diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
index ef6f95a487ac14..fa0a25e463b811 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
@@ -1039,7 +1039,11 @@ async function loadConfigFromBundledFile(
     try {
       return (await dynamicImport(fileUrl)).default
     } finally {
-      fs.unlinkSync(fileNameTmp)
+      try {
+        fs.unlinkSync(fileNameTmp)
+      } catch {
+        // already removed if this function is called twice simultaneously
+      }
     }
   }
   // for cjs, we can register a custom loader via `_require.extensions`