diff --git a/.changeset/tiny-otters-relax.md b/.changeset/tiny-otters-relax.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5211b3cba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tiny-otters-relax.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte': patch
+---
+
+replace kleur dependency with builtin node:utils styleText
diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/package.json b/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/package.json
index 44afff7bd..07b21cd30 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/package.json
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/package.json
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
     "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte-inspector": "^5.0.0",
     "debug": "^4.4.1",
     "deepmerge": "^4.3.1",
-    "kleur": "^4.1.5",
     "magic-string": "^0.30.17",
     "vitefu": "^1.1.1"
   },
diff --git a/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/log.js b/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/log.js
index 0b43cffdc..82c379e62 100644
--- a/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/log.js
+++ b/packages/vite-plugin-svelte/src/utils/log.js
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 /* eslint-disable no-console */
-import { cyan, red, yellow } from 'kleur/colors';
+
+import { styleText } from 'node:util';
+const cyan = (/** @type {string} */ txt) => styleText('cyan', txt);
+const yellow = (/** @type {string} */ txt) => styleText('yellow', txt);
+const red = (/** @type {string} */ txt) => styleText('red', txt);
+
 import debug from 'debug';
 
 /** @type {import('../types/log.d.ts').LogLevel[]} */
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 8c4bfc9d2..7a8baea53 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -717,9 +717,6 @@ importers:
       deepmerge:
         specifier: ^4.3.1
         version: 4.3.1
-      kleur:
-        specifier: ^4.1.5
-        version: 4.1.5
       magic-string:
         specifier: ^0.30.17
         version: 0.30.18