diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/plugins/id-prefix-plugin.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/plugins/id-prefix-plugin.ts
index 50bbcd8d11e2..74cd03179a7e 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/plugins/id-prefix-plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/plugins/id-prefix-plugin.ts
@@ -29,11 +29,7 @@ export function createRemoveIdPrefixPlugin(externals: string[]): Plugin {
         return;
       }
 
-      const escapedExternals = externals.map((e) => escapeRegexSpecialChars(e) + '(?:/.+)?');
-      const prefixedExternalRegex = new RegExp(
-        `${resolvedConfig.base}${VITE_ID_PREFIX}(${escapedExternals.join('|')})`,
-        'g',
-      );
+      const transformFn = createTransformer(resolvedConfig.base, externals);
 
       // @ts-expect-error: Property 'push' does not exist on type 'readonly Plugin<any>[]'
       // Reasoning:
@@ -42,15 +38,34 @@ export function createRemoveIdPrefixPlugin(externals: string[]): Plugin {
       //  AFTER the import-analysis.
       resolvedConfig.plugins.push({
         name: 'angular-plugin-remove-id-prefix-transform',
-        transform: (code: string) => {
-          // don't do anything when code does not contain the Vite prefix
-          if (!code.includes(VITE_ID_PREFIX)) {
-            return code;
-          }
-
-          return code.replace(prefixedExternalRegex, (_, externalName) => externalName);
-        },
+        transform: transformFn,
       });
     },
   };
 }
+
+/**
+ * Creates a transform function that removes the Vite ID prefix from externals.
+ * @param base The base path of the application.
+ * @param externals The external package names.
+ * @returns A function that transforms code by removing the Vite ID prefix.
+ */
+export function createTransformer(base: string, externals: string[]): (code: string) => string {
+  // The path suffix is bounded so that a match can never extend past the end of an
+  // import specifier string literal. With a greedy `.+`, minified (single-line) code
+  // would let the first match consume the remainder of the line, leaving all later
+  // `/@id/` occurrences on that line unstripped.
+  const escapedExternals = externals.map((e) => escapeRegexSpecialChars(e) + '(?:/[^\'"`\\s]+)?');
+
+  const prefixedExternalRegex = new RegExp(
+    `${base}${VITE_ID_PREFIX}(${escapedExternals.join('|')})`,
+    'g',
+  );
+
+  return (code: string) => {
+    return code.includes(VITE_ID_PREFIX)
+      ? code.replace(prefixedExternalRegex, (_, externalName) => externalName)
+      : // don't do anything when code does not contain the Vite prefix
+        code;
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/plugins/id-prefix-plugin_spec.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/plugins/id-prefix-plugin_spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..37d1bdf61fe6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/plugins/id-prefix-plugin_spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
+ */
+
+import { createTransformer } from './id-prefix-plugin';
+
+describe('createTransformer', () => {
+  it('should strip the prefix from every occurrence on a single (minified) line', () => {
+    const transform = createTransformer('/', [
+      '@angular/common',
+      '@angular/common/http',
+      '@angular/core',
+      '@angular/router',
+    ]);
+
+    const minified =
+      'import{a}from"/@id/@angular/common/http";' +
+      'import{b}from"/@id/@angular/router";' +
+      'import{c}from"/@id/@angular/core";';
+
+    expect(transform(minified)).toBe(
+      'import{a}from"@angular/common/http";' +
+        'import{b}from"@angular/router";' +
+        'import{c}from"@angular/core";',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should strip the prefix from an external with a deep import path', () => {
+    const transform = createTransformer('/', ['@angular/common']);
+
+    expect(transform('import{h}from"/@id/@angular/common/http";')).toBe(
+      'import{h}from"@angular/common/http";',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should strip the prefix when a non-root base is configured', () => {
+    const transform = createTransformer('/app/', ['@angular/router']);
+
+    expect(transform('import{r}from"/app/@id/@angular/router";')).toBe(
+      'import{r}from"@angular/router";',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should strip the prefix from multi-line (unminified) code', () => {
+    const transform = createTransformer('/', ['@angular/common', '@angular/router']);
+
+    const code =
+      'import { CommonModule } from "/@id/@angular/common";\n' +
+      'import { Router } from "/@id/@angular/router";\n';
+
+    expect(transform(code)).toBe(
+      'import { CommonModule } from "@angular/common";\n' +
+        'import { Router } from "@angular/router";\n',
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('should not modify imports that are not configured externals', () => {
+    const transform = createTransformer('/', ['@angular/router']);
+
+    const code = 'import{x}from"/@id/some-other-package";';
+    expect(transform(code)).toBe(code);
+  });
+});