diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/worker.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/worker.ts
index 4293b494937312..f1e1e4420453a5 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/worker.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/worker.ts
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ export function webWorkerPlugin(config: ResolvedConfig): Plugin {
           }
         )
       }
-      if (code.match(workerAssetUrlRE) || code.includes('import.meta.url')) {
+      if (code.match(workerAssetUrlRE)) {
         const toRelativeRuntime = createToImportMetaURLBasedRelativeRuntime(
           outputOptions.format,
         )