diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/compile/compile.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/compile/compile.ts
index 0e169962e..5e1cad1be 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/compile/compile.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/compile/compile.ts
@@ -69,12 +69,6 @@ export async function compile({
 		});
 	}
 
-	if (viteConfig.mode === 'development') {
-		transformResult.clientOnlyComponents.forEach((component) => {
-			transformResult.code += `\nimport '${component.specifier}';\n`;
-		});
-	}
-
 	handleCompileResultErrors(transformResult, cssTransformErrors);
 
 	return {