diff --git a/app/vite.config.js b/app/vite.config.js
index dfee2b8924..4c9cbbdd89 100644
--- a/app/vite.config.js
+++ b/app/vite.config.js
@@ -140,9 +140,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
 			allow: [searchForWorkspaceRoot(process.cwd()), '/admin/'],
 		},
 	},
-	optimizeDeps: {
-		exclude: ['@directus/docs'],
-	},
 });
 
 function directusExtensions() {