diff --git a/packages/plugin-vite/src/plugins/patches.ts b/packages/plugin-vite/src/plugins/patches.ts
index a9036015032..2dd95e68c61 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-vite/src/plugins/patches.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-vite/src/plugins/patches.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import babelReact from "@babel/preset-react";
 import { inlineEnvVarsPlugin } from "./patches/inline_env_vars.ts";
 import { removePolyfills } from "./patches/remove_polyfills.ts";
 import { JS_REG, JSX_REG } from "../utils.ts";
-import { denoGlobal } from "./patches/deno_global.ts";
 import { codeEvalPlugin } from "./patches/code_eval.ts";
 
 export function patches(): Plugin {
@@ -44,10 +43,6 @@ export function patches(): Plugin {
           inlineEnvVarsPlugin(env, Deno.env.toObject()),
         ];
 
-        if (!options?.ssr) {
-          plugins.push(denoGlobal);
-        }
-
         const res = babel.transformSync(code, {
           filename: id,
           babelrc: false,
diff --git a/packages/plugin-vite/src/plugins/patches/deno_global.ts b/packages/plugin-vite/src/plugins/patches/deno_global.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 297382b151f..00000000000
--- a/packages/plugin-vite/src/plugins/patches/deno_global.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import type { PluginObj, types } from "@babel/core";
-
-export function denoGlobal({ types: t }: { types: typeof types }): PluginObj {
-  return {
-    name: "fresh-deno-global",
-    visitor: {
-      Identifier(path) {
-        if (path.node.name === "Deno") {
-          // Ignore `Deno.env.get()` calls. Those will be inlined.
-          if (
-            t.isMemberExpression(path.parent) &&
-            path.parent.object === path.node &&
-            t.isIdentifier(path.parent.property) &&
-            path.parent.property.name === "env" &&
-            t.isMemberExpression(path.parentPath?.parent) &&
-            t.isIdentifier(path.parentPath?.parent.property) &&
-            path.parentPath?.parent.property.name === "get"
-          ) {
-            return;
-          }
-          // Ignore `Deno?.thing` expression. Those will result in undefined, and that might be used for shims.
-          if (
-            t.isOptionalMemberExpression(path.parent) &&
-            path.parent.object === path.node
-          ) {
-            return;
-          }
-
-          throw path.buildCodeFrameError(
-            `The Deno.* global cannot be used in the browser.`,
-          );
-        }
-      },
-    },
-  };
-}
diff --git a/packages/plugin-vite/tests/build_test.ts b/packages/plugin-vite/tests/build_test.ts
index c9f8fbdac53..0fb4207f5de 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-vite/tests/build_test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-vite/tests/build_test.ts
@@ -408,30 +408,6 @@ Deno.test({
   sanitizeResources: false,
 });
 
-Deno.test({
-  name: "vite build - throw when using Deno.* global inside an island",
-  fn: async () => {
-    const fixture = path.join(FIXTURE_DIR, "deno_global_island");
-
-    await expect(buildVite(fixture)).rejects.toThrow(
-      "The Deno.* global cannot be used in the browser",
-    );
-  },
-  sanitizeOps: false,
-  sanitizeResources: false,
-});
-
-Deno.test({
-  name: "vite build - don't throw when using Deno.* global in ssr",
-  fn: async () => {
-    const fixture = path.join(FIXTURE_DIR, "deno_global_ssr");
-
-    await buildVite(fixture);
-  },
-  sanitizeOps: false,
-  sanitizeResources: false,
-});
-
 Deno.test({
   name: "vite build - static index.html",
   fn: async () => {