diff --git a/.changeset/silly-beds-hammer.md b/.changeset/silly-beds-hammer.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a8d44aaf76bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/silly-beds-hammer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+**BREAKING CHANGE to the experimental `astro:env` feature only**
+
+Updates the adapter `astro:env` entrypoint from `astro:env/setup` to `astro/env/setup`
diff --git a/packages/astro/client.d.ts b/packages/astro/client.d.ts
index 8a277f5aaafe..0870d3dcc566 100644
--- a/packages/astro/client.d.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/client.d.ts
@@ -164,10 +164,6 @@ declare module 'astro:components' {
 	export * from 'astro/components';
 }
 
-declare module 'astro:env/setup' {
-	export * from 'astro/virtual-modules/env-setup.js';
-}
-
 type MD = import('./dist/@types/astro.js').MarkdownInstance<Record<string, any>>;
 interface ExportedMarkdownModuleEntities {
 	frontmatter: MD['frontmatter'];
diff --git a/packages/astro/package.json b/packages/astro/package.json
index fca84cc51bd5..a167fc1bce34 100644
--- a/packages/astro/package.json
+++ b/packages/astro/package.json
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
     },
     "./env": "./env.d.ts",
     "./env/runtime": "./dist/env/runtime.js",
+    "./env/setup": "./dist/env/setup.js",
     "./types": "./types.d.ts",
     "./client": "./client.d.ts",
     "./astro-jsx": "./astro-jsx.d.ts",
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/env/constants.ts b/packages/astro/src/env/constants.ts
index 7a1e651553cf..19ea17c64ff0 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/env/constants.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/env/constants.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ export const VIRTUAL_MODULES_IDS = {
 	internal: 'virtual:astro:env/internal',
 };
 export const VIRTUAL_MODULES_IDS_VALUES = new Set(Object.values(VIRTUAL_MODULES_IDS));
-export const VIRTUAL_MODULE_SETUP_ID = 'astro:env/setup';
 
 export const PUBLIC_PREFIX = 'PUBLIC_';
 export const ENV_TYPES_FILE = 'env.d.ts';
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/env/setup.ts b/packages/astro/src/env/setup.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..179067b10b24
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/src/env/setup.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export { setGetEnv, type GetEnv } from './runtime.js';
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/env/vite-plugin-env.ts b/packages/astro/src/env/vite-plugin-env.ts
index 0a53ecd2fc0c..2f6a0708f181 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/env/vite-plugin-env.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/env/vite-plugin-env.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
 	TYPES_TEMPLATE_URL,
 	VIRTUAL_MODULES_IDS,
 	VIRTUAL_MODULES_IDS_VALUES,
-	VIRTUAL_MODULE_SETUP_ID,
 } from './constants.js';
 import type { EnvSchema } from './schema.js';
 import { getEnvFieldType, validateEnvVariable } from './validators.js';
@@ -81,9 +80,6 @@ export function astroEnv({
 			if (VIRTUAL_MODULES_IDS_VALUES.has(id)) {
 				return resolveVirtualModuleId(id);
 			}
-			if (id === VIRTUAL_MODULE_SETUP_ID) {
-				return this.resolve('astro/virtual-modules/env-setup.js');
-			}
 		},
 		load(id, options) {
 			if (id === resolveVirtualModuleId(VIRTUAL_MODULES_IDS.client)) {
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/virtual-modules/env-setup.ts b/packages/astro/src/virtual-modules/env-setup.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c86452975c60..000000000000
--- a/packages/astro/src/virtual-modules/env-setup.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export { setGetEnv, type GetEnv } from '../env/runtime.js';
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/test-adapter.js b/packages/astro/test/test-adapter.js
index ab05d8811267..880b5fe6462a 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/test-adapter.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/test-adapter.js
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export default function ({
 											${
 												env
 													? `
-											await import('astro:env/setup')
+											await import('astro/env/setup')
 												.then(mod => mod.setGetEnv((key) => {
 													const data = ${JSON.stringify(env)};
 													return data[key];