diff --git a/typo3/sysext/form/Classes/Controller/FormFrontendController.php b/typo3/sysext/form/Classes/Controller/FormFrontendController.php
index 5bf22e77d6da9776bf77b236aae20c08b2e4f798..18a11fadd0b4182b8d20f8accd745fe83d49d2a4 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/form/Classes/Controller/FormFrontendController.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/form/Classes/Controller/FormFrontendController.php
@@ -158,12 +158,13 @@ class FormFrontendController extends ActionController
             isset($this->settings['formDefinitionOverrides'][$formDefinition['identifier']])
             && !empty($this->settings['formDefinitionOverrides'][$formDefinition['identifier']])
         ) {
+            $formDefinitionOverrides = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(TypoScriptService::class)
+                ->resolvePossibleTypoScriptConfiguration($this->settings['formDefinitionOverrides'][$formDefinition['identifier']]);
+
             ArrayUtility::mergeRecursiveWithOverrule(
                 $formDefinition,
-                $this->settings['formDefinitionOverrides'][$formDefinition['identifier']]
+                $formDefinitionOverrides
             );
-            $formDefinition = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(TypoScriptService::class)
-                ->resolvePossibleTypoScriptConfiguration($formDefinition);
         }
         return $formDefinition;
     }
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/form/Classes/Mvc/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.php b/typo3/sysext/form/Classes/Mvc/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.php
index 20a0a6fd068769632737cbb198a8500244933323..4eab55ee23c2898eb4551703e94d8c9045534bc8 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/form/Classes/Mvc/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/form/Classes/Mvc/Configuration/ConfigurationManager.php
@@ -133,17 +133,18 @@ class ConfigurationManager extends ExtbaseConfigurationManager implements Config
     {
         $typoScript = parent::getConfiguration(self::CONFIGURATION_TYPE_SETTINGS, $extensionName);
         if (is_array($typoScript['yamlSettingsOverrides'] ?? null) && !empty($typoScript['yamlSettingsOverrides'])) {
-            ArrayUtility::mergeRecursiveWithOverrule(
-                $yamlSettings,
-                $typoScript['yamlSettingsOverrides']
-            );
-
+            $yamlSettingsOverrides = $typoScript['yamlSettingsOverrides'];
             if (($GLOBALS['TYPO3_REQUEST'] ?? null) instanceof ServerRequestInterface
                 && ApplicationType::fromRequest($GLOBALS['TYPO3_REQUEST'])->isFrontend()
             ) {
-                $yamlSettings = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(TypoScriptService::class)
-                    ->resolvePossibleTypoScriptConfiguration($yamlSettings);
+                $yamlSettingsOverrides = GeneralUtility::makeInstance(TypoScriptService::class)
+                    ->resolvePossibleTypoScriptConfiguration($yamlSettingsOverrides);
             }
+
+            ArrayUtility::mergeRecursiveWithOverrule(
+                $yamlSettings,
+                $yamlSettingsOverrides
+            );
         }
         return $yamlSettings;
     }
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/form/Tests/Unit/Controller/FormFrontendControllerTest.php b/typo3/sysext/form/Tests/Unit/Controller/FormFrontendControllerTest.php
index 58fe0a34b4a97a75af82dfba79881c60e58103b3..5386ae10226b946a1a8f7f0aa569d58667a48cc0 100644
--- a/typo3/sysext/form/Tests/Unit/Controller/FormFrontendControllerTest.php
+++ b/typo3/sysext/form/Tests/Unit/Controller/FormFrontendControllerTest.php
@@ -594,4 +594,99 @@ class FormFrontendControllerTest extends UnitTestCase
 
         self::assertSame($expected, $mockController->_call('overrideByTypoScriptSettings', $input));
     }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function overrideByTypoScriptSettingsDoesNotEvaluateTypoScriptLookalikeInstructionsFromYamlSettings(): void
+    {
+        $formDefinitionYaml = [
+            'identifier' => 'ext-form-identifier',
+            'prototypeName' => 'standard',
+            'label' => [
+                'value' => 'Label override',
+                '_typoScriptNodeValue' => 'TEXT',
+            ],
+            'renderables' => [
+                0 => [
+                    'identifier' => 'page-1',
+                    'type' => 'Page',
+                    'label' => 'Label',
+                    'renderables' => [
+                        0 => [
+                            'identifier' => 'text-1',
+                            'type' => 'Text',
+                            'label' => 'Label',
+                        ],
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $formTypoScript = [
+            'formDefinitionOverrides' => [
+                'ext-form-identifier' => [
+                    'renderables' => [
+                        0 => [
+                            'renderables' => [
+                                0 => [
+                                    'label' => [
+                                        'value' => 'Label override',
+                                        '_typoScriptNodeValue' => 'TEXT',
+                                    ],
+                                ],
+                            ],
+                        ],
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $evaluatedFormTypoScript = [
+            'renderables' => [
+                0 => [
+                    'renderables' => [
+                        0 => [
+                            'label' => 'Label override',
+                        ],
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $expected = [
+            'identifier' => 'ext-form-identifier',
+            'prototypeName' => 'standard',
+            'label' => [
+                'value' => 'Label override',
+                '_typoScriptNodeValue' => 'TEXT',
+            ],
+            'renderables' => [
+                0 => [
+                    'identifier' => 'page-1',
+                    'type' => 'Page',
+                    'label' => 'Label',
+                    'renderables' => [
+                        0 => [
+                            'identifier' => 'text-1',
+                            'type' => 'Text',
+                            'label' =>  'Label override',
+                        ],
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $controllerMock = $this->getAccessibleMock(FormFrontendController::class, [
+            'dummy',
+        ], [], '', false);
+
+        $typoScriptServiceProphecy = $this->prophesize(TypoScriptService::class);
+        $typoScriptServiceProphecy->resolvePossibleTypoScriptConfiguration($formTypoScript['formDefinitionOverrides']['ext-form-identifier'])->willReturn($evaluatedFormTypoScript);
+        GeneralUtility::addInstance(TypoScriptService::class, $typoScriptServiceProphecy->reveal());
+
+        $controllerMock->_set('settings', $formTypoScript);
+
+        self::assertSame($expected, $controllerMock->_call('overrideByTypoScriptSettings', $formDefinitionYaml));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/typo3/sysext/form/Tests/Unit/Mvc/Configuration/ConfigurationManagerTest.php b/typo3/sysext/form/Tests/Unit/Mvc/Configuration/ConfigurationManagerTest.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2623b673cb3e0803d6fcd3b413e4b819bf1d5cb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/typo3/sysext/form/Tests/Unit/Mvc/Configuration/ConfigurationManagerTest.php
@@ -0,0 +1,145 @@
+<?php
+
+declare(strict_types=1);
+
+/*
+ * This file is part of the TYPO3 CMS project.
+ *
+ * It is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
+ * the terms of the GNU General Public License, either version 2
+ * of the License, or any later version.
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please read the
+ * LICENSE.txt file that was distributed with this source code.
+ *
+ * The TYPO3 project - inspiring people to share!
+ */
+
+namespace TYPO3\CMS\Form\Tests\Unit\Mvc\Configuration;
+
+use Prophecy\PhpUnit\ProphecyTrait;
+use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Core\SystemEnvironmentBuilder;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\GeneralUtility;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Configuration\FrontendConfigurationManager;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Form\Mvc\Configuration\ConfigurationManager;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Form\Mvc\Configuration\ConfigurationManagerInterface;
+use TYPO3\CMS\Form\Mvc\Configuration\TypoScriptService;
+use TYPO3\TestingFramework\Core\Unit\UnitTestCase;
+
+class ConfigurationManagerTest extends UnitTestCase
+{
+    use ProphecyTrait;
+
+    /**
+     * @var bool
+     */
+    protected $resetSingletonInstances = true;
+
+    public function tearDown(): void
+    {
+        unset($GLOBALS['TYPO3_REQUEST']);
+        parent::tearDown();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * @test
+     */
+    public function getConfigurationDoesNotEvaluateTypoScriptLookalikeInstructionsFromYamlSettingsInFrontendContext(): void
+    {
+        $yamlSettings = [
+            'prototypes' => [
+                'standard' => [
+                    'formElementsDefinition' => [
+                        'Form' => [
+                            'renderingOptions' => [
+                                'submitButtonLabel' => 'Foo',
+                                'templateVariant' => 'version1',
+                                'addQueryString' => [
+                                    'value' => 'Baz',
+                                    '_typoScriptNodeValue' => 'TEXT',
+                                ],
+                            ],
+                        ],
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $formTypoScript = [
+            'settings' => [
+                'yamlSettingsOverrides' => [
+                    'prototypes' => [
+                        'standard' => [
+                            'formElementsDefinition' => [
+                                'Form' => [
+                                    'renderingOptions' => [
+                                        'submitButtonLabel' => [
+                                            'value' => 'Bar',
+                                            '_typoScriptNodeValue' => 'TEXT',
+                                        ],
+                                    ],
+                                ],
+                            ],
+                        ],
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $evaluatedFormTypoScript = [
+            'prototypes' => [
+                'standard' => [
+                    'formElementsDefinition' => [
+                        'Form' => [
+                            'renderingOptions' => [
+                                'submitButtonLabel' => 'Bar',
+                            ],
+                        ],
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $expected = [
+            'prototypes' => [
+                'standard' => [
+                    'formElementsDefinition' => [
+                        'Form' => [
+                            'renderingOptions' => [
+                                'submitButtonLabel' => 'Bar',
+                                'templateVariant' => 'version1',
+                                'addQueryString' => [
+                                    'value' => 'Baz',
+                                    '_typoScriptNodeValue' => 'TEXT',
+                                ],
+                            ],
+                        ],
+                    ],
+                ],
+            ],
+        ];
+
+        $configurationManagerMock = $this->getAccessibleMock(ConfigurationManager::class, [
+            'getTypoScriptSettings',
+            'getYamlSettingsFromCache',
+        ], [], '', false);
+        $configurationManagerMock->method('getYamlSettingsFromCache')->with(self::anything())->willReturn($yamlSettings);
+
+        $serverRequestProphecy = $this->prophesize(ServerRequestInterface::class);
+        $serverRequestProphecy->getAttribute('applicationType')->willReturn(SystemEnvironmentBuilder::REQUESTTYPE_FE);
+        $GLOBALS['TYPO3_REQUEST'] = $serverRequestProphecy->reveal();
+
+        $typoScriptServiceProphecy = $this->prophesize(TypoScriptService::class);
+        $typoScriptServiceProphecy->resolvePossibleTypoScriptConfiguration($formTypoScript['settings']['yamlSettingsOverrides'])->willReturn($evaluatedFormTypoScript);
+        GeneralUtility::addInstance(TypoScriptService::class, $typoScriptServiceProphecy->reveal());
+
+        $concreteConfigurationManagerProphecy = $this->prophesize(FrontendConfigurationManager::class);
+        $concreteConfigurationManagerProphecy->getConfiguration('form', null)->willReturn($formTypoScript);
+
+        $configurationManagerMock->_set('concreteConfigurationManager', $concreteConfigurationManagerProphecy->reveal());
+        $configurationManagerMock->method('getTypoScriptSettings')->with(self::anything())->willReturn([]);
+
+        self::assertSame($expected, $configurationManagerMock->getConfiguration(ConfigurationManagerInterface::CONFIGURATION_TYPE_YAML_SETTINGS, 'form'));
+    }
+}