diff --git a/docs/guide/api-javascript.md b/docs/guide/api-javascript.md
index f67f0592255865..ffd26667d2f85f 100644
--- a/docs/guide/api-javascript.md
+++ b/docs/guide/api-javascript.md
@@ -104,10 +104,6 @@ interface ViteDevServer {
     url: string,
     options?: { isolated?: boolean }
   ): Promise<Record<string, any>>
-  /**
-   * Fix ssr error stacktrace.
-   */
-  ssrFixStacktrace(e: Error): void
   /**
    * Start the server.
    */
diff --git a/docs/guide/ssr.md b/docs/guide/ssr.md
index cecf86ce19bb06..85c3566069b163 100644
--- a/docs/guide/ssr.md
+++ b/docs/guide/ssr.md
@@ -123,9 +123,6 @@ app.use('*', async (req, res) => {
     // 6. Send the rendered HTML back.
     res.status(200).set({ 'Content-Type': 'text/html' }).end(html)
   } catch (e) {
-    // If an error is caught, let vite fix the stracktrace so it maps back to
-    // your actual source code.
-    vite.ssrFixStacktrace(e)
     console.error(e)
     res.status(500).end(e.message)
   }
diff --git a/packages/playground/ssr-react/server.js b/packages/playground/ssr-react/server.js
index 7c0c1a81152445..aa6d314270286c 100644
--- a/packages/playground/ssr-react/server.js
+++ b/packages/playground/ssr-react/server.js
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ async function createServer(
 
       res.status(200).set({ 'Content-Type': 'text/html' }).end(html)
     } catch (e) {
-      !isProd && vite.ssrFixStacktrace(e)
       console.log(e.stack)
       res.status(500).end(e.stack)
     }
diff --git a/packages/playground/ssr-vue/server.js b/packages/playground/ssr-vue/server.js
index 4ccbc21a4816ab..f1c11c302b4f38 100644
--- a/packages/playground/ssr-vue/server.js
+++ b/packages/playground/ssr-vue/server.js
@@ -74,7 +74,6 @@ async function createServer(
 
       res.status(200).set({ 'Content-Type': 'text/html' }).end(html)
     } catch (e) {
-      vite && vite.ssrFixStacktrace(e)
       console.log(e.stack)
       res.status(500).end(e.stack)
     }
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
index 866861772a9961..d0266bf8f1cfb0 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/server/index.ts
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ export interface ViteDevServer {
   ssrLoadModule(url: string): Promise<Record<string, any>>
   /**
    * Fix ssr error stacktrace
+   * @deprecated we now rely on source-map support for ssr.
    */
   ssrFixStacktrace(e: Error): void
   /**