diff --git a/playground/hasWindowsUnicodeFsBug.js b/playground/hasWindowsUnicodeFsBug.js
deleted file mode 100644
index c46dd2a55..000000000
--- a/playground/hasWindowsUnicodeFsBug.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import os from 'node:os'
-
-const isWindows = os.platform() === 'win32'
-const nodeVersionArray = process.versions.node.split('.')
-// ignore some files due to https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/48673
-// node <=21.0.0 and ^20.4.0 has the bug
-export const hasWindowsUnicodeFsBug =
-  isWindows &&
-  (+nodeVersionArray[0] > 20 ||
-    (+nodeVersionArray[0] === 20 && +nodeVersionArray[1] >= 4))
diff --git a/playground/hmr-ssr/__tests__/hmr-ssr.spec.ts b/playground/hmr-ssr/__tests__/hmr-ssr.spec.ts
index f28b620f5..6a2b3763b 100644
--- a/playground/hmr-ssr/__tests__/hmr-ssr.spec.ts
+++ b/playground/hmr-ssr/__tests__/hmr-ssr.spec.ts
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ describe('hmr works correctly', () => {
   })
 
   // TODO
-  // test.skipIf(hasWindowsUnicodeFsBug)('full-reload encodeURI path', async () => {
+  // test('full-reload encodeURI path', async () => {
   //   await page.goto(
   //     viteTestUrl + '/unicode-path/中文-にほんご-한글-🌕🌖🌗/index.html',
   //   )
diff --git a/playground/hmr/__tests__/hmr.spec.ts b/playground/hmr/__tests__/hmr.spec.ts
index 27590bd60..eb7b66d3c 100644
--- a/playground/hmr/__tests__/hmr.spec.ts
+++ b/playground/hmr/__tests__/hmr.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { beforeAll, describe, expect, it, test } from 'vitest'
 import type { Page } from 'playwright-chromium'
-import { hasWindowsUnicodeFsBug } from '../../hasWindowsUnicodeFsBug'
 import {
   addFile,
   browser,
@@ -253,24 +252,21 @@ if (!isBuild) {
     await untilUpdated(() => el.textContent(), '3')
   })
 
-  test.skipIf(hasWindowsUnicodeFsBug)(
-    'full-reload encodeURI path',
-    async () => {
-      await page.goto(
-        viteTestUrl + '/unicode-path/中文-にほんご-한글-🌕🌖🌗/index.html',
-      )
-      const el = await page.$('#app')
-      expect(await el.textContent()).toBe('title')
-      editFile('unicode-path/中文-にほんご-한글-🌕🌖🌗/index.html', (code) =>
-        code.replace('title', 'title2'),
-      )
-      await page.waitForEvent('load')
-      await untilUpdated(
-        async () => (await page.$('#app')).textContent(),
-        'title2',
-      )
-    },
-  )
+  test('full-reload encodeURI path', async () => {
+    await page.goto(
+      viteTestUrl + '/unicode-path/中文-にほんご-한글-🌕🌖🌗/index.html',
+    )
+    const el = await page.$('#app')
+    expect(await el.textContent()).toBe('title')
+    editFile('unicode-path/中文-にほんご-한글-🌕🌖🌗/index.html', (code) =>
+      code.replace('title', 'title2'),
+    )
+    await page.waitForEvent('load')
+    await untilUpdated(
+      async () => (await page.$('#app')).textContent(),
+      'title2',
+    )
+  })
 
   test('CSS update preserves query params', async () => {
     await page.goto(viteTestUrl)
diff --git a/playground/html/__tests__/html.spec.ts b/playground/html/__tests__/html.spec.ts
index 687629d91..85ceea961 100644
--- a/playground/html/__tests__/html.spec.ts
+++ b/playground/html/__tests__/html.spec.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { beforeAll, describe, expect, test } from 'vitest'
-import { hasWindowsUnicodeFsBug } from '../../hasWindowsUnicodeFsBug'
 import {
   browserLogs,
   editFile,
@@ -220,7 +219,7 @@ describe('noBody', () => {
   })
 })
 
-describe.skipIf(hasWindowsUnicodeFsBug)('Unicode path', () => {
+describe('Unicode path', () => {
   test('direct access', async () => {
     await page.goto(
       viteTestUrl + '/unicode-path/中文-にほんご-한글-🌕🌖🌗/index.html',
diff --git a/playground/html/vite.config.js b/playground/html/vite.config.js
index 4452200a0..f8c14eef4 100644
--- a/playground/html/vite.config.js
+++ b/playground/html/vite.config.js
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { relative, resolve } from 'node:path'
 import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
-import { hasWindowsUnicodeFsBug } from '../hasWindowsUnicodeFsBug'
 
 export default defineConfig({
   base: './',
@@ -21,14 +20,10 @@ export default defineConfig({
         inline1: resolve(__dirname, 'inline/shared-1.html'),
         inline2: resolve(__dirname, 'inline/shared-2.html'),
         inline3: resolve(__dirname, 'inline/unique.html'),
-        ...(hasWindowsUnicodeFsBug
-          ? {}
-          : {
-              unicodePath: resolve(
-                __dirname,
-                'unicode-path/中文-にほんご-한글-🌕🌖🌗/index.html',
-              ),
-            }),
+        unicodePath: resolve(
+          __dirname,
+          'unicode-path/中文-にほんご-한글-🌕🌖🌗/index.html',
+        ),
         linkProps: resolve(__dirname, 'link-props/index.html'),
         valid: resolve(__dirname, 'valid.html'),
         importmapOrder: resolve(__dirname, 'importmapOrder.html'),
diff --git a/playground/vitestGlobalSetup.ts b/playground/vitestGlobalSetup.ts
index 7f85d9d12..3a8288ab3 100644
--- a/playground/vitestGlobalSetup.ts
+++ b/playground/vitestGlobalSetup.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import fs from 'fs-extra'
 import type { GlobalSetupContext } from 'vitest/node'
 import type { BrowserServer } from 'playwright-chromium'
 import { chromium } from 'playwright-chromium'
-import { hasWindowsUnicodeFsBug } from './hasWindowsUnicodeFsBug'
 
 let browserServer: BrowserServer | undefined
 
@@ -28,9 +27,6 @@ export async function setup({ provide }: GlobalSetupContext): Promise<void> {
     .copy(path.resolve(__dirname, '../playground'), tempDir, {
       dereference: false,
       filter(file) {
-        if (file.includes('中文-にほんご-한글-🌕🌖🌗')) {
-          return !hasWindowsUnicodeFsBug
-        }
         file = file.replace(/\\/g, '/')
         return !file.includes('__tests__') && !/dist(?:\/|$)/.test(file)
       },