diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/cli.spec.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/cli.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e399816c4f204e..00000000000000
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/__tests__/cli.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-import { describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
-import { checkNodeVersion } from '../cli'
-
-describe('CLI Node.js version checking', () => {
-  test.each([
-    // Unsupported versions
-    ['18.20.0', false],
-    ['20.18.5', false],
-    ['22.11.0', false],
-    // Supported versions
-    ['20.19.0', true],
-    ['20.20.1', true],
-    ['22.12.0', true],
-    ['22.13.1', true],
-    ['23.0.0', true],
-  ])('should return %1 for Node.js version %0', (version, expected) => {
-    const result = checkNodeVersion(version)
-    expect(result).toBe(expected)
-  })
-})
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts
index afb84f6af1c6e3..8935e9e0d6c517 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/cli.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import type { LogLevel } from './logger'
 import { createLogger } from './logger'
 import type { InlineConfig } from './config'
 
-export function checkNodeVersion(nodeVersion: string): boolean {
+function checkNodeVersion(nodeVersion: string): boolean {
   const currentVersion = nodeVersion.split('.')
   const major = parseInt(currentVersion[0], 10)
   const minor = parseInt(currentVersion[1], 10)