diff --git a/packages/sveltekit/package.json b/packages/sveltekit/package.json
index 256fd02c206a..50a3deb7bbb2 100644
--- a/packages/sveltekit/package.json
+++ b/packages/sveltekit/package.json
@@ -47,18 +47,17 @@
     }
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@babel/parser": "7.26.9",
     "@sentry/cloudflare": "10.40.0",
     "@sentry/core": "10.40.0",
     "@sentry/node": "10.40.0",
     "@sentry/svelte": "10.40.0",
     "@sentry/vite-plugin": "^5.1.0",
+    "@sveltejs/acorn-typescript": "^1.0.9",
+    "acorn": "^8.14.0",
     "magic-string": "~0.30.0",
-    "recast": "0.23.11",
     "sorcery": "1.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@babel/types": "^7.26.3",
     "@sveltejs/kit": "^2.52.2",
     "@sveltejs/vite-plugin-svelte": "^3.0.0",
     "svelte": "^4.2.8",
diff --git a/packages/sveltekit/src/vite/autoInstrument.ts b/packages/sveltekit/src/vite/autoInstrument.ts
index 58862e452ddc..2a1301ce00d9 100644
--- a/packages/sveltekit/src/vite/autoInstrument.ts
+++ b/packages/sveltekit/src/vite/autoInstrument.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,11 @@
+import { tsPlugin } from '@sveltejs/acorn-typescript';
+import * as acorn from 'acorn';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import * as recast from 'recast';
 import type { Plugin } from 'vite';
 import { WRAPPED_MODULE_SUFFIX } from '../common/utils';
-import { parser } from './recastTypescriptParser';
-import t = recast.types.namedTypes;
+
+const AcornParser = acorn.Parser.extend(tsPlugin());
 
 export type AutoInstrumentSelection = {
   /**
@@ -123,23 +124,21 @@ export async function canWrapLoad(id: string, debug: boolean): Promise<boolean>
 
   const code = (await fs.promises.readFile(id, 'utf8')).toString();
 
-  const ast = recast.parse(code, {
-    parser,
-  });
-
-  const program = (ast as { program?: t.Program }).program;
-
-  if (!program) {
+  let program: acorn.Program;
+  try {
+    program = AcornParser.parse(code, {
+      sourceType: 'module',
+      ecmaVersion: 'latest',
+      locations: true,
+    });
+  } catch {
     // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
     debug && console.log(`Skipping wrapping ${id} because it doesn't contain valid JavaScript or TypeScript`);
     return false;
   }
 
   const hasLoadDeclaration = program.body
-    .filter(
-      (statement): statement is recast.types.namedTypes.ExportNamedDeclaration =>
-        statement.type === 'ExportNamedDeclaration',
-    )
+    .filter((statement): statement is acorn.ExportNamedDeclaration => statement.type === 'ExportNamedDeclaration')
     .find(exportDecl => {
       // find `export const load = ...`
       if (exportDecl.declaration?.type === 'VariableDeclaration') {
@@ -160,11 +159,8 @@ export async function canWrapLoad(id: string, debug: boolean): Promise<boolean>
         return exportDecl.specifiers.find(specifier => {
           return (
             (specifier.exported.type === 'Identifier' && specifier.exported.name === 'load') ||
-            // Type casting here because somehow the 'exportExtensions' plugin isn't reflected in the possible types
-            // This plugin adds support for exporting something as a string literal (see comment above)
-            // Doing this to avoid adding another babel plugin dependency
-            ((specifier.exported.type as 'StringLiteral' | '') === 'StringLiteral' &&
-              (specifier.exported as unknown as t.StringLiteral).value === 'load')
+            // ESTree/acorn represents `export { x as "load" }` with a Literal node (not Babel's StringLiteral)
+            (specifier.exported.type === 'Literal' && specifier.exported.value === 'load')
           );
         });
       }
diff --git a/packages/sveltekit/src/vite/recastTypescriptParser.ts b/packages/sveltekit/src/vite/recastTypescriptParser.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ca37439ddae9..000000000000
--- a/packages/sveltekit/src/vite/recastTypescriptParser.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,91 +0,0 @@
-// This babel parser config is taken from recast's typescript parser config, specifically from these two files:
-// see: https://github.com/benjamn/recast/blob/master/parsers/_babel_options.ts
-// see: https://github.com/benjamn/recast/blob/master/parsers/babel-ts.ts
-//
-// Changes:
-// - we don't add the 'jsx' plugin, to correctly parse TypeScript angle bracket type assertions
-//   (see https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/2/everyday-types.html#type-assertions)
-// - minor import and export changes
-// - merged the two files linked above into one for simplicity
-
-// Date of access: 2025-03-04
-// Commit: https://github.com/benjamn/recast/commit/ba5132174894b496285da9d001f1f2524ceaed3a
-
-// Recast license:
-
-// Copyright (c) 2012 Ben Newman <bn@cs.stanford.edu>
-
-// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
-// a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the
-// "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
-// without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
-// distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
-// permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
-// the following conditions:
-
-// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be
-// included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
-
-// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND,
-// EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
-// MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
-// IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
-// CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
-// TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
-// SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
-
-import type { ParserPlugin } from '@babel/parser';
-import { parse as babelParse } from '@babel/parser';
-import type { Options } from 'recast';
-
-export const parser: Options['parser'] = {
-  parse: (source: string) =>
-    babelParse(source, {
-      strictMode: false,
-      allowImportExportEverywhere: true,
-      allowReturnOutsideFunction: true,
-      startLine: 1,
-      tokens: true,
-      plugins: [
-        'typescript',
-        'asyncGenerators',
-        'bigInt',
-        'classPrivateMethods',
-        'classPrivateProperties',
-        'classProperties',
-        'classStaticBlock',
-        'decimal',
-        'decorators-legacy',
-        'doExpressions',
-        'dynamicImport',
-        'exportDefaultFrom',
-        'exportNamespaceFrom',
-        'functionBind',
-        'functionSent',
-        'importAssertions',
-        'exportExtensions' as ParserPlugin,
-        'importMeta',
-        'nullishCoalescingOperator',
-        'numericSeparator',
-        'objectRestSpread',
-        'optionalCatchBinding',
-        'optionalChaining',
-        [
-          'pipelineOperator',
-          {
-            proposal: 'minimal',
-          },
-        ],
-        [
-          'recordAndTuple',
-          {
-            syntaxType: 'hash',
-          },
-        ],
-        'throwExpressions',
-        'topLevelAwait',
-        'v8intrinsic',
-      ],
-      sourceType: 'module',
-    }),
-};
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index c4b44e29e3fa..e1e05dd6fd21 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1914,13 +1914,6 @@
     "@babel/template" "^7.28.6"
     "@babel/types" "^7.28.6"
 
-"@babel/parser@7.26.9":
-  version "7.26.9"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/parser/-/parser-7.26.9.tgz#d9e78bee6dc80f9efd8f2349dcfbbcdace280fd5"
-  integrity sha512-81NWa1njQblgZbQHxWHpxxCzNsa3ZwvFqpUg7P+NNUU6f3UU2jBEg4OlF/J6rl8+PQGh1q6/zWScd001YwcA5A==
-  dependencies:
-    "@babel/types" "^7.26.9"
-
 "@babel/parser@^7.1.0", "@babel/parser@^7.14.7", "@babel/parser@^7.16.4", "@babel/parser@^7.18.10", "@babel/parser@^7.20.7", "@babel/parser@^7.22.10", "@babel/parser@^7.22.16", "@babel/parser@^7.23.5", "@babel/parser@^7.23.6", "@babel/parser@^7.25.4", "@babel/parser@^7.26.7", "@babel/parser@^7.27.7", "@babel/parser@^7.28.0", "@babel/parser@^7.28.4", "@babel/parser@^7.28.5", "@babel/parser@^7.28.6", "@babel/parser@^7.29.0", "@babel/parser@^7.4.5", "@babel/parser@^7.7.0":
   version "7.29.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/parser/-/parser-7.29.0.tgz#669ef345add7d057e92b7ed15f0bac07611831b6"
@@ -2981,7 +2974,7 @@
     "@babel/types" "^7.29.0"
     debug "^4.3.1"
 
-"@babel/types@^7.0.0", "@babel/types@^7.18.10", "@babel/types@^7.18.6", "@babel/types@^7.20.7", "@babel/types@^7.22.10", "@babel/types@^7.22.15", "@babel/types@^7.22.17", "@babel/types@^7.22.19", "@babel/types@^7.23.6", "@babel/types@^7.24.7", "@babel/types@^7.25.4", "@babel/types@^7.26.3", "@babel/types@^7.26.8", "@babel/types@^7.26.9", "@babel/types@^7.27.1", "@babel/types@^7.27.3", "@babel/types@^7.27.7", "@babel/types@^7.28.2", "@babel/types@^7.28.5", "@babel/types@^7.28.6", "@babel/types@^7.29.0", "@babel/types@^7.3.0", "@babel/types@^7.4.4", "@babel/types@^7.7.0", "@babel/types@^7.7.2":
+"@babel/types@^7.0.0", "@babel/types@^7.18.10", "@babel/types@^7.18.6", "@babel/types@^7.20.7", "@babel/types@^7.22.10", "@babel/types@^7.22.15", "@babel/types@^7.22.17", "@babel/types@^7.22.19", "@babel/types@^7.23.6", "@babel/types@^7.24.7", "@babel/types@^7.25.4", "@babel/types@^7.26.8", "@babel/types@^7.27.1", "@babel/types@^7.27.3", "@babel/types@^7.27.7", "@babel/types@^7.28.2", "@babel/types@^7.28.5", "@babel/types@^7.28.6", "@babel/types@^7.29.0", "@babel/types@^7.3.0", "@babel/types@^7.4.4", "@babel/types@^7.7.0", "@babel/types@^7.7.2":
   version "7.29.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/types/-/types-7.29.0.tgz#9f5b1e838c446e72cf3cd4b918152b8c605e37c7"
   integrity sha512-LwdZHpScM4Qz8Xw2iKSzS+cfglZzJGvofQICy7W7v4caru4EaAmyUuO6BGrbyQ2mYV11W0U8j5mBhd14dd3B0A==
@@ -8497,10 +8490,10 @@
     "@supabase/realtime-js" "2.11.2"
     "@supabase/storage-js" "2.7.1"
 
-"@sveltejs/acorn-typescript@^1.0.5":
-  version "1.0.8"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@sveltejs/acorn-typescript/-/acorn-typescript-1.0.8.tgz#69c746a7c232094c117c50dedbd1279fc64887b7"
-  integrity sha512-esgN+54+q0NjB0Y/4BomT9samII7jGwNy/2a3wNZbT2A2RpmXsXwUt24LvLhx6jUq2gVk4cWEvcRO6MFQbOfNA==
+"@sveltejs/acorn-typescript@^1.0.5", "@sveltejs/acorn-typescript@^1.0.9":
+  version "1.0.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@sveltejs/acorn-typescript/-/acorn-typescript-1.0.9.tgz#ac0bde368d6623727b0e0bc568cf6b4e5d5c4baa"
+  integrity sha512-lVJX6qEgs/4DOcRTpo56tmKzVPtoWAaVbL4hfO7t7NVwl9AAXzQR6cihesW1BmNMPl+bK6dreu2sOKBP2Q9CIA==
 
 "@sveltejs/kit@^2.52.2":
   version "2.52.2"
@@ -25634,17 +25627,6 @@ real-require@^0.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/real-require/-/real-require-0.2.0.tgz#209632dea1810be2ae063a6ac084fee7e33fba78"
   integrity sha512-57frrGM/OCTLqLOAh0mhVA9VBMHd+9U7Zb2THMGdBUoZVOtGbJzjxsYGDJ3A9AYYCP4hn6y1TVbaOfzWtm5GFg==
 
-recast@0.23.11, recast@^0.23.4:
-  version "0.23.11"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/recast/-/recast-0.23.11.tgz#8885570bb28cf773ba1dc600da7f502f7883f73f"
-  integrity sha512-YTUo+Flmw4ZXiWfQKGcwwc11KnoRAYgzAE2E7mXKCjSviTKShtxBsN6YUUBB2gtaBzKzeKunxhUwNHQuRryhWA==
-  dependencies:
-    ast-types "^0.16.1"
-    esprima "~4.0.0"
-    source-map "~0.6.1"
-    tiny-invariant "^1.3.3"
-    tslib "^2.0.1"
-
 recast@^0.18.1:
   version "0.18.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/recast/-/recast-0.18.10.tgz#605ebbe621511eb89b6356a7e224bff66ed91478"
@@ -25665,6 +25647,17 @@ recast@^0.20.5:
     source-map "~0.6.1"
     tslib "^2.0.1"
 
+recast@^0.23.4:
+  version "0.23.11"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/recast/-/recast-0.23.11.tgz#8885570bb28cf773ba1dc600da7f502f7883f73f"
+  integrity sha512-YTUo+Flmw4ZXiWfQKGcwwc11KnoRAYgzAE2E7mXKCjSviTKShtxBsN6YUUBB2gtaBzKzeKunxhUwNHQuRryhWA==
+  dependencies:
+    ast-types "^0.16.1"
+    esprima "~4.0.0"
+    source-map "~0.6.1"
+    tiny-invariant "^1.3.3"
+    tslib "^2.0.1"
+
 rechoir@^0.6.2:
   version "0.6.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/rechoir/-/rechoir-0.6.2.tgz#85204b54dba82d5742e28c96756ef43af50e3384"