diff --git a/.changeset/thick-ravens-chew.md b/.changeset/thick-ravens-chew.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3e7710d428
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/thick-ravens-chew.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"astro": patch
+---
+
+Replace `send` dependency with `sirv`
diff --git a/comp.txt b/comp.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2..0000000000
diff --git a/packages/astro/package.json b/packages/astro/package.json
index 2b4a216bc8..760719d8fb 100644
--- a/packages/astro/package.json
+++ b/packages/astro/package.json
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
     "resolve": "^1.20.0",
     "rollup": "^2.64.0",
     "semver": "^7.3.5",
-    "send": "^0.17.1",
+    "sirv": "^2.0.2",
     "serialize-javascript": "^6.0.0",
     "shiki": "^0.10.0",
     "shorthash": "^0.0.2",
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@
     "@types/parse5": "^6.0.3",
     "@types/resolve": "^1.20.1",
     "@types/rimraf": "^3.0.2",
-    "@types/send": "^0.17.1",
     "@types/yargs-parser": "^20.2.1",
     "astro-scripts": "workspace:*",
     "chai": "^4.3.4",
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/preview/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/preview/index.ts
index d53fe837a6..5178b5d680 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/preview/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/preview/index.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,14 @@
 import type { AstroConfig } from '../../@types/astro';
 import type { LogOptions } from '../logger';
-import type { Stats } from 'fs';
 import type { AddressInfo } from 'net';
 
 import http from 'http';
+import sirv from 'sirv';
 import { performance } from 'perf_hooks';
-import send from 'send';
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'url';
-import fs from 'fs';
 import * as msg from '../messages.js';
 import { error, info } from '../logger.js';
-import { subpathNotUsedTemplate, notFoundTemplate, default as template } from '../../template/4xx.js';
-import { appendForwardSlash, trimSlashes } from '../path.js';
+import { subpathNotUsedTemplate, notFoundTemplate } from '../../template/4xx.js';
 import { getLocalAddress } from '../dev/util.js';
 
 interface PreviewOptions {
@@ -28,22 +25,8 @@ export interface PreviewServer {
 /** The primary dev action */
 export default async function preview(config: AstroConfig, { logging }: PreviewOptions): Promise<PreviewServer> {
 	const startServerTime = performance.now();
-	const pageUrlFormat = config.buildOptions.pageUrlFormat;
-	const trailingSlash = config.devOptions.trailingSlash;
-	const forceTrailingSlash = trailingSlash === 'always';
-	const blockTrailingSlash = trailingSlash === 'never';
-
-	/** Default file served from a directory. */
-	const defaultFile = 'index.html';
-
 	const defaultOrigin = 'http://localhost';
-
-	const sendOptions = {
-		extensions: pageUrlFormat === 'file' ? ['html'] : false,
-		index: false,
-		root: fileURLToPath(config.dist),
-	};
-
+	const trailingSlash = config.devOptions.trailingSlash
 	/** Base request URL. */
 	let baseURL = new URL(config.buildOptions.site || '/', defaultOrigin);
 
@@ -64,55 +47,28 @@ export default async function preview(config: AstroConfig, { logging }: PreviewO
 		const isRoot = pathname === '/';
 		const hasTrailingSlash = isRoot || pathname.endsWith('/');
 
-		let tryTrailingSlash = true;
-		let tryHtmlExtension = true;
-
-		let url: URL;
-
-		const onErr = (message: string) => {
+		function err(message: string) {
 			res.statusCode = 404;
 			res.end(notFoundTemplate(pathname, message));
 		};
 
-		const onStat = (err: NodeJS.ErrnoException | null, stat: Stats) => {
-			switch (true) {
-				// retry nonexistent paths without an html extension
-				case err && tryHtmlExtension && hasTrailingSlash && !blockTrailingSlash:
-				case err && tryHtmlExtension && !hasTrailingSlash && !forceTrailingSlash && !pathname.endsWith('.html'):
-					tryHtmlExtension = false;
-					return fs.stat((url = new URL(url.pathname + '.html', url)), onStat);
-
-				// 404 on nonexistent paths (that are yet handled)
-				case err !== null:
-					return onErr('Path not found');
-
-				// 404 on directories when a trailing slash is present but blocked
-				case stat.isDirectory() && hasTrailingSlash && blockTrailingSlash && !isRoot:
-					return onErr('Prohibited trailing slash');
-
-				// 404 on directories when a trailing slash is missing but forced
-				case stat.isDirectory() && !hasTrailingSlash && forceTrailingSlash && !isRoot:
-					return onErr('Required trailing slash');
-
-				// retry on directories when a default file is missing but allowed (that are yet handled)
-				case stat.isDirectory() && tryTrailingSlash:
-					tryTrailingSlash = false;
-					return fs.stat((url = new URL(url.pathname + (url.pathname.endsWith('/') ? defaultFile : '/' + defaultFile), url)), onStat);
-
-				// 404 on existent directories (that are yet handled)
-				case stat.isDirectory():
-					return onErr('Path not found');
-
-				// handle existent paths
-				default:
-					send(req, fileURLToPath(url), {
-						extensions: false,
-						index: false,
-					}).pipe(res);
-			}
-		};
-
-		fs.stat((url = new URL(trimSlashes(pathname), config.dist)), onStat);
+		switch(true) {
+			case hasTrailingSlash && trailingSlash == 'never' && !isRoot:
+				err('Prohibited trailing slash');
+				break;
+			case !hasTrailingSlash && trailingSlash == 'always' && !isRoot:
+				err('Required trailing slash');
+				break;
+			default: {
+				// HACK: rewrite req.url so that sirv finds the file
+				req.url = '/' + req.url?.replace(baseURL.pathname,'')
+				sirv(fileURLToPath(config.dist), {
+					maxAge: 0,
+					onNoMatch: () => {
+						err('Path not found')
+					}
+				})(req,res)
+		}}
 	});
 
 	let { hostname, port } = config.devOptions;