diff --git a/frontend/vite.config.ts b/frontend/vite.config.ts
index 3f691f339..6ddbe6a99 100644
--- a/frontend/vite.config.ts
+++ b/frontend/vite.config.ts
@@ -94,11 +94,9 @@ export default defineConfig(({mode}) => {
 		css: {
 			preprocessorOptions: {
 				sass: {
-					api: 'modern-compiler',
 					quietDeps: true, // silence deprecation warnings
 				},
 				scss: {
-					api: 'modern-compiler',
 					additionalData: PREFIXED_SCSS_STYLES,
 					charset: false, // fixes  "@charset" must be the first rule in the file" warnings,
 					quietDeps: true, // silence deprecation warnings