diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-fetch/README.md b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-fetch/README.md
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-# vite-plugin-fetch
-
-Adds fetch support in SSR contexts.
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-fetch/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-fetch/index.ts
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-import type { Plugin } from '../core/vite';
-import type { BaseNode, Identifier } from 'estree';
-import MagicString from 'magic-string';
-import { walk } from 'estree-walker';
-
-// https://github.com/vitejs/vite/discussions/5109#discussioncomment-1450726
-function isSSR(options: undefined | boolean | { ssr: boolean }): boolean {
-	if (options === undefined) {
-		return false;
-	}
-	if (typeof options === 'boolean') {
-		return options;
-	}
-	if (typeof options == 'object') {
-		return !!options.ssr;
-	}
-	return false;
-}
-
-// This matches any JS-like file (that we know of)
-// See https://regex101.com/r/Cgofir/1
-const SUPPORTED_FILES = /\.(astro|svelte|vue|[cm]?js|jsx|[cm]?ts|tsx)$/;
-const IGNORED_MODULES = [/astro\/dist\/runtime\/server/, /\/node-fetch\//];
-const DEFINE_FETCH = `import fetch from 'node-fetch';\n`;
-
-function isIdentifier(node: BaseNode): node is Identifier {
-	return node.type === 'Identifier';
-}
-
-export default function pluginFetch(): Plugin {
-	return {
-		name: '@astrojs/vite-plugin-fetch',
-		enforce: 'post',
-		async transform(code, id, opts) {
-			const ssr = isSSR(opts);
-			// If this isn't an SSR pass, `fetch` will already be available!
-			if (!ssr) {
-				return null;
-			}
-			// Only transform JS-like files
-			if (!id.match(SUPPORTED_FILES)) {
-				return null;
-			}
-			// Optimization: only run on probable matches
-			if (!code.includes('fetch')) {
-				return null;
-			}
-
-			const ast = this.parse(code);
-			let fetchDeclared = false;
-			walk(ast, {
-				enter(node, parent) {
-					if (fetchDeclared) return this.skip();
-					if (isIdentifier(node)) {
-						// Identifier is OK in any type of Expression (CallExpression, UnaryExpression, etc)
-						if (node.name === 'fetch' && !parent.type.endsWith('Expression')) {
-							fetchDeclared = true;
-						}
-					}
-				},
-			});
-
-			// Fetch is already declared, do not inject a re-declaration!
-			if (fetchDeclared) {
-				return null;
-			}
-
-			// Ignore specific modules
-			for (const ignored of IGNORED_MODULES) {
-				if (id.match(ignored)) {
-					return null;
-				}
-			}
-			const s = new MagicString(code);
-			s.prepend(DEFINE_FETCH);
-			const result = s.toString();
-			const map = s.generateMap({
-				source: id,
-				includeContent: true,
-			});
-			return { code: result, map };
-		},
-	};
-}