diff --git a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite.ts b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite.ts
index 676bffc6b5f..233185f2b7c 100644
--- a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite.ts
@@ -156,9 +156,7 @@ export function qwikVite(qwikViteOpts: QwikVitePluginOptions = {}): any {
         resolveQwikBuild: true,
         transformedModuleOutput: qwikViteOpts.transformedModuleOutput,
         vendorRoots: [...(qwikViteOpts.vendorRoots ?? []), ...vendorRoots.map((v) => v.path)],
-        outDir: viteConfig.build?.assetsDir
-          ? path.join(viteConfig.build?.outDir || CLIENT_OUT_DIR, viteConfig.build?.assetsDir)
-          : viteConfig.build?.outDir,
+        outDir: viteConfig.build?.outDir,
         devTools: qwikViteOpts.devTools,
         sourcemap: !!viteConfig.build?.sourcemap,
         lint: qwikViteOpts.lint,
diff --git a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite.unit.ts b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite.unit.ts
index 52bec43cd98..d6279829eb7 100644
--- a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite.unit.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite.unit.ts
@@ -310,60 +310,6 @@ test('command: serve, --mode ssr', async () => {
   assert.deepEqual(opts.resolveQwikBuild, true);
 });
 
-test('command: serve, --mode ssr with build.assetsDir', async () => {
-  const initOpts = {
-    optimizerOptions: mockOptimizerOptions(),
-    ssr: {
-      input: resolve(cwd, 'src', 'renderz.tsx'),
-      outDir: resolve(cwd, 'ssr-dist'),
-    },
-  };
-  const plugin = qwikVite(initOpts)[0];
-  const c: any = (await plugin.config(
-    { build: { emptyOutDir: true, assetsDir: 'my-assets-dir' } },
-    { command: 'serve', mode: 'ssr' }
-  ))!;
-  const opts = await plugin.api?.getOptions();
-  const build = c.build!;
-  const rollupOptions = build!.rollupOptions!;
-
-  assert.deepEqual(opts.target, 'ssr');
-  assert.deepEqual(opts.buildMode, 'development');
-  assert.deepEqual(build.minify, undefined);
-  assert.deepEqual(build.ssr, undefined);
-  assert.deepEqual(rollupOptions.input, [normalizePath(resolve(cwd, 'src', 'renderz.tsx'))]);
-  assert.deepEqual(c.build.outDir, normalizePath(resolve(cwd, 'ssr-dist')));
-  assert.deepEqual(build.emptyOutDir, undefined);
-  assert.deepEqual(c.publicDir, undefined);
-  assert.deepEqual(opts.resolveQwikBuild, true);
-});
-
-test('should use build.assetsDir config with dist/ fallback', async () => {
-  const initOpts = {
-    optimizerOptions: mockOptimizerOptions(),
-  };
-  const plugin = qwikVite(initOpts)[0];
-  const c: any = (await plugin.config(
-    { build: { assetsDir: 'my-assets-dir/' } },
-    { command: 'serve', mode: 'ssr' }
-  ))!;
-
-  assert.equal(c.build.outDir, normalizePath(resolve(cwd, `dist/my-assets-dir`)));
-});
-
-test('should use build.outDir and build.assetsDir config ', async () => {
-  const initOpts = {
-    optimizerOptions: mockOptimizerOptions(),
-  };
-  const plugin = qwikVite(initOpts)[0];
-  const c: any = (await plugin.config(
-    { build: { outDir: 'my-dist/', assetsDir: 'my-assets-dir' } },
-    { command: 'serve', mode: 'ssr' }
-  ))!;
-
-  assert.equal(c.build.outDir, normalizePath(resolve(cwd, `my-dist/my-assets-dir`)));
-});
-
 test('command: build, --mode lib', async () => {
   const initOpts = {
     optimizerOptions: mockOptimizerOptions(),