diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/src/index.ts b/packages/integrations/image/src/index.ts
index f0da97f1e..d1634d172 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/src/index.ts
@@ -47,8 +47,8 @@ export default function integration(options: IntegrationOptions = {}): AstroInte
 			optimizeDeps: {
 				include: [
 					'image-size',
+					'@squoosh/lib',
 					resolvedOptions.serviceEntryPoint === '@astrojs/image/sharp' && 'sharp',
-					resolvedOptions.serviceEntryPoint === '@astrojs/image/squoosh' && '@squoosh/lib',
 				].filter(Boolean),
 			},
 			ssr: {
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/src/lib/get-image.ts b/packages/integrations/image/src/lib/get-image.ts
index 15a0d91db..a28db2861 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/src/lib/get-image.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/src/lib/get-image.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 /// <reference types="astro/astro-jsx" />
 import type { ImageService, OutputFormat, TransformOptions } from '../loaders/index.js';
 import { isSSRService, parseAspectRatio } from '../loaders/index.js';
-import sharp from '../loaders/sharp.js';
+import sharp from '../loaders/squoosh.js';
 import { isRemoteImage } from '../utils/paths.js';
 import type { ImageMetadata } from '../vite-plugin-astro-image.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/src/loaders/squoosh.ts b/packages/integrations/image/src/loaders/squoosh.ts
index 8b3efe4e7..300b15548 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/src/loaders/squoosh.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/src/loaders/squoosh.ts
@@ -8,12 +8,7 @@ import type { OutputFormat, TransformOptions } from './index.js';
 import { isRemoteImage } from '../utils/paths.js';
 
 class SquooshService extends BaseSSRService {
-	/**
-	 * Squoosh doesn't support multithreading when transforming to AVIF files.
-	 * 
-	 * https://github.com/GoogleChromeLabs/squoosh/issues/1111
-	 */
-	#imagePool = new ImagePool(1);
+	#imagePool = new ImagePool();
 
 	async processAvif(image: any, transform: TransformOptions) {
 		const encodeOptions = transform.quality
diff --git a/packages/integrations/image/src/vite-plugin-astro-image.ts b/packages/integrations/image/src/vite-plugin-astro-image.ts
index f19c557c3..5a43909e5 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/image/src/vite-plugin-astro-image.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/image/src/vite-plugin-astro-image.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import slash from 'slash';
 import type { Plugin, ResolvedConfig } from 'vite';
 import type { IntegrationOptions } from './index.js';
 import type { InputFormat } from './loaders/index.js';
-import sharp from './loaders/sharp.js';
+import sharp from './loaders/squoosh.js';
 import { metadata } from './utils/metadata.js';
 
 export interface ImageMetadata {
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index a221ce052..42437ad04 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -17188,7 +17188,6 @@ packages:
 
   /wasm-feature-detect/1.2.11:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-HUqwaodrQGaZgz1lZaNioIkog9tkeEJjrM3eq4aUL04whXOVDRc/o2EGb/8kV0QX411iAYWEqq7fMBmJ6dKS6w==}
-    dev: false
 
   /wcwidth/1.0.1:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-XHPEwS0q6TaxcvG85+8EYkbiCux2XtWG2mkc47Ng2A77BQu9+DqIOJldST4HgPkuea7dvKSj5VgX3P1d4rW8Tg==}