diff --git a/.changeset/banner-aware-use-client.md b/.changeset/banner-aware-use-client.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..461184b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/banner-aware-use-client.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@eventuras/vite-config': patch
+---
+
+Skip leading banner/license comments (e.g. Rollup's `output.banner`) when checking whether a chunk already starts with a `'use client'` directive, so banner-carrying chunks no longer get a duplicate directive prepended.
diff --git a/config/vite-config/src/react-lib.ts b/config/vite-config/src/react-lib.ts
index 08edb83..cb60900 100644
--- a/config/vite-config/src/react-lib.ts
+++ b/config/vite-config/src/react-lib.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,15 @@ import { getRuntimeDependencyExternals, NODE_BUILTINS_EXTERNAL } from './externa
  */
 const requireFromHere = createRequire(import.meta.url);
 
+/**
+ * Strip leading whitespace and any interleaved mix of line and block comments,
+ * so a directive check sees the first real token. Sequential per-style passes
+ * miss mixed orders (a line comment, then a block comment, then the directive).
+ */
+function stripLeadingComments(code: string): string {
+  return code.replace(/^(?:\s+|\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\/\s*|\/\/.*(?:\r?\n|$)\s*)+/, '');
+}
+
 /**
  * Plugin to preserve 'use client' directives in React Server Components.
  * This ensures client-side code is properly marked when building for Next.js.
@@ -33,12 +42,10 @@ function preserveUseClient() {
             try {
               const content = fs.readFileSync(id, 'utf-8');
               // Remove leading comments to check for 'use client'
-              const withoutComments = content
-                .replace(/^(\s*\/\/.*\n)+/, '')
-                .replace(/^(\s*\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\/\s*)/, '');
+              const withoutComments = stripLeadingComments(content);
               return (
-                withoutComments.trimStart().startsWith("'use client'") ||
-                withoutComments.trimStart().startsWith('"use client"')
+                withoutComments.startsWith("'use client'") ||
+                withoutComments.startsWith('"use client"')
               );
             } catch {
               return false;
@@ -46,7 +53,10 @@ function preserveUseClient() {
           });
 
           if (hasClientDirective) {
-            const codeStart = chunkData.code.trimStart();
+            // Ignore leading banner/license comments (e.g. Rollup's
+            // output.banner) when checking for the directive, so we don't
+            // prepend a duplicate above a directive that's already there.
+            const codeStart = stripLeadingComments(chunkData.code);
             if (!codeStart.startsWith("'use client'") && !codeStart.startsWith('"use client"')) {
               chunkData.code = `'use client';\n${chunkData.code}`;
             }