diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/plugins/dev-only.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/plugins/dev-only.ts
index 26a0147161..f1f56122d0 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/plugins/dev-only.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/plugins/dev-only.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { stripLiteral } from 'strip-literal'
 import MagicString from 'magic-string'
 import { createUnplugin } from 'unplugin'
 import { type Node, parse } from 'ultrahtml'
@@ -22,8 +21,7 @@ export const DevOnlyPlugin = createUnplugin((options: DevOnlyPluginOptions) => {
       if (!DEVONLY_COMP_SINGLE_RE.test(code)) { return }
 
       const s = new MagicString(code)
-      const strippedCode = stripLiteral(code)
-      for (const match of strippedCode.matchAll(DEVONLY_COMP_RE) || []) {
+      for (const match of code.matchAll(DEVONLY_COMP_RE) || []) {
         const ast: Node = parse(match[0]).children[0]
         const fallback: Node | undefined = ast.children?.find((n: Node) => n.name === 'template' && Object.values(n.attributes).includes('#fallback'))
         const replacement = fallback ? match[0].slice(fallback.loc[0].end, fallback.loc[fallback.loc.length - 1].start) : ''
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/devonly.test.ts b/packages/nuxt/test/devonly.test.ts
index 5275117b07..bf237ca699 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/test/devonly.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/devonly.test.ts
@@ -56,4 +56,27 @@ describe('test devonly transform ', () => {
     expect(result).not.toContain('lazy-dev-only')
     expect(result).not.toContain('LazyDevOnly')
   })
+
+  it('should not remove class -> nuxt#24491', async  () => {
+    const source = `<template>
+    <DevOnly>
+      <div class="red">This is red.</div>
+      <template #fallback>
+        <div class="red">This should also be red.</div>
+      </template>
+    </DevOnly>
+  </template>
+  `
+
+    const result = await  viteTransform(source, 'some id')
+
+    expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      "<template>
+          
+              <div class=\\"red\\">This should also be red.</div>
+            
+        </template>
+        "
+    `)
+  })
 })