diff --git a/packages/bbui/package.json b/packages/bbui/package.json
index ed9bba0d35..18190c89e3 100644
--- a/packages/bbui/package.json
+++ b/packages/bbui/package.json
@@ -62,10 +62,7 @@
     "@spectrum-css/underlay": "^2.0.9",
     "@spectrum-css/vars": "^3.0.1",
     "dayjs": "^1.10.4",
-    "markdown-it": "^12.0.4",
-    "quill": "^1.3.7",
     "svelte-flatpickr": "^2.4.0",
-    "svelte-portal": "^1.0.0",
-    "turndown": "^7.0.0"
+    "svelte-portal": "^1.0.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/bbui/src/Form/Core/TextArea.svelte b/packages/bbui/src/Form/Core/TextArea.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4d206d291b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/bbui/src/Form/Core/TextArea.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+<script>
+  import "@spectrum-css/textfield/dist/index-vars.css"
+  import { createEventDispatcher } from "svelte"
+
+  export let value = ""
+  export let placeholder = null
+  export let disabled = false
+  export let error = null
+  export let id = null
+  export let updateOnChange = true
+
+  const dispatch = createEventDispatcher()
+
+  const onChange = event => {
+    dispatch("change", event.target.value)
+  }
+</script>
+
+<div
+  class="spectrum-Textfield spectrum-Textfield--multiline"
+  class:is-invalid={!!error}
+  class:is-disabled={disabled}>
+  {#if error}
+    <svg
+      class="spectrum-Icon spectrum-Icon--sizeM spectrum-Textfield-validationIcon"
+      focusable="false"
+      aria-hidden="true">
+      <use xlink:href="#spectrum-icon-18-Alert" />
+    </svg>
+  {/if}
+  <textarea
+    placeholder={placeholder || ''}
+    class="spectrum-Textfield-input"
+    {disabled}
+    {id}
+    on:blur={onChange}
+    on:change={updateOnChange ? onChange : null}>{value || ''}</textarea>
+</div>
+
+<style>
+  .spectrum-Textfield {
+    width: 100%;
+  }
+  textarea {
+    resize: vertical;
+    min-height: 80px !important;
+  }
+</style>
diff --git a/packages/bbui/src/Form/Core/index.js b/packages/bbui/src/Form/Core/index.js
index 95971a2560..7e3bf39c2a 100644
--- a/packages/bbui/src/Form/Core/index.js
+++ b/packages/bbui/src/Form/Core/index.js
@@ -3,3 +3,4 @@ export { default as CoreSelect } from "./Select.svelte"
 export { default as CoreMultiselect } from "./Multiselect.svelte"
 export { default as CoreCheckbox } from "./Checkbox.svelte"
 export { default as CoreRadioGroup } from "./RadioGroup.svelte"
+export { default as CoreTextArea } from "./TextArea.svelte"
diff --git a/packages/bbui/src/Form/RadioGroup.svelte b/packages/bbui/src/Form/RadioGroup.svelte
index 227555c802..619a0469e5 100644
--- a/packages/bbui/src/Form/RadioGroup.svelte
+++ b/packages/bbui/src/Form/RadioGroup.svelte
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   import { createEventDispatcher } from "svelte"
 
   export let value = null
-  export let label = undefined
+  export let label = null
   export let disabled = false
   export let labelPosition = "above"
   export let error = null
diff --git a/packages/bbui/src/Form/RichText.svelte b/packages/bbui/src/Form/RichText.svelte
deleted file mode 100644
index ab4b9c3d99..0000000000
--- a/packages/bbui/src/Form/RichText.svelte
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,59 +0,0 @@
-<script>
-  import * as Quill from "quill"
-  import * as MarkdownIt from "markdown-it"
-  import TurndownService from "turndown"
-  import { onMount } from "svelte"
-  import "quill/dist/quill.snow.css"
-
-  const convertMarkdown = new MarkdownIt()
-  convertMarkdown.set({
-    html: true,
-  })
-  const turndownService = new TurndownService()
-
-  export let value = ""
-  export let options = null
-  export let width = 400
-
-  let quill
-  let container
-  let defaultOptions = {
-    modules: {
-      toolbar: [
-        [{ header: [1, 2, 3, false] }],
-        ["bold", "italic", "underline", "strike"],
-      ],
-    },
-    placeholder: "Type something...",
-    theme: "snow", // or 'bubble'
-  }
-
-  let mergedOptions = { ...defaultOptions, ...options }
-
-  const updateContent = () => {
-    value = turndownService.turndown(quill.container.firstChild.innerHTML)
-  }
-
-  onMount(() => {
-    quill = new Quill(container, mergedOptions)
-    if (value)
-      quill.clipboard.dangerouslyPasteHTML(convertMarkdown.render(value + "\n"))
-
-    quill.on("text-change", updateContent)
-    return () => {
-      quill.off("text-change", updateContent)
-    }
-  })
-</script>
-
-<svelte:head>
-  {#if mergedOptions.theme !== 'snow'}
-    <link
-      rel="stylesheet"
-      href="//cdn.quilljs.com/1.3.6/quill.{mergedOptions.theme}.css" />
-  {/if}
-</svelte:head>
-
-<div style="width: {width}px">
-  <div bind:this={container} />
-</div>
diff --git a/packages/bbui/src/Form/TextArea.svelte b/packages/bbui/src/Form/TextArea.svelte
index 1133a99127..e3713d1d16 100644
--- a/packages/bbui/src/Form/TextArea.svelte
+++ b/packages/bbui/src/Form/TextArea.svelte
@@ -1,132 +1,29 @@
 <script>
+  import Field from "./Field.svelte"
+  import TextArea from "./Core/TextArea.svelte"
   import { createEventDispatcher } from "svelte"
-  import Button from "../Button/Button.svelte"
-  import Label from "../Styleguide/Label.svelte"
-  import text_area_resize from "../Actions/autoresize_textarea.js"
+
+  export let value = null
+  export let label = null
+  export let labelPosition = "above"
+  export let placeholder = null
+  export let disabled = false
+  export let error = null
+  export let updateOnChange = true
 
   const dispatch = createEventDispatcher()
-
-  export let name = false
-  export let label = false
-  export let thin = false
-  export let extraThin = false
-  export let edit = false
-  export let disabled = false
-  export let placeholder
-  export let validator = () => {}
-  export let value = ""
-  export const getCaretPosition = () => {
-    return { start: textarea.selectionStart, end: textarea.selectionEnd }
-  }
-
-  let textarea
-
-  // This section handles the edit mode and dispatching of things to the parent when saved
-  let editMode = false
-
-  const save = () => {
-    editMode = false
-    dispatch("save", value)
-  }
-
-  const enableEdit = () => {
-    editMode = true
+  const onChange = e => {
+    dispatch("change", e.detail)
+    value = e.detail
   }
 </script>
 
-<div class="container">
-  {#if label || edit}
-    <div class="label-container">
-      {#if label}
-        <Label extraSmall grey forAttr={name}>{label}</Label>
-      {/if}
-      {#if edit}
-        <div class="controls">
-          <Button small secondary disabled={editMode} on:click={enableEdit}>
-            Edit
-          </Button>
-          <Button small blue disabled={!editMode} on:click={save}>Save</Button>
-        </div>
-      {/if}
-    </div>
-  {/if}
-  <textarea
-    class:thin
-    class:extraThin
-    bind:value
-    bind:this={textarea}
-    on:change
-    disabled={disabled || (edit && !editMode)}
+<Field {label} {labelPosition} {disabled} {error}>
+  <TextArea
+    {error}
+    {disabled}
+    {value}
     {placeholder}
-    {name}
-    use:text_area_resize />
-</div>
-
-<style>
-  .container {
-    min-width: 0;
-    display: flex;
-    flex-direction: column;
-  }
-
-  .label-container {
-    display: flex;
-    flex-direction: row;
-    justify-content: space-between;
-    align-items: flex-end;
-    margin-bottom: var(--spacing-s);
-  }
-  .label-container :global(label) {
-    margin-bottom: 0;
-  }
-
-  .controls {
-    align-items: center;
-    display: grid;
-    grid-template-columns: auto auto;
-    grid-gap: 12px;
-    margin-left: auto;
-    padding-left: 12px;
-  }
-  .controls :global(button) {
-    min-width: 100px;
-    font-size: var(--font-size-s);
-    border-radius: var(--rounded-small);
-  }
-
-  textarea {
-    min-width: 0;
-    color: var(--ink);
-    font-size: var(--font-size-s);
-    font-family: var(--font-sans);
-    border: none;
-    border-radius: var(--border-radius-s);
-    background-color: var(--grey-2);
-    padding: var(--spacing-m);
-    margin: 0;
-    border: var(--border-transparent);
-    outline: none;
-  }
-  textarea::placeholder {
-    color: var(--grey-6);
-  }
-  textarea.thin {
-    font-size: var(--font-size-xs);
-  }
-  textarea.extraThin {
-    font-size: var(--font-size-xs);
-    padding: var(--spacing-s) var(--spacing-m);
-  }
-  textarea:focus {
-    border: var(--border-blue);
-  }
-  textarea:disabled {
-    background: var(--grey-4);
-  }
-  textarea:disabled {
-    background: var(--grey-4);
-  }
-  textarea:disabled::placeholder {
-    color: var(--grey-6);
-  }
-</style>
+    {updateOnChange}
+    on:change={onChange} />
+</Field>
diff --git a/packages/bbui/src/Modal/Modal.svelte b/packages/bbui/src/Modal/Modal.svelte
index 5f31e9a27e..185a695c3c 100644
--- a/packages/bbui/src/Modal/Modal.svelte
+++ b/packages/bbui/src/Modal/Modal.svelte
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
   async function focusFirstInput(node) {
     const inputs = node.querySelectorAll("input")
-    if (inputs) {
+    if (inputs?.length) {
       await tick()
       inputs[0].focus()
     }
diff --git a/packages/bbui/src/index.js b/packages/bbui/src/index.js
index 616f313d3f..36ef513b93 100644
--- a/packages/bbui/src/index.js
+++ b/packages/bbui/src/index.js
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import "./bbui.css"
 // Components
 export { default as Input } from "./Form/Input.svelte"
 export { default as TextArea } from "./Form/TextArea.svelte"
-export { default as RichText } from "./Form/RichText.svelte"
 export { default as Select } from "./Form/Select.svelte"
 export { default as DataList } from "./Form/DataList.svelte"
 export { default as Dropzone } from "./Dropzone/Dropzone.svelte"
diff --git a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/RowFieldControl.svelte b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/RowFieldControl.svelte
index 1c5509544e..f2568db5e6 100644
--- a/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/RowFieldControl.svelte
+++ b/packages/builder/src/components/backend/DataTable/RowFieldControl.svelte
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     Label,
     DatePicker,
     Toggle,
-    RichText,
+    TextArea,
   } from "@budibase/bbui"
   import Dropzone from "components/common/Dropzone.svelte"
   import { capitalise } from "../../../helpers"
@@ -40,10 +40,7 @@
     <LinkedRowSelector bind:linkedRows={value} schema={meta} />
   </div>
 {:else if type === 'longform'}
-  <div>
-    <Label extraSmall grey>{label}</Label>
-    <RichText bind:value />
-  </div>
+  <TextArea {label} bind:value />
 {:else}
   <Input
     {label}
diff --git a/packages/standard-components/src/forms/LongFormField.svelte b/packages/standard-components/src/forms/LongFormField.svelte
index a5ef5d94ed..4eced94070 100644
--- a/packages/standard-components/src/forms/LongFormField.svelte
+++ b/packages/standard-components/src/forms/LongFormField.svelte
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 <script>
-  import { onMount } from "svelte"
-  import { RichText } from "@budibase/bbui"
+  import { CoreTextArea } from "@budibase/bbui"
   import Field from "./Field.svelte"
 
   export let field
@@ -10,33 +9,6 @@
 
   let fieldState
   let fieldApi
-
-  // Update form value from bound value after we've mounted
-  let value
-  let mounted = false
-  $: mounted && fieldApi?.setValue(value)
-
-  // Get the fields initial value after initialising
-  onMount(() => {
-    value = $fieldState?.value
-    mounted = true
-  })
-
-  // Options for rich text component
-  const options = {
-    modules: {
-      toolbar: [
-        [
-          {
-            header: [1, 2, 3, false],
-          },
-        ],
-        ["bold", "italic", "underline", "strike"],
-      ],
-    },
-    placeholder: placeholder || "Type something...",
-    theme: "snow",
-  }
 </script>
 
 <Field
@@ -47,35 +19,14 @@
   bind:fieldState
   bind:fieldApi
   defaultValue="">
-  {#if mounted}
-    <div class:disabled={$fieldState.disabled}>
-      <RichText bind:value {options} />
-    </div>
+  {#if fieldState}
+    <CoreTextArea
+      value={$fieldState.value}
+      on:change={e => fieldApi.setValue(e.detail)}
+      updateOnChange={false}
+      disabled={$fieldState.disabled}
+      error={$fieldState.error}
+      id={$fieldState.fieldId}
+      {placeholder} />
   {/if}
 </Field>
-
-<style>
-  div {
-    background-color: white;
-  }
-  div :global(> div) {
-    width: auto !important;
-  }
-  div :global(.ql-snow.ql-toolbar:after, .ql-snow .ql-toolbar:after) {
-    display: none;
-  }
-  div :global(.ql-snow .ql-formats:after) {
-    display: none;
-  }
-  div :global(.ql-editor p) {
-    word-break: break-all;
-  }
-
-  div.disabled {
-    pointer-events: none !important;
-    background-color: rgb(244, 244, 244);
-  }
-  div.disabled :global(.ql-container *) {
-    color: var(--spectrum-alias-text-color-disabled) !important;
-  }
-</style>
diff --git a/packages/standard-components/vite.config.js b/packages/standard-components/vite.config.js
index 7e04595968..2eecfbaf44 100644
--- a/packages/standard-components/vite.config.js
+++ b/packages/standard-components/vite.config.js
@@ -12,7 +12,12 @@ export default ({ mode }) => {
       },
       minify: isProduction,
     },
-    plugins: [svelte()],
+    plugins: [
+      svelte({
+        hot: !isProduction,
+        emitCss: true,
+      }),
+    ],
     resolve: {
       dedupe: ["svelte", "svelte/internal"],
     },