diff --git a/src/node/config.ts b/src/node/config.ts
index 1a6fe9e1..b2425c3e 100644
--- a/src/node/config.ts
+++ b/src/node/config.ts
@@ -97,7 +97,6 @@ export async function resolveConfig(
   const config: SiteConfig = {
     root,
     srcDir,
-    srcExclude: userConfig.srcExclude || [],
     assetsDir,
     site,
     themeDir,
diff --git a/src/node/contentLoader.ts b/src/node/contentLoader.ts
index 69802c22..228d83a5 100644
--- a/src/node/contentLoader.ts
+++ b/src/node/contentLoader.ts
@@ -106,8 +106,7 @@ export function createContentLoader<T = ContentData[]>(
         // the loader is being called directly, do a fresh glob
         files = (
           await glob(pattern, {
-            cwd: config.srcDir,
-            ignore: ['**/node_modules/**', '**/dist/**', ...config.srcExclude]
+            ignore: ['**/node_modules/**', '**/dist/**']
           })
         ).sort()
       }
diff --git a/src/node/plugin.ts b/src/node/plugin.ts
index 6566c781..70eb9aea 100644
--- a/src/node/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/node/plugin.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,12 @@ import { webFontsPlugin } from './plugins/webFontsPlugin'
 import { slash, type PageDataPayload } from './shared'
 import { deserializeFunctions, serializeFunctions } from './utils/fnSerialize'
 
+declare module 'vite' {
+  interface UserConfig {
+    vitepress?: SiteConfig
+  }
+}
+
 const themeRE = /\/\.vitepress\/theme\/index\.(m|c)?(j|t)s$/
 const hashRE = /\.(\w+)\.js$/
 const staticInjectMarkerRE =
diff --git a/src/node/shims.d.ts b/src/node/shims.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 645841c6..00000000
--- a/src/node/shims.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import 'vite'
-
-declare module 'vite' {
-  interface UserConfig {
-    vitepress?: import('./config').SiteConfig
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/node/siteConfig.ts b/src/node/siteConfig.ts
index 39aa1a01..d5ec6b83 100644
--- a/src/node/siteConfig.ts
+++ b/src/node/siteConfig.ts
@@ -216,7 +216,6 @@ export interface SiteConfig<ThemeConfig = any>
   > {
   root: string
   srcDir: string
-  srcExclude: string[]
   site: SiteData<ThemeConfig>
   configPath: string | undefined
   configDeps: string[]