diff --git a/packages/houdini-svelte/src/plugin/transforms/componentQuery.test.ts b/packages/houdini-svelte/src/plugin/transforms/componentQuery.test.ts
index ae087f754..68ef2f129 100644
--- a/packages/houdini-svelte/src/plugin/transforms/componentQuery.test.ts
+++ b/packages/houdini-svelte/src/plugin/transforms/componentQuery.test.ts
@@ -290,15 +290,13 @@ describe('Svelte 5 runes', function () {
 			let value = $derived(_houdini_TestQuery);
 
 			$effect(() => {
-			    if (isBrowser) {
-			        _houdini_TestQuery.fetch({
-			            variables: marshalInputs({
-			                config: getCurrentConfig(),
-			                artifact: _houdini_TestQuery.artifact,
-			                input: {}
-			            })
-			        });
-			    }
+			    _houdini_TestQuery.fetch({
+			        variables: marshalInputs({
+			            config: getCurrentConfig(),
+			            artifact: _houdini_TestQuery.artifact,
+			            input: {}
+			        })
+			    });
 			});
 		`)
 	})
@@ -351,23 +349,21 @@ describe('Svelte 5 runes', function () {
 			const result = $derived(_houdini_TestQuery);
 
 			$effect(() => {
-			    if (isBrowser) {
-			        _houdini_TestQuery.fetch({
-			            variables: marshalInputs({
-			                config: getCurrentConfig(),
-			                artifact: _houdini_TestQuery.artifact,
-
-			                input: _TestQueryVariables.call(new RequestContext(), {
-			                    props: {
-			                        prop1: prop1,
-			                        prop2: prop2,
-			                        prop3: prop3,
-			                        prop4: prop4
-			                    }
-			                })
+			    _houdini_TestQuery.fetch({
+			        variables: marshalInputs({
+			            config: getCurrentConfig(),
+			            artifact: _houdini_TestQuery.artifact,
+
+			            input: _TestQueryVariables.call(new RequestContext(), {
+			                props: {
+			                    prop1: prop1,
+			                    prop2: prop2,
+			                    prop3: prop3,
+			                    prop4: prop4
+			                }
 			            })
-			        });
-			    }
+			        })
+			    });
 			});
 		`)
 	})
diff --git a/packages/houdini-svelte/src/plugin/transforms/componentQuery.ts b/packages/houdini-svelte/src/plugin/transforms/componentQuery.ts
index e13514279..85d141c0b 100644
--- a/packages/houdini-svelte/src/plugin/transforms/componentQuery.ts
+++ b/packages/houdini-svelte/src/plugin/transforms/componentQuery.ts
@@ -224,10 +224,9 @@ export default async function QueryProcessor(config: Config, page: SvelteTransfo
 
 			/**
 			 * In Runes mode, we need to generate:
+			 * (the effect rune only runs in the browser, so we don't need to do an extra check)
 			 * $effect(() => {
-			 *   if (isBrowser) {
-			 *     _houdini_<queryName>.fetch({...})
-			 *   }
+			 *   _houdini_<queryName>.fetch({...})
 			 * })
 			 *
 			 * In legacy mode, we need to generate:
@@ -240,14 +239,7 @@ export default async function QueryProcessor(config: Config, page: SvelteTransfo
 						AST.callExpression(AST.identifier('$effect'), [
 							AST.arrowFunctionExpression(
 								[],
-								AST.blockStatement([
-									AST.ifStatement(
-										AST.identifier('isBrowser'),
-										AST.blockStatement([
-											AST.expressionStatement(queryLoadExpression),
-										])
-									),
-								])
+								AST.blockStatement([AST.expressionStatement(queryLoadExpression)])
 							),
 						])
 					),