diff --git a/e2e/nx-init/src/nx-init-react.test.ts b/e2e/nx-init/src/nx-init-react.test.ts
index 51924506914e03..947427a72cbd1d 100644
--- a/e2e/nx-init/src/nx-init-react.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/nx-init/src/nx-init-react.test.ts
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ describe('nx init (for React - legacy)', () => {
     );
 
     const packageJson = readJson('package.json');
-    expect(packageJson.devDependencies['@nx/jest']).toBeUndefined();
     expect(packageJson.dependencies['redux']).toBeDefined();
     expect(packageJson.name).toEqual(appName);
 
diff --git a/e2e/react/src/react-vite.test.ts b/e2e/react/src/react-vite.test.ts
index 877bd91be65a34..51f133285566c3 100644
--- a/e2e/react/src/react-vite.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/react/src/react-vite.test.ts
@@ -151,4 +151,20 @@ describe('Build React applications and libraries with Vite', () => {
       `dist/libs/${nonBuildableLib}/index.mjs`
     );
   }, 300_000);
+
+  it('should support bundling with Vite and Jest', async () => {
+    const viteApp = uniq('viteapp');
+
+    runCLI(
+      `generate @nx/react:app ${viteApp} --bundler=vite --unitTestRunner=jest --no-interactive`
+    );
+
+    const appTestResults = await runCLIAsync(`test ${viteApp}`);
+    expect(appTestResults.combinedOutput).toContain(
+      'Successfully ran target test'
+    );
+
+    await runCLIAsync(`build ${viteApp}`);
+    checkFilesExist(`dist/apps/${viteApp}/index.html`);
+  }, 300_000);
 });
diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/application/__snapshots__/application.legacy.spec.ts.snap b/packages/react/src/generators/application/__snapshots__/application.legacy.spec.ts.snap
index 874086306902c2..9e07d922b0b7a6 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/generators/application/__snapshots__/application.legacy.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/react/src/generators/application/__snapshots__/application.legacy.spec.ts.snap
@@ -38,19 +38,6 @@ nxViteTsPaths()],
     },
     
         
-        test: {
-    globals: true,
-    cache: {
-      dir: '../node_modules/.vitest/my-vite-app'
-    },
-    environment: 'jsdom',
-    include: ['src/**/*.{test,spec}.{js,mjs,cjs,ts,mts,cts,jsx,tsx}'],
-    
-    reporters: ['default'],
-    coverage: {
-      reportsDirectory: '../coverage/my-vite-app',
-      provider: 'v8',
-    }
-  },
+        
       });"
 `;
diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/application/__snapshots__/application.spec.ts.snap b/packages/react/src/generators/application/__snapshots__/application.spec.ts.snap
index 95ab50d4788385..d0b6a87cbb12dd 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/generators/application/__snapshots__/application.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/react/src/generators/application/__snapshots__/application.spec.ts.snap
@@ -126,20 +126,7 @@ nxViteTsPaths()],
     },
     
         
-        test: {
-    globals: true,
-    cache: {
-      dir: '../node_modules/.vitest/my-app'
-    },
-    environment: 'jsdom',
-    include: ['src/**/*.{test,spec}.{js,mjs,cjs,ts,mts,cts,jsx,tsx}'],
-    
-    reporters: ['default'],
-    coverage: {
-      reportsDirectory: '../coverage/my-app',
-      provider: 'v8',
-    }
-  },
+        
       });"
 `;
 
@@ -217,20 +204,7 @@ nxViteTsPaths()],
     },
     
         
-        test: {
-    globals: true,
-    cache: {
-      dir: '../node_modules/.vitest/my-app'
-    },
-    environment: 'jsdom',
-    include: ['src/**/*.{test,spec}.{js,mjs,cjs,ts,mts,cts,jsx,tsx}'],
-    
-    reporters: ['default'],
-    coverage: {
-      reportsDirectory: '../coverage/my-app',
-      provider: 'v8',
-    }
-  },
+        
       });"
 `;
 
@@ -355,20 +329,7 @@ nxViteTsPaths()],
     },
     
         
-        test: {
-    globals: true,
-    cache: {
-      dir: '../node_modules/.vitest/my-app'
-    },
-    environment: 'jsdom',
-    include: ['src/**/*.{test,spec}.{js,mjs,cjs,ts,mts,cts,jsx,tsx}'],
-    
-    reporters: ['default'],
-    coverage: {
-      reportsDirectory: '../coverage/my-app',
-      provider: 'v8',
-    }
-  },
+        
       });"
 `;
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/application/lib/normalize-options.ts b/packages/react/src/generators/application/lib/normalize-options.ts
index 50fb57d440ff0b..136f50b820dd56 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/generators/application/lib/normalize-options.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/generators/application/lib/normalize-options.ts
@@ -95,10 +95,6 @@ export async function normalizeOptions<T extends Schema = Schema>(
 
   assertValidStyle(options.style);
 
-  if (options.bundler === 'vite' && options.unitTestRunner !== 'none') {
-    options.unitTestRunner = 'vitest';
-  }
-
   const normalized = {
     ...options,
     name: names(options.name).fileName,
diff --git a/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.ts b/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.ts
index cac278d7705255..74884c63e3ebc5 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.ts
@@ -522,10 +522,6 @@ async function normalizeOptions(
     ? options.tags.split(',').map((s) => s.trim())
     : [];
 
-  if (options.bundler === 'vite' && options.unitTestRunner !== 'none') {
-    options.unitTestRunner = 'vitest';
-  }
-
   options.style = options.style || 'css';
   options.linter = options.linter || ('eslint' as Linter.EsLint);
   options.unitTestRunner = options.unitTestRunner || 'jest';