diff --git a/.changeset/fix-nullish-coalescing-codegen.md b/.changeset/fix-nullish-coalescing-codegen.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..13025fb2736c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/fix-nullish-coalescing-codegen.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Fixes esbuild warning due to dead code in assets virtual module
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/assets/vite-plugin-assets.ts b/packages/astro/src/assets/vite-plugin-assets.ts
index 6f0c71862265..d241398c8fc6 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/assets/vite-plugin-assets.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/assets/vite-plugin-assets.ts
@@ -152,12 +152,12 @@ export default function assets({ fs, settings, sync, logger }: Options): vite.Pl
 							import * as fontsMod from 'virtual:astro:assets/fonts/internal';
 							import { createGetFontData } from "astro/assets/fonts/runtime";
 							
-							export const viteFSConfig = ${JSON.stringify(resolvedConfig.server.fs)} ?? {};
-							
+							export const viteFSConfig = ${JSON.stringify(resolvedConfig.server.fs ?? {})};
+
 							export const safeModulePaths = new Set(${JSON.stringify(
 								// @ts-expect-error safeModulePaths is internal to Vite
-								Array.from(resolvedConfig.safeModulePaths),
-							)} ?? []);
+								Array.from(resolvedConfig.safeModulePaths ?? []),
+							)});
 
 							const assetQueryParams = ${
 								settings.adapter?.client?.assetQueryParams