diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/esbuildDepPlugin.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/esbuildDepPlugin.ts
index 66b0bcdbe050a9..c90ea58ec73b42 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/esbuildDepPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/optimizer/esbuildDepPlugin.ts
@@ -162,8 +162,7 @@ export function esbuildDepPlugin(
         const flatId = flattenId(id)
         if (flatId in qualified) {
           return {
-            path: flatId,
-            namespace: 'dep'
+            path: qualified[flatId]
           }
         }
       }
@@ -179,7 +178,7 @@ export function esbuildDepPlugin(
           }
 
           // ensure esbuild uses our resolved entries
-          let entry: { path: string; namespace: string } | undefined
+          let entry: { path: string } | undefined
           // if this is an entry, return entry namespace resolve result
           if (!importer) {
             if ((entry = resolveEntry(id))) return entry
@@ -198,48 +197,6 @@ export function esbuildDepPlugin(
         }
       )
 
-      // For entry files, we'll read it ourselves and construct a proxy module
-      // to retain the entry's raw id instead of file path so that esbuild
-      // outputs desired output file structure.
-      // It is necessary to do the re-exporting to separate the virtual proxy
-      // module from the actual module since the actual module may get
-      // referenced via relative imports - if we don't separate the proxy and
-      // the actual module, esbuild will create duplicated copies of the same
-      // module!
-      const root = path.resolve(config.root)
-      build.onLoad({ filter: /.*/, namespace: 'dep' }, ({ path: id }) => {
-        const entryFile = qualified[id]
-
-        let relativePath = normalizePath(path.relative(root, entryFile))
-        if (
-          !relativePath.startsWith('./') &&
-          !relativePath.startsWith('../') &&
-          relativePath !== '.'
-        ) {
-          relativePath = `./${relativePath}`
-        }
-
-        let contents = ''
-        const { hasImports, exports, hasReExports } = exportsData[id]
-        if (!hasImports && !exports.length) {
-          // cjs
-          contents += `export default require("${relativePath}");`
-        } else {
-          if (exports.includes('default')) {
-            contents += `import d from "${relativePath}";export default d;`
-          }
-          if (hasReExports || exports.length > 1 || exports[0] !== 'default') {
-            contents += `\nexport * from "${relativePath}"`
-          }
-        }
-
-        return {
-          loader: 'js',
-          contents,
-          resolveDir: root
-        }
-      })
-
       build.onLoad(
         { filter: /.*/, namespace: 'browser-external' },
         ({ path }) => {