diff --git a/vite.config.ts b/vite.config.ts
index acbe9a0ec..e6c0c3c9b 100644
--- a/vite.config.ts
+++ b/vite.config.ts
@@ -69,11 +69,11 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
 			],
 		},
 		build: {
-			// this is mostly done so that i18n jsons as defined in ./app/modules/i18n/loader.ts
-			// do not end up in the js bundle as minimized strings
-			// if we decide later that this is a useful optimization in some cases then we can
-			// switch the value to a callback one that checks the file path
-			assetsInlineLimit: 0,
+			assetsInlineLimit: (filePath: string) => {
+				if (/\/locales\/[^/]+\/[^/]+\.json$/.test(filePath)) return false;
+
+				return undefined;
+			},
 			sourcemap: true,
 		},
 	};