diff --git a/.changeset/selfish-walls-rhyme.md b/.changeset/selfish-walls-rhyme.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..42b487985093
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/selfish-walls-rhyme.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': patch
+---
+
+fix: make server assets available during `vite preview`
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/core/adapt/builder.js b/packages/kit/src/core/adapt/builder.js
index 605382e9e587..eae0bd8b7ecf 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/core/adapt/builder.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/core/adapt/builder.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { existsSync, statSync, createReadStream, createWriteStream } from 'node:fs';
-import { extname, join, resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { extname, resolve } from 'node:path';
 import { pipeline } from 'node:stream';
 import { promisify } from 'node:util';
 import zlib from 'node:zlib';
@@ -181,12 +181,7 @@ export function create_builder({
 		},
 
 		writeClient(dest) {
-			const server_assets = copy(
-				`${config.kit.outDir}/output/server/${config.kit.appDir}/immutable/assets`,
-				join(dest, config.kit.appDir, 'immutable/assets')
-			).map((filename) => join(config.kit.appDir, 'immutable/assets', filename));
-			const client_assets = copy(`${config.kit.outDir}/output/client`, dest);
-			return Array.from(new Set([...server_assets, ...client_assets]));
+			return copy(`${config.kit.outDir}/output/client`, dest);
 		},
 
 		writePrerendered(dest) {
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js b/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js
index 01625bdfe5bf..94f242a1e468 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { svelte } from '@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte';
 import colors from 'kleur';
 import * as vite from 'vite';
 
-import { mkdirp, posixify, read, resolve_entry, rimraf } from '../../utils/filesystem.js';
+import { copy, mkdirp, posixify, read, resolve_entry, rimraf } from '../../utils/filesystem.js';
 import { create_static_module, create_dynamic_module } from '../../core/env.js';
 import * as sync from '../../core/sync/sync.js';
 import { create_assets } from '../../core/sync/create_manifest_data/index.js';
@@ -720,6 +720,11 @@ function kit({ svelte_config }) {
 					})
 				);
 
+				copy(
+					`${out}/server/${kit.appDir}/immutable/assets`,
+					`${out}/client/${kit.appDir}/immutable/assets`
+				);
+
 				/** @type {import('vite').Manifest} */
 				const client_manifest = JSON.parse(read(`${out}/client/${vite_config.build.manifest}`));