diff --git a/packages/qwik-router/src/buildtime/vite/plugin.ts b/packages/qwik-router/src/buildtime/vite/plugin.ts
index 50de22c9edc..8b2e8d13a2d 100644
--- a/packages/qwik-router/src/buildtime/vite/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik-router/src/buildtime/vite/plugin.ts
@@ -215,7 +215,9 @@ function qwikRouterPlugin(userOpts?: QwikRouterVitePluginOptions): any {
     },
 
     async transform(code, id) {
-      if (id.startsWith('\0')) {
+      const isVirtualId = id.startsWith('\0');
+
+      if (isVirtualId) {
         return;
       }
       const ext = extname(id).toLowerCase();
diff --git a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/plugin.ts b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/plugin.ts
index ce7a3b0958b..df6dd47e407 100644
--- a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/plugin.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ import type {
 } from '../types';
 import { convertManifestToBundleGraph } from './bundle-graph';
 import { createLinter, type QwikLinter } from './eslint-plugin';
-import { isWin, parseId } from './vite-utils';
+import { isVirtualId, isWin, parseId } from './vite-utils';
 
 const REG_CTX_NAME = ['server'];
 
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ export function createQwikPlugin(optimizerOptions: OptimizerOptions = {}) {
     importerId: string | undefined,
     resolveOpts?: Parameters<Extract<Plugin['resolveId'], Function>>[2]
   ) => {
-    if (id.startsWith('\0')) {
+    if (isVirtualId(id)) {
       return;
     }
     const count = resolveIdCount++;
@@ -627,7 +627,7 @@ export function createQwikPlugin(optimizerOptions: OptimizerOptions = {}) {
     id: string,
     loadOpts?: Parameters<Extract<Plugin['load'], Function>>[1]
   ): Promise<LoadResult> => {
-    if (id.startsWith('\0') || id.startsWith('/@fs/')) {
+    if (isVirtualId(id) || id.startsWith('/@fs/')) {
       return;
     }
     const count = loadCount++;
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ export function createQwikPlugin(optimizerOptions: OptimizerOptions = {}) {
     id: string,
     transformOpts: Parameters<Extract<Plugin['transform'], Function>>[2] = {}
   ): Promise<TransformResult> {
-    if (id.startsWith('\0')) {
+    if (isVirtualId(id)) {
       return;
     }
     const count = transformCount++;
diff --git a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/rollup.ts b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/rollup.ts
index 0fc572c16c7..d1f676b760b 100644
--- a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/rollup.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/rollup.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   type QwikPlugin,
   type QwikPluginOptions,
 } from './plugin';
+import { isVirtualId } from './vite-utils';
 
 type QwikRollupPluginApi = {
   getOptimizer: () => Optimizer;
@@ -94,21 +95,21 @@ export function qwikRollup(qwikRollupOpts: QwikRollupPluginOptions = {}): any {
     },
 
     resolveId(id, importer) {
-      if (id.startsWith('\0')) {
+      if (isVirtualId(id)) {
         return null;
       }
       return qwikPlugin.resolveId(this, id, importer);
     },
 
     load(id) {
-      if (id.startsWith('\0')) {
+      if (isVirtualId(id)) {
         return null;
       }
       return qwikPlugin.load(this, id);
     },
 
     transform(code, id) {
-      if (id.startsWith('\0')) {
+      if (isVirtualId(id)) {
         return null;
       }
       return qwikPlugin.transform(this, code, id);
diff --git a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite-utils.ts b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite-utils.ts
index 6c1c8c3de58..a0d452cecee 100644
--- a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite-utils.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ export const findLocation = (e: Error): Loc | undefined => {
   return undefined;
 };
 
+export const isVirtualId = (id: string) => id.startsWith('\0');
+
 const safeParseInt = (nu: string) => {
   try {
     return parseInt(nu, 10);
diff --git a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite.ts b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite.ts
index 50e04f3130a..14e75693b8e 100644
--- a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite.ts
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import {
 } from './plugin';
 import { createRollupError, normalizeRollupOutputOptions } from './rollup';
 import { VITE_DEV_CLIENT_QS, configureDevServer, configurePreviewServer } from './vite-dev-server';
-import { parseId } from './vite-utils';
+import { isVirtualId, parseId } from './vite-utils';
 
 const DEDUPE = [QWIK_CORE_ID, QWIK_JSX_RUNTIME_ID, QWIK_JSX_DEV_RUNTIME_ID];
 
@@ -409,24 +409,30 @@ export function qwikVite(qwikViteOpts: QwikVitePluginOptions = {}): any {
     },
 
     resolveId(id, importer, resolveIdOpts) {
-      if (id.startsWith('\0') || !fileFilter(id, 'resolveId')) {
+      const shouldResolveFile = fileFilter(id, 'resolveId');
+      const isDevClientModule = isClientDevOnly && id === VITE_CLIENT_MODULE;
+
+      if (isVirtualId(id) || !shouldResolveFile) {
         return null;
       }
-      if (isClientDevOnly && id === VITE_CLIENT_MODULE) {
+      if (isDevClientModule) {
         return id;
       }
       return qwikPlugin.resolveId(this, id, importer, resolveIdOpts);
     },
 
     load(id, loadOpts) {
-      if (id.startsWith('\0') || !fileFilter(id, 'load')) {
+      const shouldLoadFile = fileFilter(id, 'load');
+      const isDevClientModule = isClientDevOnly && id === VITE_CLIENT_MODULE;
+
+      if (isVirtualId(id) || !shouldLoadFile) {
         return null;
       }
 
       id = qwikPlugin.normalizePath(id);
-      const opts = qwikPlugin.getOptions();
 
-      if (isClientDevOnly && id === VITE_CLIENT_MODULE) {
+      if (isDevClientModule) {
+        const opts = qwikPlugin.getOptions();
         return getViteDevModule(opts);
       }
       if (viteCommand === 'serve' && id.endsWith(QWIK_CLIENT_MANIFEST_ID)) {
@@ -438,7 +444,10 @@ export function qwikVite(qwikViteOpts: QwikVitePluginOptions = {}): any {
     },
 
     transform(code, id, transformOpts) {
-      if (id.startsWith('\0') || !fileFilter(id, 'transform') || id.includes('?raw')) {
+      const shouldTransformFile = fileFilter(id, 'transform');
+      const isStringImportId = id.includes('?raw');
+
+      if (isVirtualId(id) || !shouldTransformFile || isStringImportId) {
         return null;
       }
 
@@ -880,7 +889,7 @@ interface QwikVitePluginCommonOptions {
    * Predicate function to filter out files from the optimizer. hook for resolveId, load, and
    * transform
    */
-  fileFilter?: (id: string, hook: string) => boolean;
+  fileFilter?: (id: string, hook: keyof VitePlugin) => boolean;
   /**
    * Run eslint on the source files for the ssr build or dev server. This can slow down startup on
    * large projects. Defaults to `true`