diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/environments/serverRunner.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/environments/serverRunner.ts
index 68774eef7b47..780def006cd7 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/environments/serverRunner.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/environments/serverRunner.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,10 @@
 import type { DevEnvironment } from 'vite'
 import type { ResolvedConfig } from '../types/config'
 import type { VitestFetchFunction } from './fetchModule'
-import { builtinModules } from 'node:module'
 import { VitestModuleEvaluator } from '#module-evaluator'
 import { ModuleRunner } from 'vite/module-runner'
 import { normalizeResolvedIdToUrl } from './normalizeUrl'
 
-const nodeBuiltins = builtinModules.filter(id => !id.includes(':'))
-
 export class ServerModuleRunner extends ModuleRunner {
   constructor(
     private environment: DevEnvironment,
@@ -24,7 +21,7 @@ export class ServerModuleRunner extends ModuleRunner {
             }
             const { name, data } = event.data
             if (name === 'getBuiltins') {
-              return { result: [...nodeBuiltins, /^node:/] }
+              return await environment.hot.handleInvoke(event)
             }
             if (name !== 'fetchModule') {
               return { error: new Error(`Unknown method: ${name}. Expected "fetchModule".`) }
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/moduleRunner/moduleTransport.ts b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/moduleRunner/moduleTransport.ts
index e796049b5469..90fe7dc728b8 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/moduleRunner/moduleTransport.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/moduleRunner/moduleTransport.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 import type { FetchFunction, ModuleRunnerTransport } from 'vite/module-runner'
 import type { ResolveFunctionResult } from '../../types/general'
-import { builtinModules } from 'node:module'
 
 export interface VitestTransportOptions {
   fetchModule: FetchFunction
   resolveId: (id: string, importer?: string) => Promise<ResolveFunctionResult | null>
 }
 
-const nodeBuiltins = builtinModules.filter(id => !id.includes(':'))
-
 export class VitestTransport implements ModuleRunnerTransport {
   constructor(private options: VitestTransportOptions) {}
 
@@ -21,7 +18,9 @@ export class VitestTransport implements ModuleRunnerTransport {
     }
     const { name, data } = event.data
     if (name === 'getBuiltins') {
-      return { result: [...nodeBuiltins, /^node:/] }
+      // we return an empty array here to avoid client-side builtin check,
+      // as we need builtins to go through `fetchModule`
+      return { result: [] }
     }
     if (name !== 'fetchModule') {
       return { error: new Error(`Unknown method: ${name}. Expected "fetchModule".`) }