diff --git a/code/builders/builder-manager/templates/template.ejs b/code/builders/builder-manager/templates/template.ejs
index af42859a0791..c1fa9310acd4 100644
--- a/code/builders/builder-manager/templates/template.ejs
+++ b/code/builders/builder-manager/templates/template.ejs
@@ -11,21 +11,39 @@
     <% } else if (favicon.endsWith('.ico')) { %>
     <link rel="icon" type="image/x-icon" href="./<%= favicon %>" />
     <% } %>
-    <link
-      rel="prefetch"
-      href="./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-regular.woff2"
-      as="font"
-      type="font/woff2"
-      crossorigin
-    />
-    <link
-      rel="prefetch"
-      href="./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-bold.woff2"
-      as="font"
-      type="font/woff2"
-      crossorigin
-    />
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="./sb-common-assets/fonts.css" />
+    <style>
+      @font-face {
+        font-family: 'Nunito Sans';
+        font-style: normal;
+        font-weight: 400;
+        font-display: swap;
+        src: url('./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-regular.woff2') format('woff2');
+      }
+
+      @font-face {
+        font-family: 'Nunito Sans';
+        font-style: italic;
+        font-weight: 400;
+        font-display: swap;
+        src: url('./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-italic.woff2') format('woff2');
+      }
+
+      @font-face {
+        font-family: 'Nunito Sans';
+        font-style: normal;
+        font-weight: 700;
+        font-display: swap;
+        src: url('./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-bold.woff2') format('woff2');
+      }
+
+      @font-face {
+        font-family: 'Nunito Sans';
+        font-style: italic;
+        font-weight: 700;
+        font-display: swap;
+        src: url('./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-bold-italic.woff2') format('woff2');
+      }
+    </style>
 
     <link href="./sb-manager/runtime.js" rel="modulepreload" />
 
diff --git a/code/builders/builder-vite/input/iframe.html b/code/builders/builder-vite/input/iframe.html
index 7720ef6b9482..23c280c02242 100644
--- a/code/builders/builder-vite/input/iframe.html
+++ b/code/builders/builder-vite/input/iframe.html
@@ -6,35 +6,39 @@
     <title>Storybook</title>
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
 
-    <link
-      rel="prefetch"
-      href="./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-regular.woff2"
-      as="font"
-      type="font/woff2"
-      crossorigin
-    />
-    <link
-      rel="prefetch"
-      href="./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-italic.woff2"
-      as="font"
-      type="font/woff2"
-      crossorigin
-    />
-    <link
-      rel="prefetch"
-      href="./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-bold.woff2"
-      as="font"
-      type="font/woff2"
-      crossorigin
-    />
-    <link
-      rel="prefetch"
-      href="./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-bold-italic.woff2"
-      as="font"
-      type="font/woff2"
-      crossorigin
-    />
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="./sb-common-assets/fonts.css" />
+    <style>
+      @font-face {
+        font-family: 'Nunito Sans';
+        font-style: normal;
+        font-weight: 400;
+        font-display: swap;
+        src: url('./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-regular.woff2') format('woff2');
+      }
+
+      @font-face {
+        font-family: 'Nunito Sans';
+        font-style: italic;
+        font-weight: 400;
+        font-display: swap;
+        src: url('./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-italic.woff2') format('woff2');
+      }
+
+      @font-face {
+        font-family: 'Nunito Sans';
+        font-style: normal;
+        font-weight: 700;
+        font-display: swap;
+        src: url('./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-bold.woff2') format('woff2');
+      }
+
+      @font-face {
+        font-family: 'Nunito Sans';
+        font-style: italic;
+        font-weight: 700;
+        font-display: swap;
+        src: url('./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-bold-italic.woff2') format('woff2');
+      }
+    </style>
 
     <script>
       window.CONFIG_TYPE = '[CONFIG_TYPE HERE]';
diff --git a/code/builders/builder-vite/src/build.ts b/code/builders/builder-vite/src/build.ts
index 67ce2c42942d..6017481cc68c 100644
--- a/code/builders/builder-vite/src/build.ts
+++ b/code/builders/builder-vite/src/build.ts
@@ -23,8 +23,11 @@ export async function build(options: Options) {
       outDir: options.outputDir,
       emptyOutDir: false, // do not clean before running Vite build - Storybook has already added assets in there!
       rollupOptions: {
-        // Do not try to bundle the storybook runtime, it is copied into the output dir after the build.
-        external: ['./sb-preview/runtime.js'],
+        external: [
+          // Do not try to bundle the Storybook runtime, it is copied into the output dir after the build.
+          './sb-preview/runtime.js',
+          /\.\/sb-common-assets\/.*\.woff2/,
+        ],
       },
       ...(options.test
         ? {
diff --git a/code/builders/builder-webpack5/templates/preview.ejs b/code/builders/builder-webpack5/templates/preview.ejs
index 007f769a3eb0..06f5691b3a19 100644
--- a/code/builders/builder-webpack5/templates/preview.ejs
+++ b/code/builders/builder-webpack5/templates/preview.ejs
@@ -10,11 +10,39 @@
 
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
 
-    <link rel="prefetch" href="./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-regular.woff2" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin />
-    <link rel="prefetch" href="./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-italic.woff2" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin />
-    <link rel="prefetch" href="./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-bold.woff2" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin />
-    <link rel="prefetch" href="./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-bold-italic.woff2" as="font" type="font/woff2" crossorigin />
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="./sb-common-assets/fonts.css" />
+    <style>
+      @font-face {
+        font-family: 'Nunito Sans';
+        font-style: normal;
+        font-weight: 400;
+        font-display: swap;
+        src: url('./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-regular.woff2') format('woff2');
+      }
+
+      @font-face {
+        font-family: 'Nunito Sans';
+        font-style: italic;
+        font-weight: 400;
+        font-display: swap;
+        src: url('./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-italic.woff2') format('woff2');
+      }
+
+      @font-face {
+        font-family: 'Nunito Sans';
+        font-style: normal;
+        font-weight: 700;
+        font-display: swap;
+        src: url('./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-bold.woff2') format('woff2');
+      }
+
+      @font-face {
+        font-family: 'Nunito Sans';
+        font-style: italic;
+        font-weight: 700;
+        font-display: swap;
+        src: url('./sb-common-assets/nunito-sans-bold-italic.woff2') format('woff2');
+      }
+    </style>
   
     <% if (typeof headHtmlSnippet !== 'undefined') { %> <%= headHtmlSnippet %> <% } %> <%
     htmlWebpackPlugin.files.css.forEach(file => { %>
diff --git a/code/ui/manager/static/fonts.css b/code/ui/manager/static/fonts.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 90050cc0bffa..000000000000
--- a/code/ui/manager/static/fonts.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,31 +0,0 @@
-@font-face {
-  font-family: 'Nunito Sans';
-  font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 400;
-  font-display: swap;
-  src: url('./nunito-sans-regular.woff2') format('woff2');
-}
-
-@font-face {
-  font-family: 'Nunito Sans';
-  font-style: italic;
-  font-weight: 400;
-  font-display: swap;
-  src: url('./nunito-sans-italic.woff2') format('woff2');
-}
-
-@font-face {
-  font-family: 'Nunito Sans';
-  font-style: normal;
-  font-weight: 700;
-  font-display: swap;
-  src: url('./nunito-sans-bold.woff2') format('woff2');
-}
-
-@font-face {
-  font-family: 'Nunito Sans';
-  font-style: italic;
-  font-weight: 700;
-  font-display: swap;
-  src: url('./nunito-sans-bold-italic.woff2') format('woff2');
-}