diff --git a/packages/common/refresh-runtime.js b/packages/common/refresh-runtime.js
index 67778fc7d..e798d000e 100644
--- a/packages/common/refresh-runtime.js
+++ b/packages/common/refresh-runtime.js
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ function performReactRefresh() {
   }
 }
 
-function register(type, id) {
+export function register(type, id) {
   if (type === null) {
     return
   }
@@ -564,10 +564,6 @@ function isPlainObject(obj) {
  * Plugin utils
  */
 
-export function getRefreshReg(filename) {
-  return (type, id) => register(type, filename + ' ' + id)
-}
-
 // Taken from https://github.com/pmmmwh/react-refresh-webpack-plugin/blob/main/lib/runtime/RefreshUtils.js#L141
 // This allows to resister components not detected by SWC like styled component
 export function registerExportsForReactRefresh(filename, moduleExports) {
diff --git a/packages/common/refresh-utils.ts b/packages/common/refresh-utils.ts
index 7528bf781..db0e587e4 100644
--- a/packages/common/refresh-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/common/refresh-utils.ts
@@ -14,33 +14,22 @@ window.$RefreshSig$ = () => (type) => type;`
 export const getPreambleCode = (base: string): string =>
   preambleCode.replace('__BASE__', base)
 
-export const avoidSourceMapOption = Symbol()
-
-export function addRefreshWrapper<M extends { mappings: string }>(
+export function addRefreshWrapper(
   code: string,
-  map: M | string | typeof avoidSourceMapOption,
   pluginName: string,
   id: string,
   reactRefreshHost = '',
-): { code: string; map: M | null | string } {
+): string | undefined {
   const hasRefresh = refreshContentRE.test(code)
   const onlyReactComp = !hasRefresh && reactCompRE.test(code)
-  const normalizedMap = map === avoidSourceMapOption ? null : map
-
-  if (!hasRefresh && !onlyReactComp) return { code, map: normalizedMap }
 
-  const avoidSourceMap = map === avoidSourceMapOption
-  const newMap =
-    typeof normalizedMap === 'string'
-      ? (JSON.parse(normalizedMap) as M)
-      : normalizedMap
+  if (!hasRefresh && !onlyReactComp) return undefined
 
   let newCode = code
-  if (hasRefresh) {
-    const refreshHead = removeLineBreaksIfNeeded(
-      `let prevRefreshReg;
-let prevRefreshSig;
+  newCode += `
 
+import * as RefreshRuntime from "${reactRefreshHost}${runtimePublicPath}";
+const inWebWorker = typeof WorkerGlobalScope !== 'undefined' && self instanceof WorkerGlobalScope;
 if (import.meta.hot && !inWebWorker) {
   if (!window.$RefreshReg$) {
     throw new Error(
@@ -48,39 +37,6 @@ if (import.meta.hot && !inWebWorker) {
     );
   }
 
-  prevRefreshReg = window.$RefreshReg$;
-  prevRefreshSig = window.$RefreshSig$;
-  window.$RefreshReg$ = RefreshRuntime.getRefreshReg(${JSON.stringify(id)});
-  window.$RefreshSig$ = RefreshRuntime.createSignatureFunctionForTransform;
-}
-
-`,
-      avoidSourceMap,
-    )
-
-    newCode = `${refreshHead}${newCode}
-
-if (import.meta.hot && !inWebWorker) {
-  window.$RefreshReg$ = prevRefreshReg;
-  window.$RefreshSig$ = prevRefreshSig;
-}
-`
-    if (newMap) {
-      newMap.mappings = ';'.repeat(16) + newMap.mappings
-    }
-  }
-
-  const sharedHead = removeLineBreaksIfNeeded(
-    `import * as RefreshRuntime from "${reactRefreshHost}${runtimePublicPath}";
-const inWebWorker = typeof WorkerGlobalScope !== 'undefined' && self instanceof WorkerGlobalScope;
-
-`,
-    avoidSourceMap,
-  )
-
-  newCode = `${sharedHead}${newCode}
-
-if (import.meta.hot && !inWebWorker) {
   RefreshRuntime.__hmr_import(import.meta.url).then((currentExports) => {
     RefreshRuntime.registerExportsForReactRefresh(${JSON.stringify(
       id,
@@ -95,13 +51,12 @@ if (import.meta.hot && !inWebWorker) {
   });
 }
 `
-  if (newMap) {
-    newMap.mappings = ';;;' + newMap.mappings
-  }
 
-  return { code: newCode, map: newMap }
-}
+  if (hasRefresh) {
+    newCode += `function $RefreshReg$(type, id) { return RefreshRuntime.register(type, ${JSON.stringify(id)} + ' ' + id) }
+function $RefreshSig$() { return RefreshRuntime.createSignatureFunctionForTransform(); }
+`
+  }
 
-function removeLineBreaksIfNeeded(code: string, enabled: boolean): string {
-  return enabled ? code.replace(/\n/g, '') : code
+  return newCode
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-react-oxc/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/plugin-react-oxc/CHANGELOG.md
index 26e1b45c0..0ff9a9285 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-react-oxc/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-react-oxc/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Perf: simplify refresh wrapper generation ([#835](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react/pull/835))
+
 ## 0.4.1 (2025-08-19)
 
 ### Set `optimizeDeps.rollupOptions.transform.jsx` instead of `optimizeDeps.rollupOptions.jsx` ([#735](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react/pull/735))
diff --git a/packages/plugin-react-oxc/src/index.ts b/packages/plugin-react-oxc/src/index.ts
index 86e8d0dc4..e42b7356a 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-react-oxc/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-react-oxc/src/index.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import type { BuildOptions, Plugin } from 'vite'
 import {
   addRefreshWrapper,
-  avoidSourceMapOption,
   getPreambleCode,
   runtimePublicPath,
   silenceUseClientWarning,
@@ -140,13 +139,8 @@ export default function viteReact(opts: Options = {}): Plugin[] {
             code.includes(jsxImportRuntime))
         if (!useFastRefresh) return
 
-        const { code: newCode } = addRefreshWrapper(
-          code,
-          avoidSourceMapOption,
-          '@vitejs/plugin-react-oxc',
-          id,
-        )
-        return { code: newCode, map: null }
+        const newCode = addRefreshWrapper(code, '@vitejs/plugin-react-oxc', id)
+        return newCode ? { code: newCode, map: null } : undefined
       },
     },
     transformIndexHtml(_, config) {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-react-swc/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/plugin-react-swc/CHANGELOG.md
index 14c4f2f0a..47d1a83f3 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-react-swc/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-react-swc/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 This is set to `{viteCacheDir}/swc` and override the default of `.swc`.
 
+### Perf: simplify refresh wrapper generation ([#835](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react/pull/835))
+
 ## 4.0.1 (2025-08-19)
 
 ### Set `optimizeDeps.rollupOptions.transform.jsx` instead of `optimizeDeps.rollupOptions.jsx` for rolldown-vite ([#735](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react/pull/735))
diff --git a/packages/plugin-react-swc/src/index.ts b/packages/plugin-react-swc/src/index.ts
index 45b3cad7d..425bac15c 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-react-swc/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-react-swc/src/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { dirname, join } from 'node:path'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
-import type { SourceMapPayload } from 'node:module'
 import { createRequire } from 'node:module'
 import {
   type JscTarget,
@@ -197,13 +196,13 @@ const react = (_options?: Options): Plugin[] => {
         if (!result) return
         if (!refresh) return result
 
-        return addRefreshWrapper<SourceMapPayload>(
+        const newCode = addRefreshWrapper(
           result.code,
-          result.map!,
           '@vitejs/plugin-react-swc',
           id,
           options.reactRefreshHost,
         )
+        return { code: newCode ?? result.code, map: result.map }
       },
     },
     options.plugins
diff --git a/packages/plugin-react/CHANGELOG.md b/packages/plugin-react/CHANGELOG.md
index c8d6e2537..466bcca61 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-react/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-react/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Perf: simplify refresh wrapper generation ([#835](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react/pull/835))
+
 ## 5.0.2 (2025-08-28)
 
 ### Skip transform hook completely in rolldown-vite in dev if possible ([#783](https://github.com/vitejs/vite-plugin-react/pull/783))
diff --git a/packages/plugin-react/src/index.ts b/packages/plugin-react/src/index.ts
index b8ec8236f..d57708a43 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-react/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-react/src/index.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import * as vite from 'vite'
 import type { Plugin, ResolvedConfig } from 'vite'
 import {
   addRefreshWrapper,
-  avoidSourceMapOption,
   getPreambleCode,
   preambleCode,
   runtimePublicPath,
@@ -340,13 +339,13 @@ export default function viteReact(opts: Options = {}): Plugin[] {
           if (!useFastRefresh) {
             return { code: result.code!, map: result.map }
           }
-          return addRefreshWrapper(
+          const code = addRefreshWrapper(
             result.code!,
-            result.map!,
             '@vitejs/plugin-react',
             id,
             opts.reactRefreshHost,
           )
+          return { code: code ?? result.code!, map: result.map }
         }
       },
     },
@@ -376,14 +375,13 @@ export default function viteReact(opts: Options = {}): Plugin[] {
             code.includes(jsxImportRuntime))
         if (!useFastRefresh) return
 
-        const { code: newCode } = addRefreshWrapper(
+        const newCode = addRefreshWrapper(
           code,
-          avoidSourceMapOption,
           '@vitejs/plugin-react',
           id,
           opts.reactRefreshHost,
         )
-        return { code: newCode, map: null }
+        return newCode ? { code: newCode, map: null } : undefined
       },
     },
   }