diff --git a/packages/template/base/tmpl/index.js b/packages/template/base/tmpl/index.js
index 8740fc55f5..121c5c9f80 100644
--- a/packages/template/base/tmpl/index.js
+++ b/packages/template/base/tmpl/index.js
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-const { app, BrowserWindow } = require('electron');
-const path = require('node:path');
+import { app, BrowserWindow } from 'electron';
+import path from 'node:path';
+import started from 'electron-squirrel-startup';
 
 // Handle creating/removing shortcuts on Windows when installing/uninstalling.
-if (require('electron-squirrel-startup')) {
+if (started) {
   app.quit();
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/template/vite-typescript/tmpl/main.ts b/packages/template/vite-typescript/tmpl/main.ts
index cbd9c22b0d..87d1373816 100644
--- a/packages/template/vite-typescript/tmpl/main.ts
+++ b/packages/template/vite-typescript/tmpl/main.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 import { app, BrowserWindow } from 'electron';
 import path from 'path';
+import started from 'electron-squirrel-startup';
 
 // Handle creating/removing shortcuts on Windows when installing/uninstalling.
-if (require('electron-squirrel-startup')) {
+if (started) {
   app.quit();
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/template/vite/src/ViteTemplate.ts b/packages/template/vite/src/ViteTemplate.ts
index ef14ad9544..45c64c586c 100644
--- a/packages/template/vite/src/ViteTemplate.ts
+++ b/packages/template/vite/src/ViteTemplate.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ class ViteTemplate extends BaseTemplate {
         title: 'Setting up Forge configuration',
         task: async () => {
           await this.copyTemplateFile(directory, 'forge.config.js');
-          await this.copyTemplateFile(directory, 'forge.env.d.ts');
         },
       },
       {
diff --git a/packages/template/vite/test/ViteTemplate_spec.ts b/packages/template/vite/test/ViteTemplate_spec.ts
index b772b962d4..4c82f58137 100644
--- a/packages/template/vite/test/ViteTemplate_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/template/vite/test/ViteTemplate_spec.ts
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ describe('ViteTemplate', () => {
   context('template files are copied to project', () => {
     const expectedFiles = [
       'package.json',
-      'forge.env.d.ts',
       'forge.config.js',
       'vite.main.config.mjs',
       'vite.preload.config.mjs',
diff --git a/packages/template/vite/tmpl/forge.env.d.ts b/packages/template/vite/tmpl/forge.env.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9700e0ae19..0000000000
--- a/packages/template/vite/tmpl/forge.env.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/// <reference types="@electron-forge/plugin-vite/forge-vite-env" />