diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/node/pool.ts b/packages/vitest/src/node/pool.ts
index b4f4ea59a..69aad7ea9 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/node/pool.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/node/pool.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ export type RunWithFiles = (files: string[], invalidates?: string[]) => Promise<
 
 export interface WorkerPool {
   runTests: RunWithFiles
-  collectTests: RunWithFiles
   close: () => Promise<void>
 }
 
@@ -51,7 +50,6 @@ export function createFakePool(ctx: Vitest): WorkerPool {
 
   return {
     runTests: runWithFiles('run'),
-    collectTests: runWithFiles('collect'),
     close: async () => {},
   }
 }
@@ -100,7 +98,6 @@ export function createWorkerPool(ctx: Vitest): WorkerPool {
 
   return {
     runTests: runWithFiles('run'),
-    collectTests: runWithFiles('collect'),
     close: async () => {}, // TODO: not sure why this will cause Node crash: pool.destroy(),
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/error.ts b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/error.ts
index 7d48fab57..768e00cb6 100644
--- a/packages/vitest/src/runtime/error.ts
+++ b/packages/vitest/src/runtime/error.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ export function serializeError(val: any, seen = new WeakMap()): any {
   }
 }
 
+function normalizeErrorMessage(message: string) {
+  return message.replace(/__vite_ssr_import_\d+__\./g, '')
+}
+
 export function processError(err: any) {
   if (!err)
     return err
@@ -71,6 +75,13 @@ export function processError(err: any) {
     err.expected = stringify(err.expected)
   if (typeof err.actual !== 'string')
     err.actual = stringify(err.actual)
+
+  if (typeof err.message === 'string')
+    err.message = normalizeErrorMessage(err.message)
+
+  if (typeof err.cause === 'object' && err.cause.message === 'string')
+    err.cause.message = normalizeErrorMessage(err.cause.message)
+
   try {
     return serializeError(err)
   }