diff --git a/app/client/vite.config.ts b/app/client/vite.config.ts
index 4b81a02b..7079896e 100644
--- a/app/client/vite.config.ts
+++ b/app/client/vite.config.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,16 @@ export default ({ mode }) => {
       outDir: "build",
       sourcemap: true,
       rollupOptions: {
+        /*
+          NOTE: The following is required to avoid a bug with a GitHub Action
+          workflow including `regenerator-runtime` in the build as an external
+          dependency.
+
+          For reference, the GitHub Action workflow's log message stated:
+          "regenerator-runtime/runtime.js" is imported by "regenerator-runtime/runtime.js?commonjs-external",
+          but could not be resolved – treating it as an external dependency.
+        */
+        external: ["regenerator-runtime"],
         output: {
           entryFileNames: "static/js/[name]-[hash].js",
           chunkFileNames: "static/js/[name]-[hash].js",
@@ -35,18 +45,6 @@ export default ({ mode }) => {
         },
       },
     },
-    /*
-      NOTE:
-      The following is required to avoid a bug with a GitHub Action workflow
-      including `regenerator-runtime` in the build as an external dependency.
-
-      For reference, the GitHub Action workflow's log message stated:
-      "regenerator-runtime/runtime.js" is imported by "regenerator-runtime/runtime.js?commonjs-external",
-      but could not be resolved – treating it as an external dependency.
-    */
-    optimizeDeps: {
-      exclude: ["regenerator-runtime"],
-    },
     define: {
       "process.env": {},
     },