diff --git a/packages/playground/vue-jsx/vite.config.js b/packages/playground/vue-jsx/vite.config.js
index 4c7370a0ce4787..2f4ea255c95094 100644
--- a/packages/playground/vue-jsx/vite.config.js
+++ b/packages/playground/vue-jsx/vite.config.js
@@ -36,5 +36,7 @@ export default defineComponent(() => {
     // to make tests faster
     minify: false
   },
-  optimizeDeps: false
+  optimizeDeps: {
+    disabled: true
+  }
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
index b02ac6e496593e..f633d1158bfa95 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
@@ -145,10 +145,8 @@ export interface UserConfig {
   preview?: PreviewOptions
   /**
    * Dep optimization options
-   *
-   * false disables optimization completely (experimental)
    */
-  optimizeDeps?: DepOptimizationOptions | false
+  optimizeDeps?: DepOptimizationOptions
   /**
    * SSR specific options
    * @alpha
@@ -501,7 +499,6 @@ export async function resolveConfig(
     packageCache: new Map(),
     createResolver,
     optimizeDeps: {
-      disabled: config.optimizeDeps === false,
       ...optimizeDeps,
       esbuildOptions: {
         keepNames: optimizeDeps.keepNames,