diff --git a/apps/svelte.dev/src/hooks.server.js b/apps/svelte.dev/src/hooks.server.js
index d95a800f56..0afe0a3c11 100644
--- a/apps/svelte.dev/src/hooks.server.js
+++ b/apps/svelte.dev/src/hooks.server.js
@@ -55,6 +55,12 @@ export async function handle({ event, resolve }) {
 		redirect(307, destination);
 	}
 
+	// For REPL. For some reason, the repl/+page.server.ts file is not working, so
+	// we are doing the redirect here
+	if (event.url.pathname.startsWith('/repl')) {
+		redirect(307, event.url.pathname.replace('/repl', '/playground'));
+	}
+
 	// Best effort to redirect from Svelte 3 tutorial to new tutorial
 	if (event.url.pathname.startsWith('/tutorial/') && event.url.pathname.split('/').length === 2) {
 		redirect(307, event.url.pathname.replace('/tutorial/', '/tutorial/svelte/'));
diff --git a/apps/svelte.dev/src/routes/repl/[...path]/+page.server.ts b/apps/svelte.dev/src/routes/repl/[...path]/+page.server.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0668ac1364..0000000000
--- a/apps/svelte.dev/src/routes/repl/[...path]/+page.server.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import { redirect } from '@sveltejs/kit';
-
-export function load({ url }) {
-	throw redirect(307, url.href.replace('/repl', '/playground'));
-}