diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/link.tsx b/packages/react-router/src/link.tsx
index 0ce9b25c94..fc33e6b594 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/link.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/link.tsx
@@ -166,9 +166,6 @@ export function useLinkProps<
   const router = useRouter()
   const innerRef = useForwardedRef(forwardedRef)
 
-  // Determine if we're on the server - used for tree-shaking client-only code
-  const _isServer = isServer ?? router.isServer
-
   const {
     // custom props
     activeProps,
@@ -220,7 +217,9 @@ export function useLinkProps<
   //
   // Note: `location.hash` is not available on the server.
   // ==========================================================================
-  if (_isServer) {
+  // The expression must stay inlined in the `if` so bundlers fold the
+  // browser-build constant `isServer = false` and drop this server block.
+  if (isServer ?? router.isServer) {
     const safeInternal = isSafeInternal(to)
 
     // If `to` is obviously an absolute URL, treat as external and avoid
diff --git a/packages/react-router/src/useRouterState.tsx b/packages/react-router/src/useRouterState.tsx
index 1e281645af..f3fbb2ad6e 100644
--- a/packages/react-router/src/useRouterState.tsx
+++ b/packages/react-router/src/useRouterState.tsx
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ export function useRouterState<
 
   // During SSR we render exactly once and do not need reactivity.
   // Avoid subscribing to the store (and any structural sharing work) on the server.
-  const _isServer = isServer ?? router.isServer
-  if (_isServer) {
+  // The expression must stay inlined in the `if` so bundlers fold the
+  // browser-build constant `isServer = false` and drop this server block.
+  if (isServer ?? router.isServer) {
     const state = router.stores.__store.get() as RouterState<
       TRouter['routeTree']
     >
diff --git a/packages/solid-router/src/useRouterState.tsx b/packages/solid-router/src/useRouterState.tsx
index bf68d81ed4..382e35d2d2 100644
--- a/packages/solid-router/src/useRouterState.tsx
+++ b/packages/solid-router/src/useRouterState.tsx
@@ -33,8 +33,9 @@ export function useRouterState<
   // During SSR we render exactly once and do not need reactivity.
   // Avoid subscribing to the store on the server since the server store
   // implementation does not provide subscribe() semantics.
-  const _isServer = isServer ?? router.isServer
-  if (_isServer) {
+  // The expression must stay inlined in the `if` so bundlers fold the
+  // browser-build constant `isServer = false` and drop this server block.
+  if (isServer ?? router.isServer) {
     const state = router.stores.__store.get() as RouterState<
       TRouter['routeTree']
     >
diff --git a/packages/vue-router/src/useRouterState.tsx b/packages/vue-router/src/useRouterState.tsx
index 13b6f85236..7d3d536f57 100644
--- a/packages/vue-router/src/useRouterState.tsx
+++ b/packages/vue-router/src/useRouterState.tsx
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ export function useRouterState<
   // During SSR we render exactly once and do not need reactivity.
   // Avoid subscribing to the store on the server since the server store
   // implementation does not provide subscribe() semantics.
-  const _isServer = isServer ?? router.isServer
-
-  if (_isServer) {
+  // The expression must stay inlined in the `if` so bundlers fold the
+  // browser-build constant `isServer = false` and drop this server block.
+  if (isServer ?? router.isServer) {
     const state = router.stores.__store.get() as RouterState<
       TRouter['routeTree']
     >