diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/esbuild.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/esbuild.ts
index eed44dc9c0379c..52d0db3693bb6d 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/esbuild.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/esbuild.ts
@@ -248,11 +248,7 @@ export function esbuildPlugin(config: ResolvedConfig): Plugin {
     minifyIdentifiers: false,
     minifySyntax: false,
     minifyWhitespace: false,
-    treeShaking: false,
-    // keepNames is not needed when minify is disabled.
-    // Also transforming multiple times with keepNames enabled breaks
-    // tree-shaking. (#9164)
-    keepNames: false,
+    treeShaking: false
   }
 
   return {