diff --git a/apps/client/vite.config.mts b/apps/client/vite.config.mts
index 640313bff..72ef792ac 100644
--- a/apps/client/vite.config.mts
+++ b/apps/client/vite.config.mts
@@ -41,11 +41,6 @@ export default defineConfig(() => ({
     ] as Plugin[],
     resolve: {
         alias: [
-            // Force the use of dist in development mode because upstream ESM is broken (some hybrid between CJS and ESM, will be improved in upcoming versions).
-            {
-                find: "@triliumnext/highlightjs",
-                replacement: resolve(__dirname, "node_modules/@triliumnext/highlightjs/dist")
-            },
             {
                 find: "react",
                 replacement: "preact/compat"
diff --git a/packages/highlightjs/src/index.ts b/packages/highlightjs/src/index.ts
index 29ffec2a7..355268179 100644
--- a/packages/highlightjs/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/highlightjs/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import hljs from "../node_modules/highlight.js/es/core.js";
+import hljs from "highlight.js";
 import { normalizeMimeTypeForCKEditor, type MimeType } from "@triliumnext/commons";
 import syntaxDefinitions from "./syntax_highlighting.js";
 import { type Theme } from "./themes.js";