diff --git a/.changeset/blue-foxes-clean.md b/.changeset/blue-foxes-clean.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..98abf5264cbd7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/blue-foxes-clean.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': patch
+---
+
+perf: shorten asset file names
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js b/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js
index e6521e9795607..39a613f25ccc6 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/exports/vite/index.js
@@ -641,7 +641,7 @@ async function kit({ svelte_config }) {
 								format: 'esm',
 								entryFileNames: ssr ? '[name].js' : `${prefix}/[name].[hash].${ext}`,
 								chunkFileNames: ssr ? 'chunks/[name].js' : `${prefix}/chunks/[name].[hash].${ext}`,
-								assetFileNames: `${prefix}/assets/[name].[hash][extname]`,
+								assetFileNames: `${prefix}/assets/[hash][extname]`,
 								hoistTransitiveImports: false,
 								sourcemapIgnoreList
 							},
@@ -656,7 +656,7 @@ async function kit({ svelte_config }) {
 							output: {
 								entryFileNames: `${prefix}/workers/[name]-[hash].js`,
 								chunkFileNames: `${prefix}/workers/chunks/[name]-[hash].js`,
-								assetFileNames: `${prefix}/workers/assets/[name]-[hash][extname]`,
+								assetFileNames: `${prefix}/workers/assets/[hash][extname]`,
 								hoistTransitiveImports: false
 							}
 						}
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/test/test.js b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/test/test.js
index fb21412290d63..5b568eeb53f9b 100644
--- a/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/test/test.js
+++ b/packages/kit/test/apps/basics/test/test.js
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ test.describe('Imports', () => {
 			]);
 		} else {
 			expect(sources[0].startsWith('data:image/png;base64,')).toBeTruthy();
-			expect(sources[1]).toMatch(/\/_app\/immutable\/assets\/large\.[\w-]+\.jpg/);
+			expect(sources[1]).toMatch(/\/_app\/immutable\/assets\/[\w-]+\.jpg/);
 		}
 	});
 });