diff --git a/packages/react-start/src/plugin/vite.ts b/packages/react-start/src/plugin/vite.ts
index bb896b32b35..efd1e263457 100644
--- a/packages/react-start/src/plugin/vite.ts
+++ b/packages/react-start/src/plugin/vite.ts
@@ -57,7 +57,6 @@ export function tanstackStart(
                     '@tanstack/react-router-devtools',
                   ],
                   include: [
-                    'react',
                     'react/jsx-runtime',
                     'react/jsx-dev-runtime',
                     'react-dom',