diff --git a/packages/playground/dynamic-import/__tests__/dynamic-import.spec.ts b/packages/playground/dynamic-import/__tests__/dynamic-import.spec.ts
index fa97cc1393f28a..2332c0df0ecdf0 100644
--- a/packages/playground/dynamic-import/__tests__/dynamic-import.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/playground/dynamic-import/__tests__/dynamic-import.spec.ts
@@ -1,29 +1,19 @@
-import { untilUpdated } from '../../testUtils'
+import { isBuild, untilUpdated } from '../../testUtils'
 
 test('should load literal dynamic import', async () => {
   await page.click('.baz')
-  await untilUpdated(() => page.textContent('.view'), 'Baz view')
+  await untilUpdated(() => page.textContent('.view'), 'Baz view', true)
 })
 
 test('should load full dynamic import from public', async () => {
   await page.click('.qux')
-  await untilUpdated(() => page.textContent('.view'), 'Qux view')
+  await untilUpdated(() => page.textContent('.view'), 'Qux view', true)
 })
 
-// since this test has a timeout, it should be put last so that it
-// does not bleed on the last
 test('should load dynamic import with vars', async () => {
   await page.click('.foo')
-  await untilUpdated(() => page.textContent('.view'), 'Foo view')
+  await untilUpdated(() => page.textContent('.view'), 'Foo view', true)
 
-  // first page click will not load the remote message
-  // because vite needs to compile the lodash dependency
   await page.click('.bar')
-  await untilUpdated(() => page.textContent('.view'), '')
-
-  // wait until reload and click again
-  setTimeout(async () => {
-    await page.click('.bar')
-    await untilUpdated(() => page.textContent('.view'), 'Bar view')
-  }, 10)
+  await untilUpdated(() => page.textContent('.view'), 'Bar view', true)
 })
diff --git a/packages/playground/dynamic-import/package.json b/packages/playground/dynamic-import/package.json
index 1bc86fbf6bf84e..91048d3c3b90a2 100644
--- a/packages/playground/dynamic-import/package.json
+++ b/packages/playground/dynamic-import/package.json
@@ -7,8 +7,5 @@
     "build": "vite build",
     "debug": "node --inspect-brk ../../vite/bin/vite",
     "serve": "vite preview"
-  },
-  "dependencies": {
-    "lodash": "4.17.21"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/playground/dynamic-import/views/bar.js b/packages/playground/dynamic-import/views/bar.js
index bf14cd33bceb5e..94401802f2dd50 100644
--- a/packages/playground/dynamic-import/views/bar.js
+++ b/packages/playground/dynamic-import/views/bar.js
@@ -1,5 +1 @@
-import { n } from '../nested/shared'
-import { isBoolean } from 'lodash'
-console.log('bar' + isBoolean(n))
-
 export const msg = 'Bar view'
diff --git a/packages/playground/testUtils.ts b/packages/playground/testUtils.ts
index 027506c75f735f..39d014f9529f3d 100644
--- a/packages/playground/testUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/playground/testUtils.ts
@@ -100,9 +100,10 @@ export function readManifest(base = '') {
  */
 export async function untilUpdated(
   poll: () => string | Promise<string>,
-  expected: string
+  expected: string,
+  runInBuild = false
 ) {
-  if (isBuild) return
+  if (isBuild && !runInBuild) return
   const maxTries = process.env.CI ? 100 : 50
   for (let tries = 0; tries < maxTries; tries++) {
     const actual = (await poll()) || ''