diff --git a/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/default_config.ts b/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/default_config.ts
index 1b049761a3a9..e194c9789daa 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/default_config.ts
+++ b/packages/kbn-storybook/lib/default_config.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ export const defaultConfig: StorybookConfig = {
       config.parallelism = 4;
       config.cache = true;
     }
+
+    config.node = { fs: 'empty' };
+
     return config;
   },
 };