diff --git a/packages/remix-dev/__tests__/fixtures/stack/remix.config.js b/packages/remix-dev/__tests__/fixtures/stack/remix.config.js
index adf2a0b5d3e..5bb0822e720 100644
--- a/packages/remix-dev/__tests__/fixtures/stack/remix.config.js
+++ b/packages/remix-dev/__tests__/fixtures/stack/remix.config.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /** @type {import('@remix-run/dev').AppConfig} */
 module.exports = {
+  serverBuildTarget: "node-cjs",
   ignoredRouteFiles: ["**/.*"],
   // appDirectory: "app",
   // assetsBuildDirectory: "public/build",
diff --git a/packages/remix-dev/__tests__/readConfig-test.ts b/packages/remix-dev/__tests__/readConfig-test.ts
index 1dced697bf7..b953178b363 100644
--- a/packages/remix-dev/__tests__/readConfig-test.ts
+++ b/packages/remix-dev/__tests__/readConfig-test.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,23 @@
 import path from "path";
 
 import type { RemixConfig } from "../config";
-import { readConfig } from "../config";
+import { serverBuildTargetWarning, readConfig } from "../config";
 
 const remixRoot = path.resolve(__dirname, "./fixtures/stack");
 
 describe("readConfig", () => {
   let config: RemixConfig;
+  let warnStub;
   beforeEach(async () => {
+    let consoleWarn = console.warn;
+    warnStub = jest.fn();
+    console.warn = warnStub;
     config = await readConfig(remixRoot);
+    console.warn = consoleWarn;
   });
 
   it("generates a config", async () => {
+    expect(warnStub).toHaveBeenCalledWith(serverBuildTargetWarning);
     expect(config).toMatchInlineSnapshot(
       {
         rootDirectory: expect.any(String),
@@ -69,7 +75,7 @@ describe("readConfig", () => {
           },
         },
         "serverBuildPath": Any<String>,
-        "serverBuildTarget": undefined,
+        "serverBuildTarget": "node-cjs",
         "serverBuildTargetEntryModule": "export * from \\"@remix-run/dev/server-build\\";",
         "serverConditions": undefined,
         "serverDependenciesToBundle": Array [],
diff --git a/packages/remix-dev/config.ts b/packages/remix-dev/config.ts
index b89239d1a12..4c6f161eb86 100644
--- a/packages/remix-dev/config.ts
+++ b/packages/remix-dev/config.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import { serverBuildVirtualModule } from "./compiler/virtualModules";
 import { writeConfigDefaults } from "./compiler/utils/tsconfig/write-config-defaults";
 import { flatRoutes } from "./config/flat-routes";
 import { getPreferredPackageManager } from "./cli/getPreferredPackageManager";
+import { warnOnce } from "./compiler/warnings";
 
 export interface RemixMdxConfig {
   rehypePlugins?: any[];
@@ -397,9 +398,7 @@ export async function readConfig(
   }
 
   if (appConfig.serverBuildTarget) {
-    console.warn(
-      `The "serverBuildTarget" config option is deprecated. Use a combination of "publicPath", "serverBuildPath", "serverConditions", "serverDependenciesToBundle", "serverMainFields", "serverMinify", "serverModuleFormat" and/or "serverPlatform" instead.`
-    );
+    warnOnce(serverBuildTargetWarning, "v2_serverBuildTarget");
   }
 
   let isCloudflareRuntime = ["cloudflare-pages", "cloudflare-workers"].includes(
@@ -726,3 +725,5 @@ let listFormat = new Intl.ListFormat("en", {
   style: "long",
   type: "conjunction",
 });
+
+export let serverBuildTargetWarning = `The "serverBuildTarget" config option is deprecated. Use a combination of "publicPath", "serverBuildPath", "serverConditions", "serverDependenciesToBundle", "serverMainFields", "serverMinify", "serverModuleFormat" and/or "serverPlatform" instead.`;