diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/vite.config.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/packages/core/vite.config.ts
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+import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
+import { rmSync } from 'fs';
+import { getDefaultConfig } from '../../vite-config-base';
+
+const dist = '../../../dist-cms/packages/core';
+
+// delete the unbundled dist folder
+rmSync(dist, { recursive: true, force: true });
+
+export default defineConfig({
+	...getDefaultConfig({ dist }),
+});