diff --git a/lib/make-hot.js b/lib/make-hot.js
index 9aa7557..d1efef9 100644
--- a/lib/make-hot.js
+++ b/lib/make-hot.js
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ const defaultHotOptions = {
   // Svelte Native mode
   native: false,
   // Vite mode
+  // NOTE probably not neede anymore with Vite2, kept for compatibility with
+  // existing Vite1 setups though
   compatVite: false,
   // name of the adapter import binding
   importAdapterName: globalAdapterName,
@@ -97,8 +99,14 @@ const renderApplyHmr = ({
 }) =>
   // this silly formatting keeps all original characters in their position,
   // thus saving us from having to provide a sourcemap
+  //
+  // NOTE the `if (false) accept()` line is for tools that wants to see the
+  // accept call in the actual accepted module to enable HMR (Vite and, I
+  // believe, Snowpack 3)
+  //
   `${imports.join(';')};${`
     if (${compatVite ? '' : `${meta} && `}${meta}.hot) {
+      if (false) import.meta.hot.accept();
       $2 = ${globalName}.applyHmr({
         m: ${meta},
         id: ${quote(id)},
@@ -109,7 +117,6 @@ const renderApplyHmr = ({
         cssId: ${quote(cssId)},
         nonCssHash: ${quote(nonCssHash)},
       });
-      ${compatVite ? 'import.meta.hot.accept();' : ''}
     }
   `
     .split('\n')