diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js
index 1117f3cdb7..9761e6ad7b 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/client/visitors/template.js
@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ function serialize_inline_component(node, component_name, context) {
 		const prev = fn;
 		fn = (node_id) =>
 			b.call(
-				'$.cssProps',
+				'$.css_props',
 				node_id,
 				// TODO would be great to do this at runtime instead. Svelte 4 also can't handle cases today
 				// where it's not statically determinable whether the component is used in a svg or html context
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/css-props.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/css-props.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..43969a1fa2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/dom/blocks/css-props.js
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+import { namespace_svg } from '../../../../constants.js';
+import { current_hydration_fragment, hydrate_block_anchor, hydrating } from '../../hydration.js';
+import { empty } from '../../operations.js';
+import { render_effect } from '../../reactivity/computations.js';
+import { insert, remove } from '../../reconciler.js';
+import { push_destroy_fn } from '../../runtime.js';
+
+/**
+ * @param {Element | Text | Comment} anchor
+ * @param {boolean} is_html
+ * @param {() => Record<string, string>} props
+ * @param {(anchor: Element | Text | Comment) => any} component
+ * @returns {void}
+ */
+export function css_props(anchor, is_html, props, component) {
+	hydrate_block_anchor(anchor);
+
+	/** @type {HTMLElement | SVGElement} */
+	let tag;
+
+	/** @type {Text | Comment} */
+	let component_anchor;
+	if (hydrating) {
+		// Hydration: css props element is surrounded by a ssr comment ...
+		tag = /** @type {HTMLElement | SVGElement} */ (current_hydration_fragment[0]);
+		// ... and the child(ren) of the css props element is also surround by a ssr comment
+		component_anchor = /** @type {Comment} */ (tag.firstChild);
+	} else {
+		if (is_html) {
+			tag = document.createElement('div');
+			tag.style.display = 'contents';
+		} else {
+			tag = document.createElementNS(namespace_svg, 'g');
+		}
+		insert(tag, null, anchor);
+		component_anchor = empty();
+		tag.appendChild(component_anchor);
+	}
+	component(component_anchor);
+
+	/** @type {Record<string, string>} */
+	let current_props = {};
+	const effect = render_effect(() => {
+		const next_props = props();
+		for (const key in current_props) {
+			if (!(key in next_props)) {
+				tag.style.removeProperty(key);
+			}
+		}
+		for (const key in next_props) {
+			tag.style.setProperty(key, next_props[key]);
+		}
+		current_props = next_props;
+	});
+	push_destroy_fn(effect, () => {
+		remove(tag);
+	});
+}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js
index 7fea35bc5d..4981915717 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/client/render.js
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import {
 	create_fragment_from_html,
 	create_fragment_with_script_from_html,
 	insert,
-	reconcile_html,
 	remove
 } from './reconciler.js';
 import {
@@ -1511,58 +1510,6 @@ export function head(fn) {
 	}
 }
 
-/**
- * @param {Element | Text | Comment} anchor
- * @param {boolean} is_html
- * @param {() => Record<string, string>} props
- * @param {(anchor: Element | Text | Comment) => any} component
- * @returns {void}
- */
-export function cssProps(anchor, is_html, props, component) {
-	hydrate_block_anchor(anchor);
-
-	/** @type {HTMLElement | SVGElement} */
-	let tag;
-
-	/** @type {Text | Comment} */
-	let component_anchor;
-	if (hydrating) {
-		// Hydration: css props element is surrounded by a ssr comment ...
-		tag = /** @type {HTMLElement | SVGElement} */ (current_hydration_fragment[0]);
-		// ... and the child(ren) of the css props element is also surround by a ssr comment
-		component_anchor = /** @type {Comment} */ (tag.firstChild);
-	} else {
-		if (is_html) {
-			tag = document.createElement('div');
-			tag.style.display = 'contents';
-		} else {
-			tag = document.createElementNS(namespace_svg, 'g');
-		}
-		insert(tag, null, anchor);
-		component_anchor = empty();
-		tag.appendChild(component_anchor);
-	}
-	component(component_anchor);
-
-	/** @type {Record<string, string>} */
-	let current_props = {};
-	const effect = render_effect(() => {
-		const next_props = props();
-		for (const key in current_props) {
-			if (!(key in next_props)) {
-				tag.style.removeProperty(key);
-			}
-		}
-		for (const key in next_props) {
-			tag.style.setProperty(key, next_props[key]);
-		}
-		current_props = next_props;
-	});
-	push_destroy_fn(effect, () => {
-		remove(tag);
-	});
-}
-
 /**
  * @param {unknown} value
  * @returns {string}
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/internal/index.js b/packages/svelte/src/internal/index.js
index 88117a9877..9583a03506 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/internal/index.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/internal/index.js
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ export {
 } from './client/runtime.js';
 export * from './client/dev/ownership.js';
 export { await_block as await } from './client/dom/blocks/await.js';
+export { css_props } from './client/dom/blocks/css-props.js';
 export { if_block as if } from './client/dom/blocks/if.js';
 export { html } from './client/dom/blocks/html.js';
 export { key_block as key } from './client/dom/blocks/key.js';