diff --git a/packages/vite-node/src/externalize.ts b/packages/vite-node/src/externalize.ts
index 709424f19b02..808508b5a2be 100644
--- a/packages/vite-node/src/externalize.ts
+++ b/packages/vite-node/src/externalize.ts
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@ async function _shouldExternalize(
 ): Promise<string | false> {
   if (isNodeBuiltin(id))
     return id
+
   // data: should be processed by native import,
   // since it is a feature of ESM
   if (id.startsWith('data:'))
diff --git a/test/vite-node/src/watched.js b/test/vite-node/src/watch/index.cjs
similarity index 100%
rename from test/vite-node/src/watched.js
rename to test/vite-node/src/watch/index.cjs
diff --git a/test/vite-node/src/watch/index.js b/test/vite-node/src/watch/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..54046b60bfa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vite-node/src/watch/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+console.log('test 1')
diff --git a/test/vite-node/src/watch/index.mjs b/test/vite-node/src/watch/index.mjs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..54046b60bfa1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/vite-node/src/watch/index.mjs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+console.log('test 1')
diff --git a/test/vite-node/test/cli.test.ts b/test/vite-node/test/cli.test.ts
index 84ac212cf277..893d4bb80d11 100644
--- a/test/vite-node/test/cli.test.ts
+++ b/test/vite-node/test/cli.test.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,4 @@ it.each(['index.js', 'index.cjs', 'index.mjs'])('correctly runs --watch %s', asy
   await cli.waitForStdout('test 1')
   editFile(entryPath, c => c.replace('test 1', 'test 2'))
   await cli.waitForStdout('test 2')
-}, {
-  timeout: 10_000,
 })