diff --git a/.changeset/tender-hounds-juggle.md b/.changeset/tender-hounds-juggle.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8ea518f0dd54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/tender-hounds-juggle.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'astro': patch
+---
+
+Avoid implicit head injection when a head is in the tree
diff --git a/packages/astro/package.json b/packages/astro/package.json
index e730dfb86491..246e360d3c8b 100644
--- a/packages/astro/package.json
+++ b/packages/astro/package.json
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@
     "test:e2e:match": "playwright test -g"
   },
   "dependencies": {
-    "@astrojs/compiler": "^1.2.0",
+    "@astrojs/compiler": "^1.3.0",
     "@astrojs/language-server": "^0.28.3",
     "@astrojs/markdown-remark": "^2.1.2",
     "@astrojs/telemetry": "^2.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
index 4eca60b3448d..ebb15de1d857 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/@types/astro.ts
@@ -1578,6 +1578,7 @@ export interface SSRMetadata {
 	hasHydrationScript: boolean;
 	hasDirectives: Set<string>;
 	hasRenderedHead: boolean;
+	headInTree: boolean;
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1592,11 +1593,16 @@ export interface SSRMetadata {
  */
 export type PropagationHint = 'none' | 'self' | 'in-tree';
 
+export type SSRComponentMetadata = {
+	propagation: PropagationHint,
+	containsHead: boolean
+};
+
 export interface SSRResult {
 	styles: Set<SSRElement>;
 	scripts: Set<SSRElement>;
 	links: Set<SSRElement>;
-	propagation: Map<string, PropagationHint>;
+	componentMetadata: Map<string, SSRComponentMetadata>;
 	propagators: Map<AstroComponentFactory, AstroComponentInstance>;
 	extraHead: Array<string>;
 	cookies: AstroCookies | undefined;
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/content/runtime.ts b/packages/astro/src/content/runtime.ts
index d58e4be62639..a8d18e06f3aa 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/content/runtime.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/content/runtime.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { prependForwardSlash } from '../core/path.js';
 import {
 	createComponent,
 	createHeadAndContent,
-	createScopedResult,
 	renderComponent,
 	renderScriptElement,
 	renderStyleElement,
@@ -180,7 +179,7 @@ async function render({
 			return createHeadAndContent(
 				unescapeHTML(styles + links + scripts) as any,
 				renderTemplate`${renderComponent(
-					createScopedResult(result),
+					result,
 					'Content',
 					mod.Content,
 					props,
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/app/common.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/app/common.ts
index 4b14321762af..6fd13d9b9086 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/app/common.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/app/common.ts
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@ export function deserializeManifest(serializedManifest: SerializedSSRManifest):
 	}
 
 	const assets = new Set<string>(serializedManifest.assets);
-	const propagation = new Map(serializedManifest.propagation);
+	const componentMetadata = new Map(serializedManifest.componentMetadata);
 
 	return {
 		...serializedManifest,
 		assets,
-		propagation,
+		componentMetadata,
 		routes,
 	};
 }
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/app/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/app/index.ts
index ca66d87e890a..e43e9a8ff73c 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/app/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/app/index.ts
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ export class App {
 				request,
 				origin: url.origin,
 				pathname,
-				propagation: this.#manifest.propagation,
+				componentMetadata: this.#manifest.componentMetadata,
 				scripts,
 				links,
 				route: routeData,
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/app/types.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/app/types.ts
index cf85d0387bce..46cb34e80eb0 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/app/types.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/app/types.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { MarkdownRenderingOptions } from '@astrojs/markdown-remark';
 import type {
 	ComponentInstance,
-	PropagationHint,
+	SSRComponentMetadata,
 	RouteData,
 	SerializedRouteData,
 	SSRLoadedRenderer,
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ export interface SSRManifest {
 	renderers: SSRLoadedRenderer[];
 	entryModules: Record<string, string>;
 	assets: Set<string>;
-	propagation: SSRResult['propagation'];
+	componentMetadata: SSRResult['componentMetadata'];
 }
 
-export type SerializedSSRManifest = Omit<SSRManifest, 'routes' | 'assets' | 'propagation'> & {
+export type SerializedSSRManifest = Omit<SSRManifest, 'routes' | 'assets' | 'componentMetadata'> & {
 	routes: SerializedRouteInfo[];
 	assets: string[];
-	propagation: readonly [string, PropagationHint][];
+	componentMetadata: [string, SSRComponentMetadata][];
 };
 
 export type AdapterCreateExports<T = any> = (
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/build/generate.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/build/generate.ts
index 3cd2b6a64ebb..52e4204a999d 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/build/generate.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/build/generate.ts
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ async function generatePath(
 		origin,
 		pathname,
 		request: createRequest({ url, headers: new Headers(), logging, ssr }),
-		propagation: internals.propagation,
+		componentMetadata: internals.componentMetadata,
 		scripts,
 		links,
 		route: pageData.route,
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/build/graph.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/build/graph.ts
index 6d7335c0955a..6d404b572ee0 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/build/graph.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/build/graph.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { GetModuleInfo, ModuleInfo } from 'rollup';
+import type { ViteDevServer } from 'vite';
 
 import { resolvedPagesVirtualModuleId } from '../app/index.js';
 
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/build/internal.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/build/internal.ts
index 693180d37b51..d4372c0a2081 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/build/internal.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/build/internal.ts
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ export interface BuildInternals {
 	staticFiles: Set<string>;
 	// The SSR entry chunk. Kept in internals to share between ssr/client build steps
 	ssrEntryChunk?: OutputChunk;
-	propagation: SSRResult['propagation'];
+	componentMetadata: SSRResult['componentMetadata'];
 }
 
 /**
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ export function createBuildInternals(): BuildInternals {
 		discoveredClientOnlyComponents: new Map(),
 		discoveredScripts: new Set(),
 		staticFiles: new Set(),
-		propagation: new Map(),
+		componentMetadata: new Map(),
 	};
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/index.ts
index bb7af6238635..982a90ce348e 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { astroConfigBuildPlugin } from '../../../content/vite-plugin-content-assets.js';
-import { astroHeadPropagationBuildPlugin } from '../../../vite-plugin-head-propagation/index.js';
+import { astroHeadBuildPlugin } from '../../../vite-plugin-head/index.js';
 import type { AstroBuildPluginContainer } from '../plugin';
 import { pluginAliasResolve } from './plugin-alias-resolve.js';
 import { pluginAnalyzer } from './plugin-analyzer.js';
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export function registerAllPlugins({ internals, options, register }: AstroBuildP
 	register(pluginInternals(internals));
 	register(pluginPages(options, internals));
 	register(pluginCSS(options, internals));
-	register(astroHeadPropagationBuildPlugin(options, internals));
+	register(astroHeadBuildPlugin(options, internals));
 	register(pluginPrerender(options, internals));
 	register(astroConfigBuildPlugin(options, internals));
 	register(pluginHoistedScripts(options, internals));
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-ssr.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-ssr.ts
index c8883a438c03..78a1217e045c 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-ssr.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/build/plugins/plugin-ssr.ts
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ function buildManifest(
 		base: settings.config.base,
 		markdown: settings.config.markdown,
 		pageMap: null as any,
-		propagation: Array.from(internals.propagation),
+		componentMetadata: Array.from(internals.componentMetadata),
 		renderers: [],
 		entryModules,
 		assets: staticFiles.map((s) => settings.config.base + s),
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts
index 32717ff7cc3c..1879daac83b3 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/create-vite.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ import { vitePluginAstroServer } from '../vite-plugin-astro-server/index.js';
 import astroVitePlugin from '../vite-plugin-astro/index.js';
 import configAliasVitePlugin from '../vite-plugin-config-alias/index.js';
 import envVitePlugin from '../vite-plugin-env/index.js';
-import astroHeadPropagationPlugin from '../vite-plugin-head-propagation/index.js';
+import astroHeadPlugin from '../vite-plugin-head/index.js';
 import htmlVitePlugin from '../vite-plugin-html/index.js';
 import { astroInjectEnvTsPlugin } from '../vite-plugin-inject-env-ts/index.js';
 import astroIntegrationsContainerPlugin from '../vite-plugin-integrations-container/index.js';
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ export async function createVite(
 			astroPostprocessVitePlugin({ settings }),
 			astroIntegrationsContainerPlugin({ settings, logging }),
 			astroScriptsPageSSRPlugin({ settings }),
-			astroHeadPropagationPlugin({ settings }),
+			astroHeadPlugin({ settings }),
 			astroScannerPlugin({ settings }),
 			astroInjectEnvTsPlugin({ settings, logging, fs }),
 			astroContentVirtualModPlugin({ settings }),
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/render/context.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/render/context.ts
index 6e453fea0c3f..f6a82e9ca439 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/render/context.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/render/context.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ export interface RenderContext {
 	scripts?: Set<SSRElement>;
 	links?: Set<SSRElement>;
 	styles?: Set<SSRElement>;
-	propagation?: SSRResult['propagation'];
+	componentMetadata?: SSRResult['componentMetadata'];
 	route?: RouteData;
 	status?: number;
 }
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/render/core.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/render/core.ts
index 862ada7c8b9b..f3b8e2866b1d 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/render/core.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/render/core.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export async function renderPage(mod: ComponentInstance, ctx: RenderContext, env
 		params,
 		props: pageProps,
 		pathname: ctx.pathname,
-		propagation: ctx.propagation,
+		componentMetadata: ctx.componentMetadata,
 		resolve: env.resolve,
 		renderers: env.renderers,
 		request: ctx.request,
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/render/dev/head.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/render/dev/head.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 56f110a2050e..000000000000
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/render/dev/head.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-import type { SSRResult } from '../../../@types/astro';
-
-import type { ModuleInfo, ModuleLoader } from '../../module-loader/index';
-
-import { getAstroMetadata } from '../../../vite-plugin-astro/index.js';
-import { viteID } from '../../util.js';
-import { crawlGraph } from './vite.js';
-
-export async function getPropagationMap(
-	filePath: URL,
-	loader: ModuleLoader
-): Promise<SSRResult['propagation']> {
-	const map: SSRResult['propagation'] = new Map();
-
-	const rootID = viteID(filePath);
-	addInjection(map, loader.getModuleInfo(rootID));
-	for await (const moduleNode of crawlGraph(loader, rootID, true)) {
-		const id = moduleNode.id;
-		if (id) {
-			addInjection(map, loader.getModuleInfo(id));
-		}
-	}
-
-	return map;
-}
-
-function addInjection(map: SSRResult['propagation'], modInfo: ModuleInfo | null) {
-	if (modInfo) {
-		const astro = getAstroMetadata(modInfo);
-		if (astro && astro.propagation) {
-			map.set(modInfo.id, astro.propagation);
-		}
-	}
-}
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/render/dev/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/render/dev/index.ts
index 92d374d3eead..8d26f2e3f5a5 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/render/dev/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/render/dev/index.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import { createRenderContext, renderPage as coreRenderPage } from '../index.js';
 import { filterFoundRenderers, loadRenderer } from '../renderer.js';
 import { getStylesForURL } from './css.js';
 import type { DevelopmentEnvironment } from './environment';
-import { getPropagationMap } from './head.js';
+import { getComponentMetadata } from './metadata.js';
 import { getScriptsForURL } from './scripts.js';
 export { createDevelopmentEnvironment } from './environment.js';
 export type { DevelopmentEnvironment };
@@ -142,9 +142,9 @@ async function getScriptsAndStyles({ env, filePath }: GetScriptsAndStylesParams)
 		});
 	});
 
-	const propagationMap = await getPropagationMap(filePath, env.loader);
+	const metadata = await getComponentMetadata(filePath, env.loader);
 
-	return { scripts, styles, links, propagationMap };
+	return { scripts, styles, links, metadata };
 }
 
 export async function renderPage(options: SSROptions): Promise<Response> {
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export async function renderPage(options: SSROptions): Promise<Response> {
 	// The new instances are passed through.
 	options.env.renderers = renderers;
 
-	const { scripts, links, styles, propagationMap } = await getScriptsAndStyles({
+	const { scripts, links, styles, metadata } = await getScriptsAndStyles({
 		env: options.env,
 		filePath: options.filePath,
 	});
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ export async function renderPage(options: SSROptions): Promise<Response> {
 		scripts,
 		links,
 		styles,
-		propagation: propagationMap,
+		componentMetadata: metadata,
 		route: options.route,
 	});
 
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/render/dev/metadata.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/render/dev/metadata.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..a79c381867d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/render/dev/metadata.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import type { SSRResult, SSRComponentMetadata } from '../../../@types/astro';
+
+import type { ModuleInfo, ModuleLoader } from '../../module-loader/index';
+
+import { getAstroMetadata } from '../../../vite-plugin-astro/index.js';
+import { viteID } from '../../util.js';
+import { crawlGraph } from './vite.js';
+
+export async function getComponentMetadata(
+	filePath: URL,
+	loader: ModuleLoader
+): Promise<SSRResult['componentMetadata']> {
+	const map: SSRResult['componentMetadata'] = new Map();
+
+	const rootID = viteID(filePath);
+	addMetadata(map, loader.getModuleInfo(rootID));
+	for await (const moduleNode of crawlGraph(loader, rootID, true)) {
+		const id = moduleNode.id;
+		if (id) {
+			addMetadata(map, loader.getModuleInfo(id));
+		}
+	}
+
+	return map;
+}
+
+function addMetadata(
+	map: SSRResult['componentMetadata'],
+	modInfo: ModuleInfo | null
+) {
+	if (modInfo) {
+		const astro = getAstroMetadata(modInfo);
+		if(astro) {
+			let metadata: SSRComponentMetadata = {
+				containsHead: false,
+				propagation: 'none'
+			};
+			if(astro.propagation) {
+				metadata.propagation = astro.propagation;
+			}
+			if(astro.containsHead) {
+				metadata.containsHead = astro.containsHead;
+			}
+			map.set(modInfo.id, metadata);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/core/render/result.ts b/packages/astro/src/core/render/result.ts
index 523a0776a48a..651ccc74c56d 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/core/render/result.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/core/render/result.ts
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@ import type {
 	SSRResult,
 } from '../../@types/astro';
 import {
-	createScopedResult,
 	renderSlot,
-	ScopeFlags,
 	stringifyChunk,
 	type ComponentSlots,
 } from '../../runtime/server/index.js';
@@ -48,7 +46,7 @@ export interface CreateResultArgs {
 	links?: Set<SSRElement>;
 	scripts?: Set<SSRElement>;
 	styles?: Set<SSRElement>;
-	propagation?: SSRResult['propagation'];
+	componentMetadata?: SSRResult['componentMetadata'];
 	request: Request;
 	status: number;
 }
@@ -95,7 +93,7 @@ class Slots {
 	public async render(name: string, args: any[] = []) {
 		if (!this.#slots || !this.has(name)) return;
 
-		const scoped = createScopedResult(this.#result, ScopeFlags.RenderSlot);
+		const result = this.#result;
 		if (!Array.isArray(args)) {
 			warn(
 				this.#loggingOpts,
@@ -104,24 +102,24 @@ class Slots {
 			);
 		} else if (args.length > 0) {
 			const slotValue = this.#slots[name];
-			const component = typeof slotValue === 'function' ? await slotValue(scoped) : await slotValue;
+			const component = typeof slotValue === 'function' ? await slotValue(result) : await slotValue;
 
 			// Astro
 			const expression = getFunctionExpression(component);
 			if (expression) {
 				const slot = () => expression(...args);
-				return await renderSlot(scoped, slot).then((res) => (res != null ? String(res) : res));
+				return await renderSlot(result, slot).then((res) => (res != null ? String(res) : res));
 			}
 			// JSX
 			if (typeof component === 'function') {
-				return await renderJSX(scoped, (component as any)(...args)).then((res) =>
+				return await renderJSX(result, (component as any)(...args)).then((res) =>
 					res != null ? String(res) : res
 				);
 			}
 		}
 
-		const content = await renderSlot(scoped, this.#slots[name]);
-		const outHTML = stringifyChunk(scoped, content);
+		const content = await renderSlot(result, this.#slots[name]);
+		const outHTML = stringifyChunk(result, content);
 
 		return outHTML;
 	}
@@ -150,6 +148,7 @@ export function createResult(args: CreateResultArgs): SSRResult {
 
 	// Astro.cookies is defined lazily to avoid the cost on pages that do not use it.
 	let cookies: AstroCookies | undefined = undefined;
+	let componentMetadata = args.componentMetadata ?? new Map();
 
 	// Create the result object that will be passed into the render function.
 	// This object starts here as an empty shell (not yet the result) but then
@@ -158,7 +157,7 @@ export function createResult(args: CreateResultArgs): SSRResult {
 		styles: args.styles ?? new Set<SSRElement>(),
 		scripts: args.scripts ?? new Set<SSRElement>(),
 		links: args.links ?? new Set<SSRElement>(),
-		propagation: args.propagation ?? new Map(),
+		componentMetadata,
 		propagators: new Map(),
 		extraHead: [],
 		scope: 0,
@@ -248,6 +247,7 @@ export function createResult(args: CreateResultArgs): SSRResult {
 			hasHydrationScript: false,
 			hasRenderedHead: false,
 			hasDirectives: new Set(),
+			headInTree: false,
 		},
 		response,
 	};
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/jsx/babel.ts b/packages/astro/src/jsx/babel.ts
index 88b01ad8de8a..861914336a14 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/jsx/babel.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/jsx/babel.ts
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ export default function astroJSX(): PluginObj {
 							clientOnlyComponents: [],
 							hydratedComponents: [],
 							scripts: [],
+							containsHead: false,
 							propagation: 'none',
 							pageOptions: {},
 						};
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/index.ts
index cae48fd41830..ebc234ac200e 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/index.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,10 @@ export { escapeHTML, HTMLBytes, HTMLString, markHTMLString, unescapeHTML } from
 export { renderJSX } from './jsx.js';
 export {
 	addAttribute,
-	addScopeFlag,
 	createHeadAndContent,
-	createScopedResult,
 	defineScriptVars,
 	Fragment,
 	maybeRenderHead,
-	removeScopeFlag,
 	renderAstroTemplateResult as renderAstroComponent,
 	renderComponent,
 	renderComponentToIterable,
@@ -26,7 +23,6 @@ export {
 	renderTemplate,
 	renderToString,
 	renderUniqueStylesheet,
-	ScopeFlags,
 	stringifyChunk,
 	voidElementNames,
 } from './render/index.js';
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/jsx.ts b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/jsx.ts
index 0823b54d73a2..c8da19eaf23a 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/jsx.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/jsx.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import {
 } from './index.js';
 import { HTMLParts } from './render/common.js';
 import type { ComponentIterable } from './render/component';
-import { createScopedResult, ScopeFlags } from './render/scope.js';
 
 const ClientOnlyPlaceholder = 'astro-client-only';
 
@@ -95,8 +94,7 @@ Did you forget to import the component or is it possible there is a typo?`);
 						props[key] = value;
 					}
 				}
-				const scoped = createScopedResult(result, ScopeFlags.JSX);
-				const html = markHTMLString(await renderToString(scoped, vnode.type as any, props, slots));
+				const html = markHTMLString(await renderToString(result, vnode.type as any, props, slots));
 				return html;
 			}
 			case !vnode.type && (vnode.type as any) !== 0:
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/astro/factory.ts b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/astro/factory.ts
index eccf7b4e7ebf..045329c0f7b4 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/astro/factory.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/astro/factory.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import type { HeadAndContent } from './head-and-content';
 import type { RenderTemplateResult } from './render-template';
 
 import { HTMLParts } from '../common.js';
-import { createScopedResult, ScopeFlags } from '../scope.js';
 import { isHeadAndContent } from './head-and-content.js';
 import { renderAstroTemplateResult } from './render-template.js';
 
@@ -28,8 +27,7 @@ export async function renderToString(
 	props: any,
 	children: any
 ): Promise<string> {
-	const scoped = createScopedResult(result, ScopeFlags.Astro);
-	const factoryResult = await componentFactory(scoped, props, children);
+	const factoryResult = await componentFactory(result, props, children);
 
 	if (factoryResult instanceof Response) {
 		const response = factoryResult;
@@ -50,8 +48,8 @@ export function isAPropagatingComponent(
 	factory: AstroComponentFactory
 ): boolean {
 	let hint: PropagationHint = factory.propagation || 'none';
-	if (factory.moduleId && result.propagation.has(factory.moduleId) && hint === 'none') {
-		hint = result.propagation.get(factory.moduleId)!;
+	if(factory.moduleId && result.componentMetadata.has(factory.moduleId) && hint === 'none') {
+		hint = result.componentMetadata.get(factory.moduleId)!.propagation;
 	}
 	return hint === 'in-tree' || hint === 'self';
 }
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/astro/instance.ts b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/astro/instance.ts
index 9a0839e5140f..47ce7f49569a 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/astro/instance.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/astro/instance.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import type { AstroComponentFactory, AstroFactoryReturnValue } from './factory.j
 import { HydrationDirectiveProps } from '../../hydration.js';
 import { isPromise } from '../../util.js';
 import { renderChild } from '../any.js';
-import { createScopedResult, ScopeFlags } from '../scope.js';
 import { isAPropagatingComponent } from './factory.js';
 import { isHeadAndContent } from './head-and-content.js';
 
@@ -31,9 +30,8 @@ export class AstroComponentInstance {
 		this.props = props;
 		this.factory = factory;
 		this.slotValues = {};
-		const scoped = createScopedResult(result, ScopeFlags.Slot);
 		for (const name in slots) {
-			const value = slots[name](scoped);
+			const value = slots[name](result);
 			this.slotValues[name] = () => value;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/common.ts b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/common.ts
index 3c0f8d50dff1..6892a0f34515 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/common.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/common.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ import {
 	type PrescriptType,
 } from '../scripts.js';
 import { renderAllHeadContent } from './head.js';
-import { hasScopeFlag, ScopeFlags } from './scope.js';
 import { isSlotString, type SlotString } from './slot.js';
 
 export const Fragment = Symbol.for('astro:fragment');
@@ -50,52 +49,9 @@ export function stringifyChunk(result: SSRResult, chunk: string | SlotString | R
 				return renderAllHeadContent(result);
 			}
 			case 'maybe-head': {
-				if (result._metadata.hasRenderedHead) {
+				if (result._metadata.hasRenderedHead || result._metadata.headInTree) {
 					return '';
 				}
-
-				const scope = instruction.scope;
-				switch (scope) {
-					// JSX with an Astro slot
-					case ScopeFlags.JSX | ScopeFlags.Slot | ScopeFlags.Astro:
-					case ScopeFlags.JSX | ScopeFlags.Astro | ScopeFlags.HeadBuffer:
-					case ScopeFlags.JSX | ScopeFlags.Slot | ScopeFlags.Astro | ScopeFlags.HeadBuffer: {
-						return '';
-					}
-
-					// Astro rendered within JSX, head will be injected by the page itself.
-					case ScopeFlags.JSX | ScopeFlags.Astro: {
-						if (hasScopeFlag(result, ScopeFlags.JSX)) {
-							return '';
-						}
-						break;
-					}
-
-					// If the current scope is with Astro.slots.render()
-					case ScopeFlags.Slot:
-					case ScopeFlags.Slot | ScopeFlags.HeadBuffer: {
-						if (hasScopeFlag(result, ScopeFlags.RenderSlot)) {
-							return '';
-						}
-						break;
-					}
-
-					// Nested element inside of JSX during head buffering phase
-					case ScopeFlags.HeadBuffer: {
-						if (hasScopeFlag(result, ScopeFlags.JSX | ScopeFlags.HeadBuffer)) {
-							return '';
-						}
-						break;
-					}
-
-					// Astro.slots.render() should never render head content.
-					case ScopeFlags.RenderSlot | ScopeFlags.Astro:
-					case ScopeFlags.RenderSlot | ScopeFlags.Astro | ScopeFlags.JSX:
-					case ScopeFlags.RenderSlot | ScopeFlags.Astro | ScopeFlags.JSX | ScopeFlags.HeadBuffer: {
-						return '';
-					}
-				}
-
 				return renderAllHeadContent(result);
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/index.ts
index 4f7e14c9d304..33e3dfe8ff00 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ export { renderComponent, renderComponentToIterable } from './component.js';
 export { renderHTMLElement } from './dom.js';
 export { maybeRenderHead, renderHead } from './head.js';
 export { renderPage } from './page.js';
-export { addScopeFlag, createScopedResult, removeScopeFlag, ScopeFlags } from './scope.js';
 export { renderSlot, type ComponentSlots } from './slot.js';
 export { renderScriptElement, renderStyleElement, renderUniqueStylesheet } from './tags.js';
 export type { RenderInstruction } from './types';
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/page.ts b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/page.ts
index 857cfdd6a90e..c703b79c5dc2 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/page.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/page.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import {
 import { chunkToByteArray, encoder, HTMLParts } from './common.js';
 import { renderComponent } from './component.js';
 import { maybeRenderHead } from './head.js';
-import { createScopedResult, ScopeFlags } from './scope.js';
 
 const needsHeadRenderingSymbol = Symbol.for('astro.needsHeadRendering');
 
@@ -56,13 +55,12 @@ async function iterableToHTMLBytes(
 // to be propagated up.
 async function bufferHeadContent(result: SSRResult) {
 	const iterator = result.propagators.values();
-	const scoped = createScopedResult(result, ScopeFlags.HeadBuffer);
 	while (true) {
 		const { value, done } = iterator.next();
 		if (done) {
 			break;
 		}
-		const returnValue = await value.init(scoped);
+		const returnValue = await value.init(result);
 		if (isHeadAndContent(returnValue)) {
 			result.extraHead.push(returnValue.head);
 		}
@@ -81,7 +79,16 @@ export async function renderPage(
 		const pageProps: Record<string, any> = { ...(props ?? {}), 'server:root': true };
 
 		let output: ComponentIterable;
+		let head = '';
 		try {
+			if (nonAstroPageNeedsHeadInjection(componentFactory)) {
+				const parts = new HTMLParts();
+				for await(const chunk of maybeRenderHead(result)) {
+					parts.append(chunk, result);
+				}
+				head = parts.toString();
+			}
+
 			const renderResult = await renderComponent(
 				result,
 				componentFactory.name,
@@ -106,11 +113,7 @@ export async function renderPage(
 
 		// Accumulate the HTML string and append the head if necessary.
 		const bytes = await iterableToHTMLBytes(result, output, async (parts) => {
-			if (nonAstroPageNeedsHeadInjection(componentFactory)) {
-				for await (let chunk of maybeRenderHead(result)) {
-					parts.append(chunk, result);
-				}
-			}
+			parts.append(head, result);
 		});
 
 		return new Response(bytes, {
@@ -120,6 +123,9 @@ export async function renderPage(
 			]),
 		});
 	}
+	// Mark if this page component contains a <head> within its tree. If it does
+	// We avoid implicit head injection entirely.
+	result._metadata.headInTree = result.componentMetadata.get(componentFactory.moduleId!)?.containsHead ?? false;
 	const factoryReturnValue = await componentFactory(result, props, children);
 	const factoryIsHeadAndContent = isHeadAndContent(factoryReturnValue);
 	if (isRenderTemplateResult(factoryReturnValue) || factoryIsHeadAndContent) {
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/scope.ts b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/scope.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index fce96c0e79fc..000000000000
--- a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/scope.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-import type { SSRResult } from '../../../@types/astro';
-
-export const ScopeFlags = {
-	Astro: 1 << 0, // 1
-	JSX: 1 << 1, // 2
-	Slot: 1 << 2, // 4
-	HeadBuffer: 1 << 3, // 8
-	RenderSlot: 1 << 4, // 16
-} as const;
-
-type ScopeFlagValues = (typeof ScopeFlags)[keyof typeof ScopeFlags];
-
-export function addScopeFlag(result: SSRResult, flag: ScopeFlagValues) {
-	result.scope |= flag;
-}
-
-export function removeScopeFlag(result: SSRResult, flag: ScopeFlagValues) {
-	result.scope &= ~flag;
-}
-
-export function hasScopeFlag(result: SSRResult, flag: ScopeFlagValues) {
-	return (result.scope & flag) === flag;
-}
-
-export function createScopedResult(result: SSRResult, flag?: ScopeFlagValues): SSRResult {
-	const scopedResult = Object.create(result, {
-		scope: {
-			writable: true,
-			value: result.scope,
-		},
-	});
-	if (flag != null) {
-		addScopeFlag(scopedResult, flag);
-	}
-	return scopedResult;
-}
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/slot.ts b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/slot.ts
index 5e21d1e07c3d..cd6bc064bf5f 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/slot.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/runtime/server/render/slot.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import type { RenderInstruction } from './types.js';
 
 import { HTMLString, markHTMLString } from '../escape.js';
 import { renderChild } from './any.js';
-import { createScopedResult, ScopeFlags } from './scope.js';
 
 type RenderTemplateResult = ReturnType<typeof renderTemplate>;
 export type ComponentSlots = Record<string, ComponentSlotValue>;
@@ -32,8 +31,7 @@ export async function renderSlot(
 	fallback?: ComponentSlotValue | RenderTemplateResult
 ): Promise<string> {
 	if (slotted) {
-		const scoped = createScopedResult(result, ScopeFlags.Slot);
-		let iterator = renderChild(typeof slotted === 'function' ? slotted(scoped) : slotted);
+		let iterator = renderChild(typeof slotted === 'function' ? slotted(result) : slotted);
 		let content = '';
 		let instructions: null | RenderInstruction[] = null;
 		for await (const chunk of iterator) {
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/index.ts
index 750061c05111..70c4da61181d 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/index.ts
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ export default function astro({ settings, logging }: AstroPluginOptions): vite.P
 				clientOnlyComponents: transformResult.clientOnlyComponents,
 				hydratedComponents: transformResult.hydratedComponents,
 				scripts: transformResult.scripts,
+				containsHead: transformResult.containsHead,
 				propagation: 'none',
 				pageOptions: {},
 			};
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/types.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/types.ts
index ebb1c7d395fd..8b74d7f33865 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/types.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-astro/types.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ export interface PluginMetadata {
 		hydratedComponents: TransformResult['hydratedComponents'];
 		clientOnlyComponents: TransformResult['clientOnlyComponents'];
 		scripts: TransformResult['scripts'];
+		containsHead: TransformResult['containsHead'];
 		propagation: PropagationHint;
 		pageOptions: PageOptions;
 	};
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-head-propagation/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-head-propagation/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6dbd761690fb..000000000000
--- a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-head-propagation/index.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,112 +0,0 @@
-import type { ModuleInfo } from 'rollup';
-import type { AstroSettings, SSRResult } from '../@types/astro';
-import type { BuildInternals } from '../core/build/internal.js';
-import type { AstroBuildPlugin } from '../core/build/plugin.js';
-import type { StaticBuildOptions } from '../core/build/types';
-
-import type * as vite from 'vite';
-import { walkParentInfos } from '../core/build/graph.js';
-import { getAstroMetadata } from '../vite-plugin-astro/index.js';
-
-const injectExp = /^\/\/\s*astro-head-inject/;
-/**
- * If any component is marked as doing head injection, walk up the tree
- * and mark parent Astro components as having head injection in the tree.
- * This is used at runtime to determine if we should wait for head content
- * to be populated before rendering the entire tree.
- */
-export default function configHeadPropagationVitePlugin({
-	settings,
-}: {
-	settings: AstroSettings;
-}): vite.Plugin {
-	function addHeadInjectionInTree(
-		graph: vite.ModuleGraph,
-		id: string,
-		getInfo: (id: string) => ModuleInfo | null,
-		seen: Set<string> = new Set()
-	) {
-		const mod = server.moduleGraph.getModuleById(id);
-		for (const parent of mod?.importers || []) {
-			if (parent.id) {
-				if (seen.has(parent.id)) {
-					continue;
-				} else {
-					seen.add(parent.id);
-				}
-				const info = getInfo(parent.id);
-				if (info?.meta.astro) {
-					const astroMetadata = getAstroMetadata(info);
-					if (astroMetadata) {
-						astroMetadata.propagation = 'in-tree';
-					}
-				}
-				addHeadInjectionInTree(graph, parent.id, getInfo, seen);
-			}
-		}
-	}
-
-	let server: vite.ViteDevServer;
-	return {
-		name: 'astro:head-propagation',
-		configureServer(_server) {
-			server = _server;
-		},
-		transform(source, id) {
-			if (!server) {
-				return;
-			}
-
-			if (injectExp.test(source)) {
-				addHeadInjectionInTree(server.moduleGraph, id, (child) => this.getModuleInfo(child));
-			}
-		},
-	};
-}
-
-export function astroHeadPropagationBuildPlugin(
-	options: StaticBuildOptions,
-	internals: BuildInternals
-): AstroBuildPlugin {
-	return {
-		build: 'ssr',
-		hooks: {
-			'build:before'() {
-				const map: SSRResult['propagation'] = new Map();
-				return {
-					vitePlugin: {
-						name: 'vite-plugin-head-propagation-build',
-						generateBundle(_opts, bundle) {
-							const appendPropagation = (info: ModuleInfo) => {
-								const astroMetadata = getAstroMetadata(info);
-								if (astroMetadata) {
-									astroMetadata.propagation = 'in-tree';
-									map.set(info.id, 'in-tree');
-								}
-							};
-
-							for (const [bundleId, output] of Object.entries(bundle)) {
-								if (output.type !== 'chunk') continue;
-								for (const [id, mod] of Object.entries(output.modules)) {
-									if (mod.code && injectExp.test(mod.code)) {
-										for (const [info] of walkParentInfos(id, this)) {
-											appendPropagation(info);
-										}
-
-										const info = this.getModuleInfo(id);
-										if (info) {
-											appendPropagation(info);
-										}
-									}
-								}
-							}
-
-							// Save the map to internals so it can be passed into SSR and generation
-							internals.propagation = map;
-						},
-					},
-				};
-			},
-		},
-	};
-}
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-head/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-head/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f0a3cd2b343e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-head/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,116 @@
+import type * as vite from 'vite';
+import type { ModuleInfo } from 'rollup';
+import type { AstroSettings, SSRResult, SSRComponentMetadata } from '../@types/astro';
+import type { AstroBuildPlugin } from '../core/build/plugin.js';
+import type { StaticBuildOptions } from '../core/build/types';
+import type { PluginMetadata } from '../vite-plugin-astro/types';
+
+import { getTopLevelPages, walkParentInfos } from '../core/build/graph.js';
+import type { BuildInternals } from '../core/build/internal.js';
+import { getAstroMetadata } from '../vite-plugin-astro/index.js';
+
+const injectExp = /^\/\/\s*astro-head-inject/;
+
+export default function configHeadVitePlugin({
+	settings,
+}: {
+	settings: AstroSettings;
+}): vite.Plugin {
+	let server: vite.ViteDevServer;
+
+	function propagateMetadata<
+		P extends keyof PluginMetadata['astro'],
+		V extends PluginMetadata['astro'][P]
+	>(this: { getModuleInfo(id: string): ModuleInfo | null }, id: string, prop: P, value: V, seen = new Set<string>()) {
+		if(seen.has(id)) return;
+		seen.add(id);
+		const mod = server.moduleGraph.getModuleById(id);
+		const info = this.getModuleInfo(id);
+		if (info?.meta.astro) {
+			const astroMetadata = getAstroMetadata(info)
+			if(astroMetadata) {
+				Reflect.set(astroMetadata, prop, value);
+			}	
+		}
+
+		for (const parent of mod?.importers || []) {
+			if(parent.id) {
+				propagateMetadata.call(this, parent.id, prop, value, seen);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	
+	return {
+		name: 'astro:head-metadata',
+		configureServer(_server) {
+			server = _server;
+		},
+		transform(source, id) {
+			if (!server) {
+				return;
+			}
+
+			let info = this.getModuleInfo(id);
+			if(info && getAstroMetadata(info)?.containsHead) {
+				propagateMetadata.call(this, id, 'containsHead', true);
+			}
+
+			if (injectExp.test(source)) {
+				propagateMetadata.call(this, id, 'propagation', 'in-tree');
+			}
+		},
+	};
+}
+
+export function astroHeadBuildPlugin(
+	options: StaticBuildOptions,
+	internals: BuildInternals
+): AstroBuildPlugin {
+	return {
+		build: 'ssr',
+		hooks: {
+			'build:before'() {
+				return {
+					vitePlugin: {
+						name: 'astro:head-metadata-build',
+						generateBundle(_opts, bundle) {
+							const map: SSRResult['componentMetadata'] = internals.componentMetadata;
+							function getOrCreateMetadata(id: string): SSRComponentMetadata {
+								if(map.has(id)) return map.get(id)!;
+								const metadata: SSRComponentMetadata = {
+									propagation: 'none',
+									containsHead: false
+								};
+								map.set(id, metadata);
+								return metadata;
+							}
+
+							for (const [,output] of Object.entries(bundle)) {
+								if (output.type !== 'chunk') continue;
+								for (const [id, mod] of Object.entries(output.modules)) {
+									const modinfo = this.getModuleInfo(id);
+
+									// <head> tag in the tree
+									if(modinfo && getAstroMetadata(modinfo)?.containsHead) {
+										for(const [pageInfo] of getTopLevelPages(id, this)) {
+											let metadata = getOrCreateMetadata(pageInfo.id);
+											metadata.containsHead = true;
+										}
+									}
+
+									// Head propagation (aka bubbling)
+									if (mod.code && injectExp.test(mod.code)) {
+										for (const [info] of walkParentInfos(id, this)) {
+											getOrCreateMetadata(info.id).propagation = 'in-tree';
+										}
+									}
+								}
+							}
+						},
+					},
+				};
+			},
+		},
+	};
+}
diff --git a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-markdown/index.ts b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-markdown/index.ts
index 7f99d9e1ba73..3e22c59ec2a4 100644
--- a/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-markdown/index.ts
+++ b/packages/astro/src/vite-plugin-markdown/index.ts
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ export default function markdown({ settings, logging }: AstroPluginOptions): Plu
 							clientOnlyComponents: [],
 							scripts: [],
 							propagation: 'none',
+							containsHead: false,
 							pageOptions: {},
 						} as PluginMetadata['astro'],
 						vite: {
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/units/dev/collections-renderentry.test.js b/packages/astro/test/units/dev/collections-renderentry.test.js
index 730ec194f6d6..d44f65af4eb0 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/units/dev/collections-renderentry.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/units/dev/collections-renderentry.test.js
@@ -41,8 +41,13 @@ describe('Content Collections - render()', () => {
 					const launchWeekEntry = blog.find(post => post.id === 'promo/launch-week.mdx');
 					const { Content } = await launchWeekEntry.render();
 					---
-					<h1>testing</h1>
-					<Content />
+					<html>
+						<head><title>Testing</title></head>
+						<body>
+							<h1>testing</h1>
+							<Content />
+						</body>
+					</html>
 				`,
 			},
 			root
@@ -250,8 +255,13 @@ description: Astro is launching this week!
 					---
 					import { Content } from '../launch-week.ts';
 					---
-					<h1>Testing</h1>
-					<Content />
+					<html>
+						<head><title>Testing</title></head>
+						<body>
+							<h1>Testing</h1>
+							<Content />
+						</body>
+					</html>
 				`,
 			},
 			root
diff --git a/packages/astro/test/units/dev/head-injection.test.js b/packages/astro/test/units/dev/head-injection.test.js
index e98c6108c447..9d76e0a911f2 100644
--- a/packages/astro/test/units/dev/head-injection.test.js
+++ b/packages/astro/test/units/dev/head-injection.test.js
@@ -49,8 +49,13 @@ describe('head injection', () => {
 					import { renderEntry } from '../common/head.js';
 					const Head = renderEntry();
 					---
-					<h1>testing</h1>
-					<Head />
+					<html>
+						<head><title>Testing</title></head>
+						<body>
+							<h1>testing</h1>
+							<Head />
+						</body>
+					</html>
 				`,
 			},
 			root
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 441fe16a7535..63f82fce0890 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ importers:
 
   packages/astro:
     specifiers:
-      '@astrojs/compiler': ^1.2.0
+      '@astrojs/compiler': ^1.3.0
       '@astrojs/language-server': ^0.28.3
       '@astrojs/markdown-remark': ^2.1.2
       '@astrojs/telemetry': ^2.1.0
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ importers:
       yargs-parser: ^21.0.1
       zod: ^3.17.3
     dependencies:
-      '@astrojs/compiler': 1.2.0
+      '@astrojs/compiler': 1.3.0
       '@astrojs/language-server': 0.28.3
       '@astrojs/markdown-remark': link:../markdown/remark
       '@astrojs/telemetry': link:../telemetry
@@ -4185,8 +4185,8 @@ packages:
   /@astrojs/compiler/0.31.4:
     resolution: {integrity: sha512-6bBFeDTtPOn4jZaiD3p0f05MEGQL9pw2Zbfj546oFETNmjJFWO3nzHz6/m+P53calknCvyVzZ5YhoBLIvzn5iw==}
 
-  /@astrojs/compiler/1.2.0:
-    resolution: {integrity: sha512-O8yPCyuq+PU9Fjht2tIW6WzSWiq8qDF1e8uAX2x+SOGFzKqOznp52UlDG2mSf+ekf0Z3R34sb64O7SgX+asTxg==}
+  /@astrojs/compiler/1.3.0:
+    resolution: {integrity: sha512-VxSj3gh/UTB/27rkRCT7SvyGjWtuxUO7Jf7QqDduch7j/gr/uA5P/Q5I/4zIIrZjy2yQAKyKLoox2QI2mM/BSA==}
     dev: false
 
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