diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/build/static-build.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/build/static-build.ts
index 01cbe2d5d..2300c790a 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/build/static-build.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/build/static-build.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import { getTimeStat } from './util.js';
 import { vitePluginHoistedScripts } from './vite-plugin-hoisted-scripts.js';
 import { vitePluginInternals } from './vite-plugin-internals.js';
 import { vitePluginPages } from './vite-plugin-pages.js';
-import { vitePluginSSR, vitePluginSSRInject } from './vite-plugin-ssr.js';
+import { vitePluginSSR, injectManifest } from './vite-plugin-ssr.js';
 import { vitePluginAnalyzer } from './vite-plugin-analyzer.js';
 
 export async function staticBuild(opts: StaticBuildOptions) {
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ export async function staticBuild(opts: StaticBuildOptions) {
 			await cleanSsrOutput(opts);
 		}
 	} else {
+		// Inject the manifest
+		await injectManifest(opts, internals)
+
 		info(opts.logging, null, `\n${bgMagenta(black(' finalizing server assets '))}\n`);
 		await ssrMoveAssets(opts);
 	}
@@ -219,8 +222,6 @@ async function clientBuild(
 				target: 'client',
 			}),
 			...(viteConfig.plugins || []),
-			// SSR needs to be last
-			isBuildingToSSR(opts.astroConfig) && vitePluginSSRInject(opts, internals),
 		],
 		publicDir: viteConfig.publicDir,
 		root: viteConfig.root,
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/build/vite-plugin-ssr.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/build/vite-plugin-ssr.ts
index d42f738c3..4fc1274c7 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/build/vite-plugin-ssr.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/build/vite-plugin-ssr.ts
@@ -96,31 +96,23 @@ if(_start in adapter) {
 	};
 }
 
-export function vitePluginSSRInject(
-	buildOpts: StaticBuildOptions,
-	internals: BuildInternals,
-): VitePlugin {
-	return {
-		name: '@astrojs/vite-plugin-astro-ssr-inject',
-		async writeBundle(opts, bundle) {
-			if(!internals.ssrEntryChunk) {
-				throw new Error(`Did not generate an entry chunk for SSR`);
-			}
-
-			const staticFiles = internals.staticFiles;
-			const manifest = buildManifest(buildOpts, internals, Array.from(staticFiles));
-			await runHookBuildSsr({ config: buildOpts.astroConfig, manifest });
-
-			const chunk = internals.ssrEntryChunk;
-			const code = chunk.code;
-			chunk.code = code.replace(replaceExp, () => {
-				return JSON.stringify(manifest);
-			});
-			const serverEntryURL = new URL(buildOpts.buildConfig.serverEntry, buildOpts.buildConfig.server);
-			await fs.promises.mkdir(new URL('./', serverEntryURL), { recursive: true });
-			await fs.promises.writeFile(serverEntryURL, chunk.code, 'utf-8');
-		},
+export async function injectManifest(buildOpts: StaticBuildOptions, internals: BuildInternals) {
+	if(!internals.ssrEntryChunk) {
+		throw new Error(`Did not generate an entry chunk for SSR`);
 	}
+
+	const staticFiles = internals.staticFiles;
+	const manifest = buildManifest(buildOpts, internals, Array.from(staticFiles));
+	await runHookBuildSsr({ config: buildOpts.astroConfig, manifest });
+
+	const chunk = internals.ssrEntryChunk;
+	const code = chunk.code;
+	chunk.code = code.replace(replaceExp, () => {
+		return JSON.stringify(manifest);
+	});
+	const serverEntryURL = new URL(buildOpts.buildConfig.serverEntry, buildOpts.buildConfig.server);
+	await fs.promises.mkdir(new URL('./', serverEntryURL), { recursive: true });
+	await fs.promises.writeFile(serverEntryURL, chunk.code, 'utf-8');
 }
 
 function buildManifest(