diff --git a/.changeset/serious-bulldogs-beam.md b/.changeset/serious-bulldogs-beam.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e41920379db8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/serious-bulldogs-beam.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': patch
+---
+
+fix: avoid creating update check timer on the server
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/singletons.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/singletons.js
index 6316373753dd..f92efb259a3b 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/singletons.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/singletons.js
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ export function client_method(key) {
 }
 
 export const stores = {
-	url: notifiable_store({}),
-	page: notifiable_store({}),
-	navigating: writable(/** @type {import('types').Navigation | null} */ (null)),
-	updated: create_updated_store()
+	url: /* @__PURE__ */ notifiable_store({}),
+	page: /* @__PURE__ */ notifiable_store({}),
+	navigating: /* @__PURE__ */ writable(/** @type {import('types').Navigation | null} */ (null)),
+	updated: /* @__PURE__ */ create_updated_store()
 };
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/utils.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/utils.js
index 7818d6ac91ed..1ac2aeff9a6c 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/utils.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/utils.js
@@ -219,6 +219,13 @@ export function notifiable_store(value) {
 export function create_updated_store() {
 	const { set, subscribe } = writable(false);
 
+	if (DEV || !BROWSER) {
+		return {
+			subscribe,
+			check: async () => false
+		};
+	}
+
 	const interval = __SVELTEKIT_APP_VERSION_POLL_INTERVAL__;
 
 	/** @type {NodeJS.Timeout} */
@@ -226,8 +233,6 @@ export function create_updated_store() {
 
 	/** @type {() => Promise<boolean>} */
 	async function check() {
-		if (DEV || !BROWSER) return false;
-
 		clearTimeout(timeout);
 
 		if (interval) timeout = setTimeout(check, interval);