diff --git a/.eslintrc.js b/.eslintrc.js
index d3c900637a..d379a078aa 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.js
+++ b/.eslintrc.js
@@ -119,6 +119,7 @@ module.exports = {
     'global-require': WARNING,
     'prefer-destructuring': WARNING,
     yoda: WARNING,
+    'no-await-in-loop': OFF,
     'no-control-regex': WARNING,
     'no-empty': [WARNING, {allowEmptyCatch: true}],
     'no-prototype-builtins': WARNING,
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/authors.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/authors.ts
index 3bca2ebef3..ab77371e3d 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/authors.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-blog/src/authors.ts
@@ -43,12 +43,8 @@ export async function readAuthorsMapFile(
 ): Promise<AuthorsMap | undefined> {
   if (await fs.pathExists(filePath)) {
     const contentString = await fs.readFile(filePath, {encoding: 'utf8'});
-    const parse =
-      filePath.endsWith('.yml') || filePath.endsWith('.yaml')
-        ? Yaml.load
-        : JSON.parse;
     try {
-      const unsafeContent = parse(contentString);
+      const unsafeContent = Yaml.load(contentString);
       return validateAuthorsMapFile(unsafeContent);
     } catch (e) {
       // TODO replace later by error cause: see https://v8.dev/features/error-cause
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/generator.ts b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/generator.ts
index 49e551e9c6..d5dde0d7f1 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/generator.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-plugin-content-docs/src/sidebars/generator.ts
@@ -65,37 +65,31 @@ const CategoryMetadatasFileSchema = Joi.object<CategoryMetadatasFile>({
 async function readCategoryMetadatasFile(
   categoryDirPath: string,
 ): Promise<CategoryMetadatasFile | null> {
-  async function tryReadFile(
-    fileNameWithExtension: string,
-    parse: (content: string) => unknown,
-  ): Promise<CategoryMetadatasFile | null> {
+  async function tryReadFile(filePath: string): Promise<CategoryMetadatasFile> {
+    const contentString = await fs.readFile(filePath, {encoding: 'utf8'});
+    const unsafeContent = Yaml.load(contentString);
+    try {
+      return Joi.attempt(unsafeContent, CategoryMetadatasFileSchema);
+    } catch (e) {
+      console.error(
+        chalk.red(
+          `The docs sidebar category metadata file looks invalid!\nPath: ${filePath}`,
+        ),
+      );
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
+  // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
+  for (const ext of ['.json', '.yml', '.yaml']) {
     // Simpler to use only posix paths for mocking file metadatas in tests
     const filePath = posixPath(
-      path.join(categoryDirPath, fileNameWithExtension),
+      path.join(categoryDirPath, `${CategoryMetadataFilenameBase}${ext}`),
     );
     if (await fs.pathExists(filePath)) {
-      const contentString = await fs.readFile(filePath, {encoding: 'utf8'});
-      const unsafeContent = parse(contentString);
-      try {
-        return Joi.attempt(unsafeContent, CategoryMetadatasFileSchema);
-      } catch (e) {
-        console.error(
-          chalk.red(
-            `The docs sidebar category metadata file looks invalid!\nPath: ${filePath}`,
-          ),
-        );
-        throw e;
-      }
+      return tryReadFile(filePath);
     }
-    return null;
   }
-
-  return (
-    (await tryReadFile(`${CategoryMetadataFilenameBase}.json`, JSON.parse)) ??
-    (await tryReadFile(`${CategoryMetadataFilenameBase}.yml`, Yaml.load)) ??
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-return-await
-    (await tryReadFile(`${CategoryMetadataFilenameBase}.yaml`, Yaml.load))
-  );
+  return null;
 }
 
 // Comment for this feature: https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/issues/3464#issuecomment-818670449
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/update-code-translations.js b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/update-code-translations.js
index b5857991dc..18e570c06d 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/update-code-translations.js
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-theme-classic/update-code-translations.js
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ async function updateCodeTranslations() {
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
   for (const localeFile of localesFiles) {
     logSection(`Will update ${path.basename(localeFile)}`);
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
     await updateLocaleCodeTranslations(localeFile, baseFileMessages);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/codeTranslationsUtils.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/codeTranslationsUtils.ts
index b908d380df..a627a1559a 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/codeTranslationsUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/codeTranslationsUtils.ts
@@ -44,9 +44,7 @@ export async function readDefaultCodeTranslationMessages({
   for (const fileName of localesToTry) {
     const filePath = path.resolve(dirPath, `${fileName}.json`);
 
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
     if (await fs.pathExists(filePath)) {
-      // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
       const fileContent = await fs.readFile(filePath, 'utf8');
       return JSON.parse(fileContent);
     }
diff --git a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts
index e21f77c131..e7b8fdf9ab 100644
--- a/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/docusaurus-utils/src/index.ts
@@ -313,7 +313,6 @@ export async function mapAsyncSequencial<T extends unknown, R extends unknown>(
   const results: R[] = [];
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
   for (const t of array) {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
     const result = await action(t);
     results.push(result);
   }
@@ -326,7 +325,6 @@ export async function findAsyncSequential<T>(
 ): Promise<T | undefined> {
   // eslint-disable-next-line no-restricted-syntax
   for (const t of array) {
-    // eslint-disable-next-line no-await-in-loop
     if (await predicate(t)) {
       return t;
     }