diff --git a/integration/action-test.ts b/integration/action-test.ts
index 6f56313bd2..ab4b629573 100644
--- a/integration/action-test.ts
+++ b/integration/action-test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
 } from "./helpers/create-fixture.js";
 import type { Fixture, AppFixture } from "./helpers/create-fixture.js";
 import { PlaywrightFixture, selectHtml } from "./helpers/playwright-fixture.js";
-import { type TemplateName, reactRouterConfig } from "./helpers/vite.js";
+import { type TemplateName } from "./helpers/vite.js";
 
 const templateNames = [
   "vite-5-template",
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ test.describe("actions", () => {
         fixture = await createFixture({
           templateName,
           files: {
-            "react-router.config.ts": reactRouterConfig({
-              viteEnvironmentApi: templateName.includes("rsc"),
-            }),
             "app/routes/urlencoded.tsx": js`
               import { Form, useActionData } from "react-router";
 
diff --git a/integration/catch-boundary-data-test.ts b/integration/catch-boundary-data-test.ts
index 068efecdc8..c930c23cd2 100644
--- a/integration/catch-boundary-data-test.ts
+++ b/integration/catch-boundary-data-test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
 } from "./helpers/create-fixture.js";
 import type { Fixture, AppFixture } from "./helpers/create-fixture.js";
 import { PlaywrightFixture } from "./helpers/playwright-fixture.js";
-import { reactRouterConfig, type TemplateName } from "./helpers/vite.js";
+import { type TemplateName } from "./helpers/vite.js";
 
 const templateNames = [
   "vite-5-template",
@@ -48,9 +48,6 @@ test.describe("ErrorBoundary (thrown responses)", () => {
         fixture = await createFixture({
           templateName,
           files: {
-            "react-router.config.ts": reactRouterConfig({
-              viteEnvironmentApi: templateName.includes("rsc"),
-            }),
             "app/root.tsx": js`
               import {
                 Links,
diff --git a/integration/client-data-test.ts b/integration/client-data-test.ts
index c02bc20317..fa31e0c92e 100644
--- a/integration/client-data-test.ts
+++ b/integration/client-data-test.ts
@@ -150,7 +150,6 @@ test.describe("Client Data", () => {
                   files: {
                     "react-router.config.ts": reactRouterConfig({
                       splitRouteModules,
-                      viteEnvironmentApi: templateName.includes("rsc"),
                     }),
                     "app/root.tsx": js`
                       import { Form, Outlet, Scripts } from "react-router"
diff --git a/integration/deduped-route-modules-test.ts b/integration/deduped-route-modules-test.ts
index cb09d61ac4..c84d77ed49 100644
--- a/integration/deduped-route-modules-test.ts
+++ b/integration/deduped-route-modules-test.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@ import { test, expect } from "@playwright/test";
 import { createFixture, createAppFixture } from "./helpers/create-fixture.js";
 import type { Fixture, AppFixture } from "./helpers/create-fixture.js";
 import { PlaywrightFixture } from "./helpers/playwright-fixture.js";
-import {
-  type TemplateName,
-  reactRouterConfig,
-  viteConfig,
-} from "./helpers/vite.js";
+import { type TemplateName, viteConfig } from "./helpers/vite.js";
 
 const templateNames = [
   "vite-5-template",
@@ -30,9 +26,6 @@ test.describe("Deduped route modules", () => {
             "vite.config.js": await viteConfig.basic({
               templateName,
             }),
-            "react-router.config.ts": reactRouterConfig({
-              viteEnvironmentApi: templateName.includes("rsc"),
-            }),
             "app/routes/client-first.a.tsx": `
               import { Link } from "react-router";
 
diff --git a/integration/link-test.ts b/integration/link-test.ts
index 658466f04c..227df7b72c 100644
--- a/integration/link-test.ts
+++ b/integration/link-test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import {
   createAppFixture,
 } from "./helpers/create-fixture.js";
 import type { Fixture, AppFixture } from "./helpers/create-fixture.js";
-import { reactRouterConfig, type TemplateName } from "./helpers/vite.js";
+import { type TemplateName } from "./helpers/vite.js";
 import { PlaywrightFixture } from "./helpers/playwright-fixture.js";
 
 const templateNames = [
@@ -42,10 +42,6 @@ test.describe("route module link export", () => {
         fixture = await createFixture({
           templateName,
           files: {
-            "react-router.config.ts": reactRouterConfig({
-              viteEnvironmentApi: templateName.includes("rsc"),
-            }),
-
             "app/favicon.ico": js``,
 
             "app/guitar.jpg": js``,
diff --git a/integration/mdx-test.ts b/integration/mdx-test.ts
index 7c80317a47..d5a8992afa 100644
--- a/integration/mdx-test.ts
+++ b/integration/mdx-test.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,7 @@ import {
 } from "./helpers/create-fixture.js";
 import type { Fixture, AppFixture } from "./helpers/create-fixture.js";
 import { PlaywrightFixture } from "./helpers/playwright-fixture.js";
-import {
-  type TemplateName,
-  reactRouterConfig,
-  viteConfig,
-} from "./helpers/vite.js";
+import { type TemplateName, viteConfig } from "./helpers/vite.js";
 
 const templateNames = [
   "vite-5-template",
@@ -32,9 +28,6 @@ test.describe("MDX", () => {
               templateName,
               mdx: true,
             }),
-            "react-router.config.ts": reactRouterConfig({
-              viteEnvironmentApi: templateName.includes("rsc"),
-            }),
             "app/root.tsx": js`
               import { Outlet, Scripts } from "react-router"
         
diff --git a/integration/vite-basename-test.ts b/integration/vite-basename-test.ts
index 53085cebf3..96c2892296 100644
--- a/integration/vite-basename-test.ts
+++ b/integration/vite-basename-test.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ async function configFiles({
 }) {
   return {
     "react-router.config.ts": reactRouterConfig({
-      viteEnvironmentApi: templateName.includes("rsc"),
       basename: basename !== "/" ? basename : undefined,
     }),
     "vite.config.ts": await viteConfig.basic({
diff --git a/integration/vite-hmr-hdr-rsc-test.ts b/integration/vite-hmr-hdr-rsc-test.ts
index 0fd031af35..13e7a90464 100644
--- a/integration/vite-hmr-hdr-rsc-test.ts
+++ b/integration/vite-hmr-hdr-rsc-test.ts
@@ -3,12 +3,7 @@ import path from "node:path";
 import { expect } from "@playwright/test";
 
 import type { Files, TemplateName } from "./helpers/vite.js";
-import {
-  test,
-  createEditor,
-  viteConfig,
-  reactRouterConfig,
-} from "./helpers/vite.js";
+import { test, createEditor, viteConfig } from "./helpers/vite.js";
 
 const templateName = "rsc-vite-framework" as const satisfies TemplateName;
 
@@ -16,9 +11,6 @@ test.describe("Vite HMR & HDR (RSC)", () => {
   test("vite dev", async ({ page, dev }) => {
     let files: Files = async ({ port }) => ({
       "vite.config.js": await viteConfig.basic({ port, templateName }),
-      "react-router.config.ts": reactRouterConfig({
-        viteEnvironmentApi: templateName.includes("rsc"),
-      }),
       "app/routes/hmr/route.tsx": `
         // imports
         import { Mounted } from "./route.client";
diff --git a/integration/vite-hmr-hdr-test.ts b/integration/vite-hmr-hdr-test.ts
index bdd8390f46..4c5e795e8f 100644
--- a/integration/vite-hmr-hdr-test.ts
+++ b/integration/vite-hmr-hdr-test.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ import {
   EXPRESS_SERVER,
   viteConfig,
   viteMajorTemplates,
-  reactRouterConfig,
 } from "./helpers/vite.js";
 
 const templates = [
@@ -57,9 +56,6 @@ test.describe("Vite HMR & HDR", () => {
       test("vite dev", async ({ page, browserName, dev }) => {
         let files: Files = async ({ port }) => ({
           "vite.config.js": await viteConfig.basic({ port, templateName }),
-          "react-router.config.ts": reactRouterConfig({
-            viteEnvironmentApi: templateName.includes("rsc"),
-          }),
           "app/routes/_index.tsx": indexRoute,
         });
         let { cwd, port } = await dev(files, templateName);
@@ -70,9 +66,6 @@ test.describe("Vite HMR & HDR", () => {
         test.skip(templateName.includes("rsc"), "RSC is not supported");
         let files: Files = async ({ port }) => ({
           "vite.config.js": await viteConfig.basic({ port, templateName }),
-          "react-router.config.ts": reactRouterConfig({
-            viteEnvironmentApi: templateName.includes("rsc"),
-          }),
           "server.mjs": EXPRESS_SERVER({ port }),
           "app/routes/_index.tsx": indexRoute,
         });
diff --git a/packages/react-router-dev/vite/build.ts b/packages/react-router-dev/vite/build.ts
index 2d79aa6cb3..6a859b9664 100644
--- a/packages/react-router-dev/vite/build.ts
+++ b/packages/react-router-dev/vite/build.ts
@@ -48,16 +48,19 @@ export async function build(root: string, viteBuildOptions: ViteBuildOptions) {
   }
 
   let config = configResult.value;
-  let unstable_viteEnvironmentApi = config.future.unstable_viteEnvironmentApi;
-  let viteMajor = parseInt(vite.version.split(".")[0], 10);
 
-  if (unstable_viteEnvironmentApi && viteMajor === 5) {
+  let viteMajor = parseInt(vite.version.split(".")[0], 10);
+  if (config.future.unstable_viteEnvironmentApi && viteMajor === 5) {
     throw new Error(
       "The future.unstable_viteEnvironmentApi option is not supported in Vite 5",
     );
   }
 
-  return await (unstable_viteEnvironmentApi
+  const useViteEnvironmentApi =
+    config.future.unstable_viteEnvironmentApi ||
+    (await hasReactRouterRscPlugin({ root, viteBuildOptions }));
+
+  return await (useViteEnvironmentApi
     ? viteAppBuild(root, viteBuildOptions)
     : viteBuild(root, viteBuildOptions));
 }
@@ -231,3 +234,27 @@ async function viteBuild(
     viteConfig,
   });
 }
+
+async function hasReactRouterRscPlugin({
+  root,
+  viteBuildOptions: { config, logLevel, mode },
+}: {
+  root: string;
+  viteBuildOptions: ViteBuildOptions;
+}): Promise<boolean> {
+  const vite = await import("vite");
+  const viteConfig = await vite.resolveConfig(
+    {
+      configFile: config,
+      logLevel,
+      mode: mode ?? "production",
+      root,
+    },
+    "build", // command
+    "production", // default mode
+    "production", // default NODE_ENV
+  );
+  return viteConfig.plugins.some(
+    (plugin) => plugin?.name === "react-router/rsc",
+  );
+}
diff --git a/playground/rsc-vite-framework/react-router.config.ts b/playground/rsc-vite-framework/react-router.config.ts
index ef164520d8..8fcafa6494 100644
--- a/playground/rsc-vite-framework/react-router.config.ts
+++ b/playground/rsc-vite-framework/react-router.config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
 import type { Config } from "@react-router/dev/config";
 
-export default {
-  future: {
-    unstable_viteEnvironmentApi: true,
-  },
-} satisfies Config;
+export default {} satisfies Config;