diff --git a/playground/nested-deps/test-package-b/node_modules/test-package-a/index.js b/playground/nested-deps/test-package-b/node_modules/test-package-a/index.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b21e17752a5a6..00000000000000
--- a/playground/nested-deps/test-package-b/node_modules/test-package-a/index.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export default 'A@1.0.0'
diff --git a/playground/nested-deps/test-package-b/node_modules/test-package-a/package.json b/playground/nested-deps/test-package-b/node_modules/test-package-a/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ce18862474971d..00000000000000
--- a/playground/nested-deps/test-package-b/node_modules/test-package-a/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "test-package-a",
-  "version": "1.0.0",
-  "main": "index.js"
-}
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index db16dcc3e5a8fb..1d459cc2893bd6 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -365,14 +365,6 @@ importers:
   playground/assets-sanitize:
     specifiers: {}
 
-  playground/async-chunk-css-order:
-    specifiers:
-      react: ^18.2.0
-      react-dom: ^18.2.0
-    dependencies:
-      react: 18.2.0
-      react-dom: 18.2.0_react@18.2.0
-
   playground/backend-integration:
     specifiers:
       fast-glob: ^3.2.11