diff --git a/docs/guide/troubleshooting.md b/docs/guide/troubleshooting.md
index 7386a7cead4b21..1804b589ceb3ed 100644
--- a/docs/guide/troubleshooting.md
+++ b/docs/guide/troubleshooting.md
@@ -54,11 +54,12 @@ When importing a ESM only package by `require`, the following error happens.
 
 > Failed to resolve "foo". This package is ESM only but it was tried to load by `require`.
 
-> "foo" resolved to an ESM file. ESM file cannot be loaded by `require`.
+> Error [ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]: require() of ES Module /path/to/dependency.js from /path/to/vite.config.js not supported.
+> Instead change the require of index.js in /path/to/vite.config.js to a dynamic import() which is available in all CommonJS modules.
 
-ESM files cannot be loaded by [`require`](<https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v18.x/api/esm.html#require:~:text=Using%20require%20to%20load%20an%20ES%20module%20is%20not%20supported%20because%20ES%20modules%20have%20asynchronous%20execution.%20Instead%2C%20use%20import()%20to%20load%20an%20ES%20module%20from%20a%20CommonJS%20module.>).
+In Node.js <=22, ESM files cannot be loaded by [`require`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/esm.html#require) by default.
 
-We recommend converting your config to ESM by either:
+While it may work using [`--experimental-require-module`](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest-v22.x/api/modules.html#loading-ecmascript-modules-using-require), or Node.js >22, or in other runtimes, we still recommend converting your config to ESM by either:
 
 - adding `"type": "module"` to the nearest `package.json`
 - renaming `vite.config.js`/`vite.config.ts` to `vite.config.mjs`/`vite.config.mts`
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
index faad10167c27aa..95872da6492e14 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/config.ts
@@ -1637,17 +1637,6 @@ async function bundleConfigFile(
               if (idFsPath && isImport) {
                 idFsPath = pathToFileURL(idFsPath).href
               }
-              if (
-                idFsPath &&
-                !isImport &&
-                isFilePathESM(idFsPath, packageCache)
-              ) {
-                throw new Error(
-                  `${JSON.stringify(
-                    id,
-                  )} resolved to an ESM file. ESM file cannot be loaded by \`require\`. See https://vite.dev/guide/troubleshooting.html#this-package-is-esm-only for more details.`,
-                )
-              }
               return {
                 path: idFsPath,
                 external: true,