tanstack start app is 82 kb smaller when using vite 7

### Describe the bug

vite 8: 341.4 kb
vite 7: 258.9 kb

### Reproduction

https://github.com/huseeiin/tanstack-vite8

### Steps to reproduce

`vite build` then go to `dist/client` ignore css and wasm
vite 8: 341.4 kb
vite 7: 258.9 kb

### System Info

```shell
System:
    OS: Linux 6.12 Debian GNU/Linux 13 (trixie) 13 (trixie)
    CPU: (4) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-5200U CPU @ 2.20GHz
    Memory: 1.36 GB / 7.66 GB
    Container: Yes
    Shell: 5.2.37 - /bin/bash
  Binaries:
    Node: 24.14.0 - /home/hussein/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.0/bin/node
    npm: 11.9.0 - /home/hussein/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.0/bin/npm
    pnpm: 10.32.1 - /home/hussein/.nvm/versions/node/v24.14.0/bin/pnpm
    bun: 1.3.10 - /home/hussein/.bun/bin/bun
    Deno: 2.7.4 - /home/hussein/.deno/bin/deno
  Browsers:
    Firefox: 148.0.2
    Firefox Developer Edition: 148.0.2
  npmPackages:
    vite: ^7.3.1 => 7.3.1
```

### Used Package Manager

pnpm

### Logs

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### Validations

- [x] Follow our [Code of Conduct](https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/main/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md)
- [x] Read the [Contributing Guidelines](https://github.com/vitejs/vite/blob/main/CONTRIBUTING.md).
- [x] Read the [docs](https://vite.dev/guide).
- [x] Check that there isn't [already an issue](https://github.com/vitejs/vite/issues) that reports the same bug to avoid creating a duplicate.
- [x] Make sure this is a Vite issue and not a framework-specific issue. For example, if it's a Vue SFC related bug, it should likely be reported to [vuejs/core](https://github.com/vuejs/core) instead.
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- [x] The provided reproduction is a [minimal reproducible example](https://stackoverflow.com/help/minimal-reproducible-example) of the bug.

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