diff --git a/.changeset/poor-llamas-chew.md b/.changeset/poor-llamas-chew.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..695b78f0d4a6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/poor-llamas-chew.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"astro": patch
+---
+
+Simplifies internal Vite preview server teardown
diff --git a/packages/astro/package.json b/packages/astro/package.json
index 79bce5ef7ca7..6fe67b2e092d 100644
--- a/packages/astro/package.json
+++ b/packages/astro/package.json
@@ -166,7 +166,6 @@
     "rehype": "^13.0.1",
     "resolve": "^1.22.4",
     "semver": "^7.5.4",
-    "server-destroy": "^1.0.1",
     "shikiji": "^0.9.19",
     "shikiji-core": "^0.9.19",
     "string-width": "^7.0.0",
@@ -210,7 +209,6 @@
     "@types/resolve": "^1.20.5",
     "@types/semver": "^7.5.2",
     "@types/send": "^0.17.4",
-    "@types/server-destroy": "^1.0.3",
     "@types/unist": "^3.0.2",
     "@types/yargs-parser": "^21.0.3",
     "astro-scripts": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/preview/static-preview-server.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/preview/static-preview-server.ts
index ba692611e939..5eb28d450886 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/preview/static-preview-server.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/preview/static-preview-server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import type http from 'node:http';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url';
 import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
-import enableDestroy from 'server-destroy';
 import { preview, type PreviewServer as VitePreviewServer } from 'vite';
 import type { AstroSettings } from '../../@types/astro.js';
 import type { Logger } from '../logger/core.js';
@@ -47,8 +46,6 @@ export default async function createStaticPreviewServer(
 		throw err;
 	}
 
-	enableDestroy(previewServer.httpServer);
-
 	// Log server start URLs
 	logger.info(
 		'SKIP_FORMAT',
@@ -73,10 +70,6 @@ export default async function createStaticPreviewServer(
 		port: settings.config.server.port,
 		closed,
 		server: previewServer.httpServer as http.Server,
-		stop: async () => {
-			await new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-				previewServer.httpServer.destroy((err) => (err ? reject(err) : resolve(undefined)));
-			});
-		},
+		stop: previewServer.close.bind(previewServer),
 	};
 }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 835fe2ee97ba..b264f122d93a 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -650,9 +650,6 @@ importers:
       semver:
         specifier: ^7.5.4
         version: 7.5.4
-      server-destroy:
-        specifier: ^1.0.1
-        version: 1.0.1
       shikiji:
         specifier: ^0.9.19
         version: 0.9.19
@@ -772,9 +769,6 @@ importers:
       '@types/send':
         specifier: ^0.17.4
         version: 0.17.4
-      '@types/server-destroy':
-        specifier: ^1.0.3
-        version: 1.0.3
       '@types/unist':
         specifier: ^3.0.2
         version: 3.0.2