diff --git a/packages/plugin-rsc/e2e/basic.test.ts b/packages/plugin-rsc/e2e/basic.test.ts
index 62bac741..d3cdc551 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-rsc/e2e/basic.test.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-rsc/e2e/basic.test.ts
@@ -733,16 +733,26 @@ function defineTest(f: Fixture) {
     })
 
     async function expectNoDuplicateServerCss(page: Page) {
-      // check only manually inserted stylesheet link exists
-      await expect(page.locator('link[rel="stylesheet"]')).toHaveCount(3)
-      for (const locator of await page
-        .locator('link[rel="stylesheet"]')
-        .all()) {
-        await expect(locator).toHaveAttribute(
-          'data-precedence',
-          'test-style-manual-link',
-        )
-      }
+      // verify duplicate client-reference style link are removed
+      await expect(
+        page.locator(
+          'link[rel="stylesheet"][data-precedence="vite-rsc/client-reference"]',
+        ),
+      ).toHaveCount(0)
+      await expect(
+        page
+          .locator(
+            'link[rel="stylesheet"][data-precedence="vite-rsc/importer-resources"]',
+          )
+          .nth(0),
+      ).toBeAttached()
+      await expect(
+        page
+          .locator(
+            'link[rel="stylesheet"][data-precedence="test-style-manual-link"]',
+          )
+          .nth(0),
+      ).toBeAttached()
     }
 
     test('no duplicate server css', async ({ page }) => {
diff --git a/packages/plugin-rsc/src/plugin.ts b/packages/plugin-rsc/src/plugin.ts
index 4e6de3be..acabe24c 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-rsc/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-rsc/src/plugin.ts
@@ -1013,7 +1013,7 @@ window.__vite_plugin_react_preamble_installed__ = true;
 const ssrCss = document.querySelectorAll("link[rel='stylesheet']");
 import.meta.hot.on("vite:beforeUpdate", () => {
   ssrCss.forEach(node => {
-    if (node.dataset.precedence?.startsWith("vite-rsc/")) {
+    if (node.dataset.precedence?.startsWith("vite-rsc/client-references")) {
       node.remove();
     }
   });
@@ -2103,13 +2103,7 @@ function vitePluginRscCss(
           if (this.environment.mode === 'dev') {
             const result = collectCss(server.environments.rsc!, importer)
             const cssHrefs = result.hrefs.map((href) => href.slice(1))
-            const jsHrefs = [
-              `@id/__x00__${toCssVirtual({ id: importer, type: 'rsc-browser' })}`,
-            ]
-            const deps = assetsURLOfDeps(
-              { css: cssHrefs, js: jsHrefs },
-              manager,
-            )
+            const deps = assetsURLOfDeps({ css: cssHrefs, js: [] }, manager)
             return generateResourcesCode(
               serializeValueWithRuntime(deps),
               manager,
@@ -2128,20 +2122,6 @@ function vitePluginRscCss(
             `
           }
         }
-        if (parsed?.type === 'rsc-browser') {
-          assert(this.environment.name === 'client')
-          assert(this.environment.mode === 'dev')
-          const importer = parsed.id
-          const result = collectCss(server.environments.rsc!, importer)
-          let code = result.ids
-            .map((id) => id.replace(/^\0/, ''))
-            .map((id) => `import ${JSON.stringify(id)};\n`)
-            .join('')
-          // ensure hmr boundary at this virtual since otherwise non-self accepting css
-          // (e.g. css module) causes full reload
-          code += `if (import.meta.hot) { import.meta.hot.accept() }\n`
-          return code
-        }
       },
       hotUpdate(ctx) {
         if (this.environment.name === 'rsc') {
@@ -2153,10 +2133,6 @@ function vitePluginRscCss(
                 server.environments.rsc!,
                 `\0` + toCssVirtual({ id: mod.id, type: 'rsc' }),
               )
-              invalidteModuleById(
-                server.environments.client,
-                `\0` + toCssVirtual({ id: mod.id, type: 'rsc-browser' }),
-              )
             }
           }
         }
@@ -2174,7 +2150,7 @@ function vitePluginRscCss(
             .forEach((node) => {
               if (
                 node instanceof HTMLElement &&
-                node.dataset.precedence?.startsWith('vite-rsc/')
+                node.dataset.precedence?.startsWith('vite-rsc/client-reference')
               ) {
                 node.remove()
               }
@@ -2234,15 +2210,6 @@ function generateResourcesCode(depsCode: string, manager: RscPluginManager) {
             href: href,
           }),
         ),
-        // js is only for dev to forward css import on browser to have hmr
-        ...deps.js.map((href: string) =>
-          React.createElement('script', {
-            key: 'js:' + href,
-            type: 'module',
-            async: true,
-            src: href,
-          }),
-        ),
         RemoveDuplicateServerCss &&
           React.createElement(RemoveDuplicateServerCss, {
             key: 'remove-duplicate-css',
diff --git a/packages/plugin-rsc/src/plugins/shared.ts b/packages/plugin-rsc/src/plugins/shared.ts
index 2b67fb54..a603d9bc 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-rsc/src/plugins/shared.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-rsc/src/plugins/shared.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 type CssVirtual = {
   id: string
-  type: 'ssr' | 'rsc' | 'rsc-browser'
+  type: 'ssr' | 'rsc'
 }
 
 export function toCssVirtual({ id, type }: CssVirtual) {