diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/vite-config-base.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/vite-config-base.ts
index 28a3683fce..9bb720cbc4 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/vite-config-base.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/vite-config-base.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ export const getDefaultConfig = (args: UmbViteDefaultConfigArgs): UserConfig =>
 				formats: ['es'],
 			},
 			outDir: args.dist,
+			emptyOutDir: true,
 			sourcemap: true,
 			rollupOptions: {
 				external: [/^@umbraco/],