diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/http.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/http.ts
index 88ccd4b955cdbc..afefc14fc5e1d0 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/http.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/http.ts
@@ -137,11 +137,7 @@ export async function resolveHttpsConfig(
 
 async function readFileIfExists(value?: string | Buffer | any[]) {
   if (typeof value === 'string') {
-    try {
-      return fsp.readFile(path.resolve(value))
-    } catch (e) {
-      return value
-    }
+    return fsp.readFile(path.resolve(value)).catch(() => value)
   }
   return value
 }