diff --git a/.changeset/stupid-melons-try.md b/.changeset/stupid-melons-try.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d0e1f2bae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/stupid-melons-try.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte': patch
+---
+
+Do not try to resolve svelte field in \_\_vite-browser-external, see (#362)"
diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/dependencies.ts b/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/dependencies.ts
index 2e18efb75..9061d4442 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/dependencies.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/dependencies.ts
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ function isSvelteLib(pkg: Pkg) {
 
 const COMMON_DEPENDENCIES_WITHOUT_SVELTE_FIELD = [
 	'@lukeed/uuid',
+	'@playwright/test',
 	'@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte',
 	'@sveltejs/kit',
 	'autoprefixer',
@@ -136,6 +137,7 @@ const COMMON_DEPENDENCIES_WITHOUT_SVELTE_FIELD = [
 	'eslint',
 	'jest',
 	'mdsvex',
+	'playwright',
 	'postcss',
 	'prettier',
 	'svelte',
@@ -144,7 +146,9 @@ const COMMON_DEPENDENCIES_WITHOUT_SVELTE_FIELD = [
 	'svelte-preprocess',
 	'tslib',
 	'typescript',
-	'vite'
+	'vite',
+	'vitest',
+	'__vite-browser-external' // see https://github.com/sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte/issues/362
 ];
 const COMMON_PREFIXES_WITHOUT_SVELTE_FIELD = [
 	'@fontsource/',