diff --git a/.changeset/grumpy-hotels-heal.md b/.changeset/grumpy-hotels-heal.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f171c91fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/grumpy-hotels-heal.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Prevent client:only styles from being removed in dev (View Transitions)
diff --git a/packages/astro/components/ViewTransitions.astro b/packages/astro/components/ViewTransitions.astro
index 8fb506037..822be5ccb 100644
--- a/packages/astro/components/ViewTransitions.astro
+++ b/packages/astro/components/ViewTransitions.astro
@@ -113,6 +113,11 @@ const { fallback = 'animate' } = Astro.props as Props;
 
 	const parser = new DOMParser();
 
+	// A noop element used to prevent styles from being removed
+	if(import.meta.env.DEV) {
+		var noopEl: string | undefined = document.createElement('div');
+	}
+
 	async function updateDOM(doc: Document, loc: URL, state?: State, fallback?: Fallback) {
 		// Check for a head element that should persist, either because it has the data
 		// attribute or is a link el.
@@ -139,6 +144,16 @@ const { fallback = 'animate' } = Astro.props as Props;
 					}
 				}
 			}
+			// Only run this in dev. This will get stripped from production builds and is not needed.
+			if(import.meta.env.DEV) {
+				if(el.tagName === 'STYLE' && el.dataset.viteDevId) {
+					const devId = el.dataset.viteDevId;
+					// If this same style tag exists, remove it from the new page
+					return doc.querySelector(`style[data-astro-dev-id="${devId}"]`)
+					// Otherwise, keep it anyways. This is client:only styles.
+					|| noopEl;
+				}
+			}
 			return null;
 		};
 
diff --git a/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/client-only-one.astro b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/client-only-one.astro
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a8d5e8995
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/client-only-one.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+import Layout from '../components/Layout.astro';
+import Island from '../components/Island';
+---
+<Layout>
+	<a id="click-two" href="/client-only-two">go to page 2</a>
+	<div transition:persist="island">
+		<Island client:only count={5}>message here</Island>
+	</div>
+</Layout>
diff --git a/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/client-only-two.astro b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/client-only-two.astro
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..884ec4683
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/e2e/fixtures/view-transitions/src/pages/client-only-two.astro
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+---
+import Layout from '../components/Layout.astro';
+import Island from '../components/Island';
+---
+<Layout>
+	<p id="page-two">Page 2</p>
+	<div transition:persist="island">
+		<Island client:only count={5}>message here</Island>
+	</div>
+</Layout>
diff --git a/packages/astro/e2e/view-transitions.test.js b/packages/astro/e2e/view-transitions.test.js
index 80a180608..bd8ad5c36 100644
--- a/packages/astro/e2e/view-transitions.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/e2e/view-transitions.test.js
@@ -565,4 +565,24 @@ test.describe('View Transitions', () => {
 		p = page.locator('#one');
 		await expect(p, 'should have content').toHaveText('Page 1');
 	});
+
+	test("client:only styles are retained on transition", async ({ page, astro }) => {
+		const totalExpectedStyles = 8;
+
+		// Go to page 1
+		await page.goto(astro.resolveUrl('/client-only-one'));
+		let msg = page.locator('.counter-message');
+		await expect(msg).toHaveText('message here');
+
+		let styles = await page.locator('style').all();
+		expect(styles.length).toEqual(totalExpectedStyles);
+
+		await page.click('#click-two');
+
+		let pageTwo = page.locator('#page-two');
+		await expect(pageTwo, 'should have content').toHaveText('Page 2');
+
+		styles = await page.locator('style').all();
+		expect(styles.length).toEqual(totalExpectedStyles, 'style count has not changed');
+	});
 });