diff --git a/.eslintignore b/.eslintignore
index 199ebb76f825..6273a95b152e 100644
--- a/.eslintignore
+++ b/.eslintignore
@@ -21,3 +21,4 @@ packages/create-docusaurus/lib/*
 packages/create-docusaurus/templates/facebook
 
 website/_dogfooding/_swizzle_theme_tests
+website/_dogfooding/_asset-tests/badSyntax.js
diff --git a/.prettierignore b/.prettierignore
index 60603eea3fed..fe032054f7ef 100644
--- a/.prettierignore
+++ b/.prettierignore
@@ -29,3 +29,5 @@ website/static/katex/katex.min.css
 
 website/changelog
 website/_dogfooding/_swizzle_theme_tests
+website/_dogfooding/_asset-tests/badSyntax.js
+website/_dogfooding/_asset-tests/badSyntax.css
diff --git a/.stylelintignore b/.stylelintignore
index 9b97556a56cd..b3ca39978d98 100644
--- a/.stylelintignore
+++ b/.stylelintignore
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@ packages/docusaurus-*/lib/*
 packages/create-docusaurus/lib/*
 packages/create-docusaurus/templates/
 website/static/katex/katex.min.css
+website/_dogfooding/_asset-tests/badSyntax.css
 
 jest/vendor
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/plugins/StaticDirectoriesCopyPlugin.ts b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/plugins/StaticDirectoriesCopyPlugin.ts
index 3e5ec8ddb78a..31f87c0ed3ea 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/plugins/StaticDirectoriesCopyPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus/src/webpack/plugins/StaticDirectoriesCopyPlugin.ts
@@ -54,6 +54,12 @@ export async function createStaticDirectoriesCopyPlugin({
       from: dir,
       to: outDir,
       toType: 'dir',
+      info: {
+        // Prevents Webpack from minimizing static files (js/css)
+        // see https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/pull/10658
+        // see https://github.com/webpack-contrib/copy-webpack-plugin#skip-running-javascript-files-through-a-minimizer
+        minimized: true,
+      },
     })),
   });
 }
diff --git a/website/_dogfooding/_asset-tests/badSyntax.css b/website/_dogfooding/_asset-tests/badSyntax.css
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..84dbcfead3cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/_dogfooding/_asset-tests/badSyntax.css
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+
+
+See https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/10460
+
+Using bad JS syntax on purpose, this file shouldn't be processed and cause build errors, it should just be copied over.
+
+import export with }{>< default switch
diff --git a/website/_dogfooding/_asset-tests/badSyntax.js b/website/_dogfooding/_asset-tests/badSyntax.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..35e697a040a8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/website/_dogfooding/_asset-tests/badSyntax.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+
+Using bad JS syntax on purpose, this file shouldn't be processed and cause build errors, it should just be copied over.
+
+import export with }{>< default switch
+
+  See https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/10460
+
+    See https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/pull/10658
diff --git a/website/tsconfig.json b/website/tsconfig.json
index ca5671a8a65c..caea2e3443e5 100644
--- a/website/tsconfig.json
+++ b/website/tsconfig.json
@@ -36,5 +36,5 @@
     "skipLibCheck": false,
     "types": ["jest"]
   },
-  "exclude": ["src/sw.js"]
+  "exclude": ["build", ".docusaurus", "src/sw.js", "_dogfooding/_asset-tests"]
 }