diff --git a/src/Aspire.ProjectTemplates/templates/aspire-py-starter/13.0/apphost.cs b/src/Aspire.ProjectTemplates/templates/aspire-py-starter/13.0/apphost.cs
index 6406b4e17c6..435e3ac6d9f 100644
--- a/src/Aspire.ProjectTemplates/templates/aspire-py-starter/13.0/apphost.cs
+++ b/src/Aspire.ProjectTemplates/templates/aspire-py-starter/13.0/apphost.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
     .WithHttpHealthCheck("/health");
 
 var frontend = builder.AddViteApp("frontend", "./frontend")
-    .WithNpm(install: true)
     .WithReference(app)
     .WaitFor(app);