diff --git a/packages/vite/src/vite-node.ts b/packages/vite/src/vite-node.ts
index 02f52ce25a..5f4982d475 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/vite-node.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/vite-node.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import escapeStringRegexp from 'escape-string-regexp'
 import { distDir } from './dirs'
 import type { ViteBuildContext } from './vite'
 import { isCSS, toArray } from './utils'
-import { transpile } from './utils/transpile'
 
 // TODO: Remove this in favor of registerViteNodeMiddleware
 // after Nitropack or h3 allows adding middleware after setup