diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/utils/graph.ts b/packages/vitest/src/utils/graph.ts
index 90f2013f0..6e714ce88 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/utils/graph.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/utils/graph.ts
@@ -123,8 +123,7 @@ function createModuleGraphCollector(
       return addExternal(id.slice('__vite-browser-external:'.length))
     }
     if (isBuiltin(id)) {
-      externalized.add(id)
-      return id
+      return addExternal(id)
     }
     const external = project._resolver.wasExternalized(id)
     if (typeof external === 'string') {
diff --git a/test/e2e/test/client-builtins.test.ts b/test/e2e/test/client-builtins.test.ts
index bcb9dc215..dffbd380a 100644
--- a/test/e2e/test/client-builtins.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/test/client-builtins.test.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,10 @@ test('importActual', async () => {
     `)
 
     const graph = await getModuleGraph(ctx!, '', `${root}/basic.test.js`, 'client')
-    expect(graph.externalized.filter((id) => !id.includes('/'))).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    const modules = Object.entries(graph.modules)
+    const externalized = modules.filter(([, m]) => m.external).map(([id]) => id)
+    const inlined = modules.filter(([, m]) => !m.external).map(([id]) => id)
+    expect(externalized.filter((id) => !id.includes('/'))).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       [
         "node:crypto",
         "node:path",
@@ -93,7 +96,7 @@ test('importActual', async () => {
         "path",
       ]
     `)
-    expect(graph.inlined.map((id) => id.replace(root, '<root>'))).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+    expect(inlined.map((id) => id.replace(root, '<root>'))).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       [
         "<root>/basic.test.js",
       ]