diff --git a/.changeset/smart-timers-promise.md b/.changeset/smart-timers-promise.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..51081ad6ef27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/smart-timers-promise.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': patch
+---
+
+chore: use peer dependencies when linked
diff --git a/packages/kit/package.json b/packages/kit/package.json
index 8a6fc4f7248c..94dfbb0e51cb 100644
--- a/packages/kit/package.json
+++ b/packages/kit/package.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 		"cookie": "^0.6.0",
 		"devalue": "^4.3.2",
 		"esm-env": "^1.0.0",
+		"import-meta-resolve": "^4.0.0",
 		"kleur": "^4.1.5",
 		"magic-string": "^0.30.5",
 		"mrmime": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js b/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js
index 5d685e8ee0d2..9ac5d220d1ec 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
 
-import { svelte } from '@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte';
+import * as imr from 'import-meta-resolve';
 import colors from 'kleur';
-import * as vite from 'vite';
 
 import { copy, mkdirp, posixify, read, resolve_entry, rimraf } from '../../utils/filesystem.js';
 import { create_static_module, create_dynamic_module } from '../../core/env.js';
@@ -34,6 +33,7 @@ import {
 	sveltekit_environment,
 	sveltekit_paths
 } from './module_ids.js';
+import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
 
 const cwd = process.cwd();
 
@@ -122,6 +122,17 @@ const warning_preprocessor = {
 	}
 };
 
+/**
+ * Resolve a dependency relative to the current working directory,
+ * rather than relative to this package
+ * @param {string} dependency
+ */
+async function resolve_peer_dependency(dependency) {
+	// @ts-expect-error the types are wrong
+	const resolved = await imr.resolve(dependency, pathToFileURL(process.cwd() + '/dummy.js'));
+	return import(resolved);
+}
+
 /**
  * Returns the SvelteKit Vite plugins.
  * @returns {Promise<import('vite').Plugin[]>}
@@ -153,7 +164,9 @@ export async function sveltekit() {
 		...svelte_config.vitePlugin
 	};
 
-	return [...svelte(vite_plugin_svelte_options), ...kit({ svelte_config })];
+	const { svelte } = await resolve_peer_dependency('@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte');
+
+	return [...svelte(vite_plugin_svelte_options), ...(await kit({ svelte_config }))];
 }
 
 // These variables live outside the `kit()` function because it is re-invoked by each Vite build
@@ -174,9 +187,11 @@ let manifest_data;
  * - https://rollupjs.org/guide/en/#output-generation-hooks
  *
  * @param {{ svelte_config: import('types').ValidatedConfig }} options
- * @return {import('vite').Plugin[]}
+ * @return {Promise<import('vite').Plugin[]>}
  */
-function kit({ svelte_config }) {
+async function kit({ svelte_config }) {
+	const vite = await resolve_peer_dependency('vite');
+
 	const { kit } = svelte_config;
 	const out = `${kit.outDir}/output`;
 
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 3d818c36c6c2..0414163a8a27 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -425,6 +425,9 @@ importers:
       esm-env:
         specifier: ^1.0.0
         version: 1.0.0
+      import-meta-resolve:
+        specifier: ^4.0.0
+        version: 4.0.0
       kleur:
         specifier: ^4.1.5
         version: 4.1.5