enabled manually.
+ *
+ * @param bool $enabled Current filter value.
+ * @return bool True if _also_ the `WP_HTML_Tag_Processor` class was found.
+ */
+function woocommerce_blocks_has_wp_html_tag_processor( $enabled ) {
+	return $enabled && class_exists( 'WP_HTML_Tag_Processor' );
+}
+add_filter(
+	'woocommerce_blocks_enable_interactivity_api',
+	'woocommerce_blocks_has_wp_html_tag_processor',
+	999
+);
 
+/**
+ * Load and setup the Interactivity API if enabled.
+ */
+function woocommerce_blocks_interactivity_setup() {
+	$is_enabled = apply_filters(
+		'woocommerce_blocks_enable_interactivity_api',
+		false
+	);
+
+	if ( $is_enabled ) {
+		require_once __DIR__ . '/src/Interactivity/woo-directives.php';
+	}
+}
+add_action( 'plugins_loaded', 'woocommerce_blocks_interactivity_setup' );