diff --git a/packages/knip/src/plugins/vitest/index.ts b/packages/knip/src/plugins/vitest/index.ts
index e1cb86e60..a94bb044f 100644
--- a/packages/knip/src/plugins/vitest/index.ts
+++ b/packages/knip/src/plugins/vitest/index.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,13 @@ export const findVitestDependencies = async (
     resolveEntry(configFilePath, specifier)
   );
 
-  if (!localConfig.test) return dependencies;
+  {
+    // When coming from the vite plugin we should not assume vitest is enabled
+    // TODO Fix better
+    const deps = Object.keys(options.manifest.dependencies ?? {});
+    const devDeps = Object.keys(options.manifest.devDependencies ?? {});
+    if (!new Set([...deps, ...devDeps]).has('vitest')) return dependencies;
+  }
 
   return [...dependencies, ...findConfigDependencies(configFilePath, localConfig, options)];
 };