diff --git a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
index 390f3c715..1975f9db1 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ export interface AstroConfig extends z.output<typeof AstroConfigSchema> {
 
 export interface ContentEntryType {
 	extensions: string[];
-	getEntryInfo(params: { fileUrl: URL }): Promise<{
+	getEntryInfo(params: { fileUrl: URL; contents: string }): Promise<{
 		data: Record<string, unknown>;
 		/**
 		 * Used for error hints to point to correct line and location
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/content/vite-plugin-content-imports.ts b/packages/astro/src/content/vite-plugin-content-imports.ts
index f36829c19..b9f6644b9 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/content/vite-plugin-content-imports.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/content/vite-plugin-content-imports.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,10 @@ export function astroContentImportPlugin({
 					unvalidatedSlug: string,
 					rawData: string;
 				if (contentEntryType) {
-					const info = await contentEntryType.getEntryInfo({ fileUrl: pathToFileURL(fileId) });
+					const info = await contentEntryType.getEntryInfo({
+						fileUrl: pathToFileURL(fileId),
+						contents: rawContents,
+					});
 					body = info.body;
 					unvalidatedData = info.data;
 					unvalidatedSlug = info.slug;
diff --git a/packages/integrations/markdoc/src/index.ts b/packages/integrations/markdoc/src/index.ts
index 17c433ef3..4062892f9 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/markdoc/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/markdoc/src/index.ts
@@ -1,15 +1,13 @@
 import type { AstroIntegration } from 'astro';
 import type { InlineConfig } from 'vite';
 import _Markdoc from '@markdoc/markdoc';
-import fs from 'node:fs';
 import { parseFrontmatter } from './utils.js';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 
 const contentEntryType = {
 	extensions: ['.mdoc'],
-	async getEntryInfo({ fileUrl }: { fileUrl: URL }) {
-		const rawContents = await fs.promises.readFile(fileUrl, 'utf-8');
-		const parsed = parseFrontmatter(rawContents, fileURLToPath(fileUrl));
+	async getEntryInfo({ fileUrl, contents }: { fileUrl: URL; contents: string }) {
+		const parsed = parseFrontmatter(contents, fileURLToPath(fileUrl));
 		return {
 			data: parsed.data,
 			body: parsed.content,
diff --git a/packages/integrations/mdx/src/index.ts b/packages/integrations/mdx/src/index.ts
index 78f68b80a..c2af75dc8 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/mdx/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/mdx/src/index.ts
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ export type MdxOptions = Omit<typeof markdownConfigDefaults, 'remarkPlugins' | '
 
 const contentEntryType = {
 	extensions: ['.mdx'],
-	async getEntryInfo({ fileUrl }: { fileUrl: URL }) {
-		const rawContents = await fs.readFile(fileUrl, 'utf-8');
-		const parsed = parseFrontmatter(rawContents, fileURLToPath(fileUrl));
+	async getEntryInfo({ fileUrl, contents }: { fileUrl: URL; contents: string }) {
+		const parsed = parseFrontmatter(contents, fileURLToPath(fileUrl));
 		return {
 			data: parsed.data,
 			body: parsed.content,