diff --git a/packages/next/src/build/webpack-config.ts b/packages/next/src/build/webpack-config.ts
index 62472d162d519..af8bcd9dcdf7a 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/build/webpack-config.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/build/webpack-config.ts
@@ -1310,6 +1310,11 @@ export default async function getBaseWebpackConfig(
                   ],
                 },
                 resourceQuery: {
+                  // Do not apply next-flight-loader to imports generated by the
+                  // next-metadata-image-loader, to avoid generating unnecessary
+                  // and conflicting entries in the flight client entry plugin.
+                  // These are already covered by the next-metadata-route-loader
+                  // entries.
                   not: [
                     new RegExp(WEBPACK_RESOURCE_QUERIES.metadata),
                     new RegExp(WEBPACK_RESOURCE_QUERIES.metadataImageMeta),