diff --git a/packages/actors/src/client.tsx b/packages/actors/src/client.tsx
index f3b804e..7365e78 100644
--- a/packages/actors/src/client.tsx
+++ b/packages/actors/src/client.tsx
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 "use client";
 import { useEffect, useState } from "react";
 
-// TODO: remove this hack once dependency de-dupe works
-function rsc() {
-  // @ts-ignore
-  return globalThis.rsc as typeof import("@vitejs/plugin-rsc/rsc");
-}
+const createFromReadableStream = import.meta.env.SSR
+  ? () => {
+      throw new Error("createFromReadableStream is not available in SSR");
+    }
+  : await import("@vitejs/plugin-rsc/browser").then(
+      (m) => m.createFromReadableStream
+    );
 
 type ClientComponentProps = {
   children: React.ReactNode;
@@ -20,27 +22,29 @@ export function ClientComponent({
 }: ClientComponentProps) {
   const [component, setComponent] = useState<React.ReactNode | null>(null);
 
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const protocol = window.location.protocol === "https:" ? "wss:" : "ws:";
-    const ws = new WebSocket(
-      `${protocol}//${window.location.host}/${actorName}/${id}`
-    );
-
-    ws.addEventListener("message", async (event) => {
-      const data = event.data as Blob;
-      const bytes = await data.arrayBuffer();
-      const stream = new ReadableStream({
-        start(controller) {
-          controller.enqueue(new Uint8Array(bytes));
-          controller.close();
-        },
+  if (!import.meta.env.SSR) {
+    useEffect(() => {
+      const protocol = window.location.protocol === "https:" ? "wss:" : "ws:";
+      const ws = new WebSocket(
+        `${protocol}//${window.location.host}/${actorName}/${id}`
+      );
+
+      ws.addEventListener("message", async (event) => {
+        const data = event.data as Blob;
+        const bytes = await data.arrayBuffer();
+        const stream = new ReadableStream({
+          start(controller) {
+            controller.enqueue(new Uint8Array(bytes));
+            controller.close();
+          },
+        });
+        const created = await createFromReadableStream(stream);
+        setComponent((created as any).root);
       });
-      const created = await rsc().createFromReadableStream(stream);
-      setComponent((created as any).root);
-    });
 
-    return () => ws.close();
-  }, []);
+      return () => ws.close();
+    }, []);
+  }
 
   if (!component) {
     return children;
diff --git a/packages/actors/src/index.tsx b/packages/actors/src/index.tsx
index 7a66763..6bb1956 100644
--- a/packages/actors/src/index.tsx
+++ b/packages/actors/src/index.tsx
@@ -2,17 +2,15 @@ import * as React from "react";
 import { ActorState, Actor as CfActor, getActor } from "@cloudflare/actors";
 import { isValidElement } from "react";
 import { observedSymbol } from "./observed.js";
+import {
+  createFromReadableStream,
+  renderToReadableStream,
+} from "@vitejs/plugin-rsc/rsc";
 
 export * from "@cloudflare/actors";
 
 export * from "./observed.js";
 
-// TODO: remove this hack once dependency de-dupe works
-function rsc() {
-  // @ts-ignore
-  return globalThis.rsc as typeof import("@vitejs/plugin-rsc/rsc");
-}
-
 type RSCPayload = { root: React.ReactNode };
 
 export class Actor<Env> extends CfActor<Env> {
@@ -27,7 +25,7 @@ export class Actor<Env> extends CfActor<Env> {
     props: Record<string, any>
   ): Promise<[ReadableStream, boolean]> {
     const Component = (this[name as keyof this] as any).bind(this);
-    const rscStream = rsc().renderToReadableStream<RSCPayload>({
+    const rscStream = renderToReadableStream<RSCPayload>({
       root: <Component {...props} />,
     });
     // @ts-ignore
@@ -77,7 +75,7 @@ async function internalComponent<T extends Actor<Env>, Env>(
   await stub.setIdentifier(props.name ?? "default");
 
   const rscStream = await stub.__rscStream("Component", rest);
-  const payload = await rsc().createFromReadableStream<RSCPayload>(
+  const payload = await createFromReadableStream<RSCPayload>(
     rscStream[0] as ReadableStream
   );
 
diff --git a/packages/actors/src/observed.tsx b/packages/actors/src/observed.tsx
index ca9a339..e225aaa 100644
--- a/packages/actors/src/observed.tsx
+++ b/packages/actors/src/observed.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,6 @@
-import * as React from "react";
 import { Actor } from "./index.js";
 import { type JSX } from "react";
-
-// TODO: remove this hack once dependency de-dupe works
-function rsc() {
-  // @ts-ignore
-  return globalThis.rsc as typeof import("@vitejs/plugin-rsc/rsc");
-}
+import { renderToReadableStream } from "@vitejs/plugin-rsc/rsc";
 
 type ClassMethodDecorator<Args extends any[], Return> = (
   value: (...args: Args) => Return,
@@ -27,7 +21,7 @@ export function Observed(
 
       self["onPersist"] = async () => {
         const ret = await value.apply(this);
-        const stream = rsc().renderToReadableStream({
+        const stream = renderToReadableStream({
           root: ret,
         });
 
diff --git a/packages/core/src/client.tsx b/packages/core/src/client.tsx
index 8ffec3b..9b674ab 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/client.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/client.tsx
@@ -8,9 +8,6 @@ import * as ReactDOMClient from "react-dom/client";
 import type { RscPayload } from "./server.js";
 import { ErrorBoundary, ErrorFallback } from "./error-handling/browser.js";
 
-// @ts-expect-error
-globalThis.rsc = ReactClient;
-
 export async function main() {
   // stash `setPayload` function to trigger re-rendering
   // from outside of `BrowserRoot` component (e.g. server function call, navigation, hmr)
diff --git a/packages/core/src/server.tsx b/packages/core/src/server.tsx
index 96307c3..53c87c6 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/server.tsx
+++ b/packages/core/src/server.tsx
@@ -13,9 +13,6 @@ import { CloudflareEnv } from "./index.js";
 import { internalContext } from "./internal-context.js";
 import { env } from "cloudflare:workers";
 
-// @ts-expect-error
-globalThis.rsc = ReactServer;
-
 export interface Context {
   cloudflare: {
     env: CloudflareEnv;