diff --git a/packages/browser/src/node/esmInjector.ts b/packages/browser/src/node/esmInjector.ts
index 4aa977c089a7..a8e0514b1987 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/node/esmInjector.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/node/esmInjector.ts
@@ -15,14 +15,10 @@ const skipHijack = [
   /vite\/dist\/client/,
 ]
 
-interface Options {
-  cacheDir: string
-}
-
 // this is basically copypaste from Vite SSR
 // this method transforms all import and export statements into `__vi_injected__` variable
 // to allow spying on them. this can be disabled by setting `slowHijackESM` to `false`
-export function injectVitestModule(code: string, id: string, parse: (code: string, options: any) => AcornNode, options: Options) {
+export function injectVitestModule(code: string, id: string, parse: (code: string, options: any) => AcornNode) {
   if (skipHijack.some(skip => id.match(skip)))
     return
 
@@ -195,10 +191,8 @@ export function injectVitestModule(code: string, id: string, parse: (code: strin
           node.start + 14 /* 'export default'.length */,
           `${viInjectedKey}.default =`,
         )
-        if (id.startsWith(options.cacheDir)) {
-          // keep export default for optimized dependencies
-          s.append(`\nexport default { ${viInjectedKey}: ${viInjectedKey}.default };\n`)
-        }
+        // keep export default for optimized dependencies
+        s.append(`\nexport default { ${viInjectedKey}: ${viInjectedKey}.default };\n`)
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/browser/src/node/index.ts b/packages/browser/src/node/index.ts
index 174408d8e299..10e5caeeea5f 100644
--- a/packages/browser/src/node/index.ts
+++ b/packages/browser/src/node/index.ts
@@ -85,9 +85,7 @@ export default (project: any, base = '/'): Plugin[] => {
         const hijackESM = project.config.browser.slowHijackESM ?? false
         if (!hijackESM)
           return
-        return injectVitestModule(source, id, this.parse, {
-          cacheDir: project.server.config.cacheDir,
-        })
+        return injectVitestModule(source, id, this.parse)
       },
     },
   ]
diff --git a/packages/ui/client/auto-imports.d.ts b/packages/ui/client/auto-imports.d.ts
index 3facfb050412..d6b718892a7d 100644
--- a/packages/ui/client/auto-imports.d.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/client/auto-imports.d.ts
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ declare global {
   const throttledWatch: typeof import('@vueuse/core')['throttledWatch']
   const toRaw: typeof import('vue')['toRaw']
   const toReactive: typeof import('@vueuse/core')['toReactive']
-  const toRef: typeof import('@vueuse/core')['toRef']
+  const toRef: typeof import('vue')['toRef']
   const toRefs: typeof import('vue')['toRefs']
   const toValue: typeof import('@vueuse/core')['toValue']
   const triggerRef: typeof import('vue')['triggerRef']
diff --git a/test/core/test/injector-esm.test.ts b/test/core/test/injector-esm.test.ts
index e08ac7cac236..af034297940f 100644
--- a/test/core/test/injector-esm.test.ts
+++ b/test/core/test/injector-esm.test.ts
@@ -8,9 +8,7 @@ function parse(code: string, options: any) {
 }
 
 function injectSimpleCode(code: string) {
-  return injectVitestModule(code, '/test.js', parse, {
-    cacheDir: '/tmp',
-  })?.code
+  return injectVitestModule(code, '/test.js', parse)?.code
 }
 
 test('default import', async () => {
@@ -148,6 +146,8 @@ test('export default', async () => {
   ).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
     "const __vi_inject__ = { [Symbol.toStringTag]: \\"Module\\" };
     __vi_inject__.default = {}
+    export default { __vi_inject__: __vi_inject__.default };
+
     export { __vi_inject__ }"
   `)
 })
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ test('should handle default export variants', async () => {
       "const __vi_inject__ = { [Symbol.toStringTag]: \\"Module\\" };
       __vi_inject__.default = function() {}
 
+      export default { __vi_inject__: __vi_inject__.default };
+
       export { __vi_inject__ }"
     `)
   // default anonymous class
@@ -328,6 +330,8 @@ test('should handle default export variants', async () => {
       "const __vi_inject__ = { [Symbol.toStringTag]: \\"Module\\" };
       __vi_inject__.default = class {}
 
+      export default { __vi_inject__: __vi_inject__.default };
+
       export { __vi_inject__ }"
     `)
   // default named functions
@@ -743,6 +747,8 @@ export default (function getRandom() {
     __vi_inject__.default = (function getRandom() {
       return Math.random();
     });
+    export default { __vi_inject__: __vi_inject__.default };
+
     export { __vi_inject__ }"
   `)
 
@@ -751,6 +757,8 @@ export default (function getRandom() {
   ).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
     "const __vi_inject__ = { [Symbol.toStringTag]: \\"Module\\" };
     __vi_inject__.default = (class A {});
+    export default { __vi_inject__: __vi_inject__.default };
+
     export { __vi_inject__ }"
   `)
 })