diff --git a/.changeset/moody-balloons-smile.md b/.changeset/moody-balloons-smile.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d06f4fd1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/moody-balloons-smile.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@vanilla-extract/integration': patch
+---
+
+turn off file watchers
diff --git a/packages/integration/src/compiler.ts b/packages/integration/src/compiler.ts
index 175c9901d..677a47c7a 100644
--- a/packages/integration/src/compiler.ts
+++ b/packages/integration/src/compiler.ts
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ const createViteServer = async ({
     root,
     server: {
       hmr: false,
+      watch: null,
     },
     logLevel: 'silent',
     optimizeDeps: {