diff --git a/.changeset/cyan-peaches-drive.md b/.changeset/cyan-peaches-drive.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ebea00d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cyan-peaches-drive.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@marko/vite": patch
+---
+
+Fixes a caching regression caused by having a different SSR config compared to the rest of the configs and using that in a transform (which is cached).
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index c907127..982fb6d 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -216,16 +216,16 @@ export default function markoPlugin(opts: Options = {}): vite.Plugin[] {
               },
         };
 
+        if (linked) {
+          (baseConfig as any).markoViteLinked = linked;
+        }
+
         ssrConfig = {
           ...baseConfig,
           resolveVirtualDependency,
           output: "html",
         };
 
-        if (linked) {
-          (ssrConfig as any).markoViteLinked = linked;
-        }
-
         domConfig = {
           ...baseConfig,
           resolveVirtualDependency,