diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/utils.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/utils.ts
index 7aa37482bf81..83085d910f60 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/utils.ts
@@ -69,26 +69,6 @@ export function getDepOptimizationConfig({
   thirdPartySourcemaps: boolean;
 }): DepOptimizationConfig {
   const plugins: ViteEsBuildPlugin[] = [
-    {
-      name: 'angular-browser-node-built-in',
-      setup(build) {
-        // This namespace is configured by vite.
-        // @see: https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/a1dd396da856401a12c921d0cd2c4e97cb63f1b5/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/esbuildDepPlugin.ts#L109
-        build.onLoad({ filter: /.*/, namespace: 'browser-external' }, (args) => {
-          if (!isBuiltin(args.path)) {
-            return;
-          }
-
-          return {
-            errors: [
-              {
-                text: `The package "${args.path}" wasn't found on the file system but is built into node.`,
-              },
-            ],
-          };
-        });
-      },
-    },
     {
       name: `angular-vite-optimize-deps${ssr ? '-ssr' : ''}${
         thirdPartySourcemaps ? '-vendor-sourcemap' : ''
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/vite/browser-node-module-dep-error.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/vite/browser-node-module-dep-error.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 7d2f45198c7c..000000000000
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/vite/browser-node-module-dep-error.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import assert from 'node:assert';
-import { execAndWaitForOutputToMatch, ng } from '../../utils/process';
-import { writeFile } from '../../utils/fs';
-import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
-
-export default async function () {
-  assert(
-    getGlobalVariable('argv')['esbuild'],
-    'This test should not be called in the Webpack suite.',
-  );
-
-  await ng('cache', 'clean');
-  await ng('cache', 'on');
-
-  await writeFile('src/main.ts', `import '@angular-devkit/core/node';`);
-
-  const { stderr } = await execAndWaitForOutputToMatch('ng', ['serve'], /ERROR.+node:path/, {
-    CI: '0',
-    NO_COLOR: 'true',
-  });
-
-  assert.match(
-    stderr,
-    /The package "node:path" wasn't found on the file system but is built into node/,
-  );
-}