diff --git a/.changeset/small-dots-poke.md b/.changeset/small-dots-poke.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b77247857c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/small-dots-poke.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+"@latticexyz/common": patch
+"@latticexyz/config": patch
+---
+
+Removed chalk usage from modules imported in client fix downstream client builds (vite in particular).
diff --git a/packages/common/package.json b/packages/common/package.json
index 39afa50904..97419abb1f 100644
--- a/packages/common/package.json
+++ b/packages/common/package.json
@@ -55,7 +55,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@latticexyz/schema-type": "workspace:*",
     "@solidity-parser/parser": "^0.16.0",
-    "chalk": "^5.2.0",
     "debug": "^4.3.4",
     "execa": "^7.0.0",
     "p-queue": "^7.4.1",
diff --git a/packages/common/src/codegen/utils/format.ts b/packages/common/src/codegen/utils/format.ts
index d987ebb71a..5e38d38eee 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/codegen/utils/format.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/codegen/utils/format.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import chalk from "chalk";
 import prettier from "prettier";
 import prettierPluginSolidity from "prettier-plugin-solidity";
 
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@ export async function formatSolidity(content: string, prettierConfigPath?: strin
     } else {
       message = error;
     }
-    console.log(chalk.yellow(`Error during output formatting: ${message}`));
+    console.log(`Error during output formatting: ${message}`);
     return content;
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/common/src/foundry/index.ts b/packages/common/src/foundry/index.ts
index 2faffc9acd..8ff7d8b199 100644
--- a/packages/common/src/foundry/index.ts
+++ b/packages/common/src/foundry/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { execa, Options } from "execa";
-import chalk from "chalk";
 
 export interface ForgeConfig {
   // project
@@ -127,13 +126,13 @@ export async function anvil(args: string[]): Promise<string> {
 async function execLog(command: string, args: string[], options?: Options<string>): Promise<string> {
   const commandString = `${command} ${args.join(" ")}`;
   try {
-    console.log(chalk.gray(`running "${commandString}"`));
+    console.log(`running "${commandString}"`);
     const { stdout } = await execa(command, args, { stdout: "pipe", stderr: "pipe", ...options });
     return stdout;
     // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any
   } catch (error: any) {
     let errorMessage = error?.stderr || error?.message || "";
-    errorMessage += chalk.red(`\nError running "${commandString}"`);
+    errorMessage += `\nError running "${commandString}"`;
     throw new Error(errorMessage);
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/config/package.json b/packages/config/package.json
index a335b9d39b..71c6a764c8 100644
--- a/packages/config/package.json
+++ b/packages/config/package.json
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@latticexyz/common": "workspace:*",
     "@latticexyz/schema-type": "workspace:*",
-    "chalk": "^5.2.0",
     "esbuild": "^0.17.15",
     "ethers": "^5.7.2",
     "find-up": "^6.3.0",
diff --git a/packages/config/src/library/errors.ts b/packages/config/src/library/errors.ts
index 256673ad26..8adeda1da9 100644
--- a/packages/config/src/library/errors.ts
+++ b/packages/config/src/library/errors.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import chalk from "chalk";
 import { z, ZodError, ZodIssueCode } from "zod";
 import { fromZodError } from "zod-validation-error";
 
@@ -15,7 +14,7 @@ export class MUDContextNotCreatedError extends Error {
 // Wrapper with preset styles, only requires a `prefix`
 export function fromZodErrorCustom(error: ZodError, prefix: string) {
   return fromZodError(error, {
-    prefix: chalk.red(prefix),
+    prefix: prefix,
     prefixSeparator: "\n- ",
     issueSeparator: "\n- ",
   });
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 8942de00f0..203cc1065b 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -266,9 +266,6 @@ importers:
       '@solidity-parser/parser':
         specifier: ^0.16.0
         version: 0.16.0
-      chalk:
-        specifier: ^5.2.0
-        version: 5.2.0
       debug:
         specifier: ^4.3.4
         version: 4.3.4(supports-color@8.1.1)
@@ -312,9 +309,6 @@ importers:
       '@latticexyz/schema-type':
         specifier: workspace:*
         version: link:../schema-type
-      chalk:
-        specifier: ^5.2.0
-        version: 5.2.0
       esbuild:
         specifier: ^0.17.15
         version: 0.17.15