diff --git a/.changeset/sharp-socks-kick.md b/.changeset/sharp-socks-kick.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..41c71c50e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/sharp-socks-kick.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"@astrojs/mdx": patch
+---
+
+Removes unnecessary internal `recmaInjectImportMetaEnv` plugin
diff --git a/packages/integrations/mdx/src/index.ts b/packages/integrations/mdx/src/index.ts
index adbe49e488..964b66eaba 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/mdx/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/mdx/src/index.ts
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ export default function mdx(partialMdxOptions: Partial<MdxOptions> = {}): AstroI
 								configResolved(resolved) {
 									processor = createMdxProcessor(mdxOptions, {
 										sourcemap: !!resolved.build.sourcemap,
-										importMetaEnv: { SITE: config.site, ...resolved.env },
 									});
 
 									// HACK: move ourselves before Astro's JSX plugin to transform things in the right order
diff --git a/packages/integrations/mdx/src/plugins.ts b/packages/integrations/mdx/src/plugins.ts
index 5bc7ca982c..99d0c70b27 100644
--- a/packages/integrations/mdx/src/plugins.ts
+++ b/packages/integrations/mdx/src/plugins.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import remarkSmartypants from 'remark-smartypants';
 import { SourceMapGenerator } from 'source-map';
 import type { PluggableList } from 'unified';
 import type { MdxOptions } from './index.js';
-import { recmaInjectImportMetaEnv } from './recma-inject-import-meta-env.js';
 import { rehypeApplyFrontmatterExport } from './rehype-apply-frontmatter-export.js';
 import { rehypeInjectHeadingsExport } from './rehype-collect-headings.js';
 import rehypeMetaString from './rehype-meta-string.js';
@@ -23,14 +22,13 @@ const isPerformanceBenchmark = Boolean(process.env.ASTRO_PERFORMANCE_BENCHMARK);
 
 interface MdxProcessorExtraOptions {
 	sourcemap: boolean;
-	importMetaEnv: Record<string, any>;
 }
 
 export function createMdxProcessor(mdxOptions: MdxOptions, extraOptions: MdxProcessorExtraOptions) {
 	return createProcessor({
 		remarkPlugins: getRemarkPlugins(mdxOptions),
 		rehypePlugins: getRehypePlugins(mdxOptions),
-		recmaPlugins: getRecmaPlugins(mdxOptions, extraOptions.importMetaEnv),
+		recmaPlugins: mdxOptions.recmaPlugins,
 		remarkRehypeOptions: mdxOptions.remarkRehype,
 		jsx: true,
 		jsxImportSource: 'astro',
@@ -95,10 +93,3 @@ function getRehypePlugins(mdxOptions: MdxOptions): PluggableList {
 
 	return rehypePlugins;
 }
-
-function getRecmaPlugins(
-	mdxOptions: MdxOptions,
-	importMetaEnv: Record<string, any>
-): PluggableList {
-	return [...(mdxOptions.recmaPlugins ?? []), [recmaInjectImportMetaEnv, { importMetaEnv }]];
-}
diff --git a/packages/integrations/mdx/src/recma-inject-import-meta-env.ts b/packages/integrations/mdx/src/recma-inject-import-meta-env.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index df753ef4c1..0000000000
--- a/packages/integrations/mdx/src/recma-inject-import-meta-env.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-import type { Literal, MemberExpression } from 'estree';
-import { visit as estreeVisit } from 'estree-util-visit';
-
-export function recmaInjectImportMetaEnv({
-	importMetaEnv,
-}: {
-	importMetaEnv: Record<string, any>;
-}) {
-	return (tree: any) => {
-		estreeVisit(tree, (node) => {
-			if (node.type === 'MemberExpression') {
-				// attempt to get "import.meta.env" variable name
-				const envVarName = getImportMetaEnvVariableName(node);
-				if (typeof envVarName === 'string' && importMetaEnv[envVarName] != null) {
-					// clear object keys to replace with envVarLiteral
-					for (const key in node) {
-						delete (node as any)[key];
-					}
-					const envVarLiteral: Literal = {
-						type: 'Literal',
-						value: importMetaEnv[envVarName],
-						raw: JSON.stringify(importMetaEnv[envVarName]),
-					};
-					Object.assign(node, envVarLiteral);
-				}
-			}
-		});
-	};
-}
-
-/**
- * Check if estree entry is "import.meta.env.VARIABLE"
- * If it is, return the variable name (i.e. "VARIABLE")
- */
-function getImportMetaEnvVariableName(node: MemberExpression): string | Error {
-	try {
-		// check for ".[ANYTHING]"
-		if (node.object.type !== 'MemberExpression' || node.property.type !== 'Identifier')
-			return new Error();
-
-		const nestedExpression = node.object;
-		// check for ".env"
-		if (nestedExpression.property.type !== 'Identifier' || nestedExpression.property.name !== 'env')
-			return new Error();
-
-		const envExpression = nestedExpression.object;
-		// check for ".meta"
-		if (
-			envExpression.type !== 'MetaProperty' ||
-			envExpression.property.type !== 'Identifier' ||
-			envExpression.property.name !== 'meta'
-		)
-			return new Error();
-
-		// check for "import"
-		if (envExpression.meta.name !== 'import') return new Error();
-
-		return node.property.name;
-	} catch (e) {
-		if (e instanceof Error) {
-			return e;
-		}
-		return new Error('Unknown parsing error');
-	}
-}