diff --git a/.changeset/empty-fans-agree.md b/.changeset/empty-fans-agree.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7ed7224b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/empty-fans-agree.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"preact-render-to-string": patch
+---
+
+Remove text VNode casting
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 5bb75f18..419b127a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 				"lint-staged": "^10.5.3",
 				"microbundle": "^0.15.1",
 				"mocha": "^8.2.1",
-				"preact": "^10.11.1",
+				"preact": "^10.12.0",
 				"prettier": "^2.2.1",
 				"sinon": "^9.2.2",
 				"sinon-chai": "^3.5.0",
@@ -10791,9 +10791,9 @@
 			}
 		},
 		"node_modules/preact": {
-			"version": "10.11.1",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/preact/-/preact-10.11.1.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-1Wz5PCRm6Fg+6BTXWJHhX4wRK9MZbZBHuwBqfZlOdVm2NqPe8/rjYpufvYCwJSGb9layyzB2jTTXfpCTynLqFQ==",
+			"version": "10.13.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/preact/-/preact-10.13.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-ERdIdUpR6doqdaSIh80hvzebHB7O6JxycOhyzAeLEchqOq/4yueslQbfnPwXaNhAYacFTyCclhwkEbOumT0tHw==",
 			"dev": true,
 			"funding": {
 				"type": "opencollective",
@@ -22502,9 +22502,9 @@
 			"dev": true
 		},
 		"preact": {
-			"version": "10.11.1",
-			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/preact/-/preact-10.11.1.tgz",
-			"integrity": "sha512-1Wz5PCRm6Fg+6BTXWJHhX4wRK9MZbZBHuwBqfZlOdVm2NqPe8/rjYpufvYCwJSGb9layyzB2jTTXfpCTynLqFQ==",
+			"version": "10.13.0",
+			"resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/preact/-/preact-10.13.0.tgz",
+			"integrity": "sha512-ERdIdUpR6doqdaSIh80hvzebHB7O6JxycOhyzAeLEchqOq/4yueslQbfnPwXaNhAYacFTyCclhwkEbOumT0tHw==",
 			"dev": true
 		},
 		"preferred-pm": {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a4393301..ffdf1984 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 		"lint-staged": "^10.5.3",
 		"microbundle": "^0.15.1",
 		"mocha": "^8.2.1",
-		"preact": "^10.11.1",
+		"preact": "^10.12.0",
 		"prettier": "^2.2.1",
 		"sinon": "^9.2.2",
 		"sinon-chai": "^3.5.0",
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 8332afaf..278d4d3e 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -145,15 +145,6 @@ function _renderToString(vnode, context, isSvgMode, selectValue, parent) {
 			rendered =
 				rendered +
 				_renderToString(child, context, isSvgMode, selectValue, parent);
-
-			if (
-				typeof child === 'string' ||
-				typeof child === 'number' ||
-				typeof child === 'bigint'
-			) {
-				// @ts-ignore manually constructing a Text vnode
-				vnode[i] = h(null, null, child);
-			}
 		}
 		return rendered;
 	}
diff --git a/test/render.test.js b/test/render.test.js
index 17391c3a..7ab0bcf8 100644
--- a/test/render.test.js
+++ b/test/render.test.js
@@ -1313,7 +1313,7 @@ describe('render', () => {
 				);
 			}
 
-			expect(render(<App />)).to.equal('<div><p>P481</p><p>P476951</p></div>');
+			expect(render(<App />)).to.equal('<div><p>P0-0</p><p>P0-1</p></div>');
 		});
 	});
 });