diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts
index 03e53b34e..8d87620af 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { builtinModules, createRequire } from 'module';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
 import vite from './vite.js';
 import astroVitePlugin from '../vite-plugin-astro/index.js';
-import externalVitePlugin from '../vite-plugin-external/index.js';
 import astroPostprocessVitePlugin from '../vite-plugin-astro-postprocess/index.js';
 import configAliasVitePlugin from '../vite-plugin-config-alias/index.js';
 import markdownVitePlugin from '../vite-plugin-markdown/index.js';
@@ -55,7 +54,6 @@ export async function createVite(inlineConfig: ViteConfigWithSSR, { astroConfig,
       exclude: [...ALWAYS_EXTERNAL],
     },
     plugins: [
-      externalVitePlugin({ config: astroConfig }),
       configAliasVitePlugin({ config: astroConfig }),
 			astroVitePlugin({ config: astroConfig, devServer, logging }),
 			markdownVitePlugin({ config: astroConfig, devServer }),
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-external/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-external/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7370191fe..000000000
--- a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-external/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import type vite from '../core/vite';
-import type { AstroConfig } from '../@types/astro';
-
-interface AstroPluginOptions {
-  config: AstroConfig;
-}
-
-/** Transform .astro files for Vite */
-export default function astro({ config }: AstroPluginOptions): vite.Plugin {
-  return {
-    name: '@astrojs/vite-plugin-external',
-    enforce: 'pre',
-    resolveId(source, importer, options) {
-      if (source.includes('.config.')) {
-        console.log({ source, importer, options });
-      }
-      return null;
-    },
-  };
-}