diff --git a/code/addons/docs/template/stories/stories-mdx/csf-in-mdx.stories.mdx b/code/addons/docs/template/stories/stories-mdx/csf-in-mdx.stories.mdx
index fda87f38fd6..e720e4a2bd6 100644
--- a/code/addons/docs/template/stories/stories-mdx/csf-in-mdx.stories.mdx
+++ b/code/addons/docs/template/stories/stories-mdx/csf-in-mdx.stories.mdx
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ overhauled and improved in 7.0, and the legacy mode is now deprecated and will b
 removed in 8.0.
 
 <Canvas>
-  <Story name="Primary" story={Csf.Primary} />
+  <Story story={Csf.Primary} />
 </Canvas>
 
 <ArgsTable story="^" />
 
 <Canvas>
-  <Story name="Secondary" story={Csf.Secondary} />
+  <Story story={Csf.Secondary} />
 </Canvas>
 
 ## Duplicate stories
diff --git a/code/ui/blocks/src/blocks/Story.tsx b/code/ui/blocks/src/blocks/Story.tsx
index 76c7a52f6f2..ad5f02145d8 100644
--- a/code/ui/blocks/src/blocks/Story.tsx
+++ b/code/ui/blocks/src/blocks/Story.tsx
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ type StoryRefProps = {
    * @deprecated Use of={storyExport} instead
    */
   id?: string;
+  /**
+   * @deprecated Use of={storyExport} and define the story in the CSF file
+   */
+  story?: StoryAnnotations;
   /**
    * Pass the export defining a story to render that story
    *
@@ -83,11 +87,22 @@ type StoryParameters = {
 export type StoryProps = (StoryDefProps | StoryRefProps) & StoryParameters;
 
 export const getStoryId = (props: StoryProps, context: DocsContextProps): StoryId => {
-  const { id, of, meta } = props as StoryRefProps;
+  const { id, of, meta, story } = props as StoryRefProps;
 
-  if (of) {
+  // The `story={moduleExports}` prop is a legacy prop for stories defined in CSF files, but
+  // "declared" in MDX files (the CSF file has no meta export or doesn't match the stories glob).
+  // In this case, the `.stories.mdx` file will have actually ended up declaring the story
+  // so we can reference the story just the same as an `of={moduleExports}` would have.
+  // See https://github.com/storybookjs/mdx2-csf/issues/3
+  if (story) {
+    deprecate(
+      'The `story` prop is deprecated, please export your stories from CSF files and reference them with `of={}`.'
+    );
+  }
+
+  if (of || story) {
     if (meta) context.referenceMeta(meta, false);
-    const resolved = context.resolveOf(of, ['story']);
+    const resolved = context.resolveOf(of || story, ['story']);
     return resolved.story.id;
   }
 
diff --git a/code/ui/blocks/src/blocks/internal/InternalStory.stories.tsx b/code/ui/blocks/src/blocks/internal/InternalStory.stories.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5792e46d764
--- /dev/null
+++ b/code/ui/blocks/src/blocks/internal/InternalStory.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+import type { Meta, StoryObj } from '@storybook/react';
+
+import { Story as StoryBlock } from '../Story';
+import * as ButtonStories from '../../examples/Button.stories';
+
+const meta: Meta<typeof StoryBlock> = {
+  component: StoryBlock,
+  parameters: {
+    relativeCsfPaths: ['../examples/Button.stories'],
+  },
+};
+export default meta;
+
+type Story = StoryObj<typeof meta>;
+
+export const StoryExport: Story = {
+  args: {
+    story: ButtonStories.Primary,
+  },
+};