diff --git a/packages/qwik-router/src/buildtime/vite/plugin.ts b/packages/qwik-router/src/buildtime/vite/plugin.ts
index 2adb4f399cf..b313b15a417 100644
--- a/packages/qwik-router/src/buildtime/vite/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik-router/src/buildtime/vite/plugin.ts
@@ -260,7 +260,8 @@ function qwikRouterPlugin(userOpts?: QwikRouterVitePluginOptions): any {
     },
 
     async transform(code, id) {
-      if (id.startsWith('\0')) {
+      const isVirtualId = id.startsWith('\0');
+      if (isVirtualId) {
         return;
       }
       const ext = extname(id).toLowerCase();
diff --git a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/plugin.ts b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/plugin.ts
index 0ef94577b74..a0fb8b18031 100644
--- a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/plugin.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ import type {
 } from '../types';
 import { convertManifestToBundleGraph } from './bundle-graph';
 import { createLinter, type QwikLinter } from './eslint-plugin';
-import { isWin, parseId } from './vite-utils';
+import { isVirtualId, isWin, parseId } from './vite-utils';
 
 const REG_CTX_NAME = ['server'];
 
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ export function createQwikPlugin(optimizerOptions: OptimizerOptions = {}) {
     importerId: string | undefined,
     resolveOpts?: Parameters<Extract<Plugin['resolveId'], Function>>[2]
   ) => {
-    if (id.startsWith('\0')) {
+    if (isVirtualId(id)) {
       return;
     }
 
@@ -638,7 +638,7 @@ export function createQwikPlugin(optimizerOptions: OptimizerOptions = {}) {
       // This doesn't get used, but we need to return something
       return '"opening in editor"';
     }
-    if (id.startsWith('\0') || id.startsWith('/@fs/')) {
+    if (isVirtualId(id) || id.startsWith('/@fs/')) {
       return;
     }
     const count = loadCount++;
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ export function createQwikPlugin(optimizerOptions: OptimizerOptions = {}) {
     id: string,
     transformOpts = {} as Parameters<Extract<Plugin['transform'], Function>>[2]
   ): Promise<Rollup.TransformResult> {
-    if (id.startsWith('\0')) {
+    if (isVirtualId(id)) {
       return;
     }
     const count = transformCount++;
diff --git a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/rollup.ts b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/rollup.ts
index 555c305b10b..c637a190711 100644
--- a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/rollup.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/rollup.ts
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ import {
   type QwikPluginOptions,
 } from './plugin';
 import { findDepPkgJsonPath } from './utils';
+import { isVirtualId } from './vite-utils';
 
 type QwikRollupPluginApi = {
   getOptimizer: () => Optimizer;
@@ -94,21 +95,21 @@ export function qwikRollup(qwikRollupOpts: QwikRollupPluginOptions = {}): any {
     },
 
     resolveId(id, importer) {
-      if (id.startsWith('\0')) {
+      if (isVirtualId(id)) {
         return null;
       }
       return qwikPlugin.resolveId(this, id, importer);
     },
 
     load(id) {
-      if (id.startsWith('\0')) {
+      if (isVirtualId(id)) {
         return null;
       }
       return qwikPlugin.load(this, id);
     },
 
     transform(code, id) {
-      if (id.startsWith('\0')) {
+      if (isVirtualId(id)) {
         return null;
       }
       return qwikPlugin.transform(this, code, id);
diff --git a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite-utils.ts b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite-utils.ts
index 6c1c8c3de58..a0d452cecee 100644
--- a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite-utils.ts
@@ -77,6 +77,8 @@ export const findLocation = (e: Error): Loc | undefined => {
   return undefined;
 };
 
+export const isVirtualId = (id: string) => id.startsWith('\0');
+
 const safeParseInt = (nu: string) => {
   try {
     return parseInt(nu, 10);
diff --git a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite.ts b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite.ts
index fc33d4ed2de..3869130cddc 100644
--- a/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik/src/optimizer/src/plugins/vite.ts
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import {
 } from './plugin';
 import { createRollupError, normalizeRollupOutputOptions } from './rollup';
 import { configurePreviewServer, getViteIndexTags } from './dev';
+import { isVirtualId } from './vite-utils';
 
 const DEDUPE = [
   QWIK_CORE_ID,
@@ -383,14 +384,16 @@ export function qwikVite(qwikViteOpts: QwikVitePluginOptions = {}): any {
     },
 
     resolveId(id, importer, resolveIdOpts) {
-      if (id.startsWith('\0') || !fileFilter(id, 'resolveId')) {
+      const shouldResolveFile = fileFilter(id, 'resolveId');
+      if (isVirtualId(id) || !shouldResolveFile) {
         return null;
       }
       return qwikPlugin.resolveId(this, id, importer, resolveIdOpts);
     },
 
     load(id, loadOpts) {
-      if (id.startsWith('\0') || !fileFilter(id, 'load')) {
+      const shouldLoadFile = fileFilter(id, 'load');
+      if (isVirtualId(id) || !shouldLoadFile) {
         return null;
       }
 
@@ -405,7 +408,9 @@ export function qwikVite(qwikViteOpts: QwikVitePluginOptions = {}): any {
     },
 
     transform(code, id, transformOpts) {
-      if (id.startsWith('\0') || !fileFilter(id, 'transform') || id.includes('?raw')) {
+      const shouldTransformFile = fileFilter(id, 'transform');
+      const isStringImportId = id.includes('?raw');
+      if (isVirtualId(id) || !shouldTransformFile || isStringImportId) {
         return null;
       }
       if (
@@ -801,7 +806,7 @@ interface QwikVitePluginCommonOptions {
    * Predicate function to filter out files from the optimizer. hook for resolveId, load, and
    * transform
    */
-  fileFilter?: (id: string, hook: string) => boolean;
+  fileFilter?: (id: string, hook: keyof VitePlugin) => boolean;
   /**
    * Run eslint on the source files for the ssr build or dev server. This can slow down startup on
    * large projects. Defaults to `true`