diff --git a/.changeset/famous-points-switch.md b/.changeset/famous-points-switch.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ea3c3ba3d40
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/famous-points-switch.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/adapter-auto': patch
+'@sveltejs/kit': patch
+---
+
+chore: remove `import-meta-resolve` dependency
diff --git a/packages/adapter-auto/index.js b/packages/adapter-auto/index.js
index c83ba6246c59..f6b113b49e8a 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-auto/index.js
+++ b/packages/adapter-auto/index.js
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import { execSync } from 'node:child_process';
-import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
-import { resolve } from 'import-meta-resolve';
 import { adapters } from './adapters.js';
-import { dirname, join } from 'node:path';
-import { existsSync } from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
 import process from 'node:process';
 
 /** @type {Record<string, (name: string, version: string) => string>} */
@@ -17,12 +15,15 @@ const commands = {
 function detect_lockfile() {
 	let dir = process.cwd();
 
+	/** @param {string} file */
+	const exists = (file) => fs.existsSync(path.join(dir, file));
+
 	do {
-		if (existsSync(join(dir, 'pnpm-lock.yaml'))) return 'pnpm';
-		if (existsSync(join(dir, 'yarn.lock'))) return 'yarn';
-		if (existsSync(join(dir, 'package-lock.json'))) return 'npm';
-		if (existsSync(join(dir, 'bun.lockb')) || existsSync(join(dir, 'bun.lock'))) return 'bun';
-	} while (dir !== (dir = dirname(dir)));
+		if (exists('pnpm-lock.yaml')) return 'pnpm';
+		if (exists('yarn.lock')) return 'yarn';
+		if (exists('package-lock.json')) return 'npm';
+		if (exists('bun.lockb') || exists('bun.lock')) return 'bun';
+	} while (dir !== (dir = path.dirname(dir)));
 
 	return 'npm';
 }
@@ -38,12 +39,40 @@ function detect_package_manager() {
 	}
 }
 
-/** @param {string} name */
-function import_from_cwd(name) {
-	const cwd = pathToFileURL(process.cwd()).href;
-	const url = resolve(name, cwd + '/x.js');
+/**
+ * Resolves a peer dependency relative to the current CWD. Duplicated with `packages/kit`
+ * @param {string} dependency
+ */
+function resolve_peer(dependency) {
+	let [name, ...parts] = dependency.split('/');
+	if (name[0] === '@') name += `/${parts.shift()}`;
+
+	let dir = process.cwd();
+
+	while (!fs.existsSync(`${dir}/node_modules/${name}/package.json`)) {
+		if (dir === (dir = path.dirname(dir))) {
+			throw new Error(
+				`Could not resolve peer dependency "${name}" relative to your project — please install it and try again.`
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
+	const pkg_dir = `${dir}/node_modules/${name}`;
+	const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(`${pkg_dir}/package.json`, 'utf-8'));
+
+	const subpackage = ['.', ...parts].join('/');
+
+	let exported = pkg.exports[subpackage];
+
+	while (typeof exported !== 'string') {
+		if (!exported) {
+			throw new Error(`Could not find valid "${subpackage}" export in ${name}/package.json`);
+		}
+
+		exported = exported['import'] ?? exported['default'];
+	}
 
-	return import(url);
+	return path.resolve(pkg_dir, exported);
 }
 
 /** @typedef {import('@sveltejs/kit').Adapter} Adapter */
@@ -56,47 +85,43 @@ async function get_adapter() {
 
 	if (!match) return;
 
-	/** @type {{ default: () => Adapter }} */
-	let module;
+	/** @type {string} */
+	let resolved;
 
 	try {
-		module = await import_from_cwd(match.module);
-	} catch (error) {
-		if (
-			error.code === 'ERR_MODULE_NOT_FOUND' &&
-			error.message.startsWith(`Cannot find package '${match.module}'`)
-		) {
-			const package_manager = detect_package_manager();
-			const command = commands[package_manager](match.module, match.version);
-
-			try {
-				console.log(`Installing ${match.module}...`);
-
-				execSync(command, {
-					stdio: 'inherit',
-					env: {
-						...process.env,
-						NODE_ENV: undefined
-					}
-				});
-
-				module = await import_from_cwd(match.module);
-
-				console.log(`Successfully installed ${match.module}.`);
-				console.warn(
-					`\nIf you plan on staying on this deployment platform, consider replacing @sveltejs/adapter-auto with ${match.module}. This will give you faster and more robust installs, and more control over deployment configuration.\n`
-				);
-			} catch (e) {
-				throw new Error(
-					`Could not install ${match.module}. Please install it yourself by adding it to your package.json's devDependencies and try building your project again.`,
-					{ cause: e }
-				);
-			}
-		} else {
-			throw error;
+		resolved = resolve_peer(match.module);
+	} catch {
+		const package_manager = detect_package_manager();
+		const command = commands[package_manager](match.module, match.version);
+
+		try {
+			console.log(`Installing ${match.module}...`);
+
+			execSync(command, {
+				stdio: 'inherit',
+				env: {
+					...process.env,
+					NODE_ENV: undefined
+				}
+			});
+
+			resolved = resolve_peer(match.module);
+
+			console.log(`Successfully installed ${match.module}.`);
+			console.warn(
+				`\nIf you plan on staying on this deployment platform, consider replacing @sveltejs/adapter-auto with ${match.module}. This will give you faster and more robust installs, and more control over deployment configuration.\n`
+			);
+		} catch (e) {
+			throw new Error(
+				`Could not install ${match.module}. Please install it yourself by adding it to your package.json's devDependencies and try building your project again.`,
+				{ cause: e }
+			);
 		}
 	}
 
+	/** @type {{ default: () => Adapter }} */
+	const module = await import(resolved);
+
 	const adapter = module.default();
 
 	return {
diff --git a/packages/adapter-auto/package.json b/packages/adapter-auto/package.json
index f92ae66ecc77..6a7c6209cdc9 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-auto/package.json
+++ b/packages/adapter-auto/package.json
@@ -46,9 +46,6 @@
 		"typescript": "^5.3.3",
 		"vitest": "^3.0.1"
 	},
-	"dependencies": {
-		"import-meta-resolve": "^4.1.0"
-	},
 	"peerDependencies": {
 		"@sveltejs/kit": "^2.0.0"
 	}
diff --git a/packages/kit/package.json b/packages/kit/package.json
index 105470b94170..cd3d192eaff1 100644
--- a/packages/kit/package.json
+++ b/packages/kit/package.json
@@ -22,7 +22,6 @@
 		"cookie": "^0.6.0",
 		"devalue": "^5.1.0",
 		"esm-env": "^1.2.2",
-		"import-meta-resolve": "^4.1.0",
 		"kleur": "^4.1.5",
 		"magic-string": "^0.30.5",
 		"mrmime": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/core/sync/utils.js b/packages/kit/src/core/sync/utils.js
index 304e9180a77b..be3ecc22b347 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/core/sync/utils.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/core/sync/utils.js
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { mkdirp } from '../../utils/filesystem.js';
-import { resolve_peer_dependency } from '../../utils/import.js';
+import { import_peer } from '../../utils/import.js';
 
 /** @type {{ VERSION: string }} */
-const { VERSION } = await resolve_peer_dependency('svelte/compiler');
+const { VERSION } = await import_peer('svelte/compiler');
 
 /** @type {Map<string, string>} */
 const previous_contents = new Map();
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js b/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js
index bdb37b1f9cff..8eaa0f513aac 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import {
 	sveltekit_paths,
 	sveltekit_server
 } from './module_ids.js';
-import { resolve_peer_dependency } from '../../utils/import.js';
+import { import_peer } from '../../utils/import.js';
 import { compact } from '../../utils/array.js';
 
 const cwd = process.cwd();
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ export async function sveltekit() {
 		...svelte_config.vitePlugin
 	};
 
-	const { svelte } = await resolve_peer_dependency('@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte');
+	const { svelte } = await import_peer('@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte');
 
 	return [...svelte(vite_plugin_svelte_options), ...(await kit({ svelte_config }))];
 }
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ let manifest_data;
  * @return {Promise<import('vite').Plugin[]>}
  */
 async function kit({ svelte_config }) {
-	const vite = await resolve_peer_dependency('vite');
+	const vite = await import_peer('vite');
 
 	const { kit } = svelte_config;
 	const out = `${kit.outDir}/output`;
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/utils/import.js b/packages/kit/src/utils/import.js
index 4a8e92971f16..3ed96fa46484 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/utils/import.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/utils/import.js
@@ -1,25 +1,52 @@
-import * as imr from 'import-meta-resolve';
 import process from 'node:process';
-import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url';
+import fs from 'node:fs';
+import path from 'node:path';
+
+/**
+ * Resolves a peer dependency relative to the current CWD. Duplicated with `packages/adapter-auto`
+ * @param {string} dependency
+ */
+function resolve_peer(dependency) {
+	let [name, ...parts] = dependency.split('/');
+	if (name[0] === '@') name += `/${parts.shift()}`;
+
+	let dir = process.cwd();
+
+	while (!fs.existsSync(`${dir}/node_modules/${name}/package.json`)) {
+		if (dir === (dir = path.dirname(dir))) {
+			throw new Error(
+				`Could not resolve peer dependency "${name}" relative to your project — please install it and try again.`
+			);
+		}
+	}
+
+	const pkg_dir = `${dir}/node_modules/${name}`;
+	const pkg = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync(`${pkg_dir}/package.json`, 'utf-8'));
+
+	const subpackage = ['.', ...parts].join('/');
+
+	let exported = pkg.exports[subpackage];
+
+	while (typeof exported !== 'string') {
+		if (!exported) {
+			throw new Error(`Could not find valid "${subpackage}" export in ${name}/package.json`);
+		}
+
+		exported = exported['import'] ?? exported['default'];
+	}
+
+	return path.resolve(pkg_dir, exported);
+}
 
 /**
  * Resolve a dependency relative to the current working directory,
  * rather than relative to this package (but falls back to trying that, if necessary)
  * @param {string} dependency
  */
-export async function resolve_peer_dependency(dependency) {
+export async function import_peer(dependency) {
 	try {
-		// @ts-expect-error the types are wrong
-		const resolved = imr.resolve(dependency, pathToFileURL(process.cwd() + '/dummy.js'));
-		return await import(resolved);
+		return await import(resolve_peer(dependency));
 	} catch {
-		try {
-			// both imr.resolve and await import above can throw, which is why we can't just do import(resolved).catch(...) above
-			return await import(dependency);
-		} catch {
-			throw new Error(
-				`Could not resolve peer dependency "${dependency}" relative to your project — please install it and try again.`
-			);
-		}
+		return await import(dependency);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index fb5fae117180..aff37f5116cb 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ importers:
         version: 8.26.0(eslint@9.6.0)(typescript@5.6.3)
 
   packages/adapter-auto:
-    dependencies:
-      import-meta-resolve:
-        specifier: ^4.1.0
-        version: 4.1.0
     devDependencies:
       '@sveltejs/kit':
         specifier: workspace:^
@@ -351,9 +347,6 @@ importers:
       esm-env:
         specifier: ^1.2.2
         version: 1.2.2
-      import-meta-resolve:
-        specifier: ^4.1.0
-        version: 4.1.0
       kleur:
         specifier: ^4.1.5
         version: 4.1.5
@@ -2560,9 +2553,6 @@ packages:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-veYYhQa+D1QBKznvhUHxb8faxlrwUnxseDAbAp457E0wLNio2bOSKnjYDhMj+YiAq61xrMGhQk9iXVk5FzgQMw==}
     engines: {node: '>=6'}
 
-  import-meta-resolve@4.1.0:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-I6fiaX09Xivtk+THaMfAwnA3MVA5Big1WHF1Dfx9hFuvNIWpXnorlkzhcQf6ehrqQiiZECRt1poOAkPmer3ruw==}
-
   imurmurhash@0.1.4:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-JmXMZ6wuvDmLiHEml9ykzqO6lwFbof0GG4IkcGaENdCRDDmMVnny7s5HsIgHCbaq0w2MyPhDqkhTUgS2LU2PHA==}
     engines: {node: '>=0.8.19'}
@@ -4938,8 +4928,6 @@ snapshots:
       parent-module: 1.0.1
       resolve-from: 4.0.0
 
-  import-meta-resolve@4.1.0: {}
-
   imurmurhash@0.1.4: {}
 
   is-arrayish@0.3.2: {}