diff --git a/.eslintrc.cjs b/.eslintrc.cjs
index 555654b9690922..70fbf8dfca8bf7 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.cjs
+++ b/.eslintrc.cjs
@@ -150,6 +150,13 @@ module.exports = defineConfig({
         'no-console': ['error'],
       },
     },
+    {
+      files: ['packages/vite/src/client/**'],
+      excludedFiles: '**/__tests__/**',
+      rules: {
+        'n/no-unsupported-features/node-builtins': 'off',
+      },
+    },
     {
       files: [
         'packages/vite/src/types/**',
@@ -219,6 +226,9 @@ module.exports = defineConfig({
           'error',
           {
             version: pkg.engines.node,
+            // ideally we would like to allow all experimental features
+            // https://github.com/eslint-community/eslint-plugin-n/issues/199
+            ignores: ['fetch'],
           },
         ],
       },
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/wasm.ts b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/wasm.ts
index f5adab8e1b43d5..407ea5f0009a9e 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/wasm.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/node/plugins/wasm.ts
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ const wasmHelper = async (opts = {}, url: string) => {
     // correct MIME type for .wasm files, which unfortunately doesn't work for
     // a lot of static file servers, so we just work around it by getting the
     // raw buffer.
+    // eslint-disable-next-line n/no-unsupported-features/node-builtins -- this function runs in browsers
     const response = await fetch(url)
     const contentType = response.headers.get('Content-Type') || ''
     if (