diff --git a/.changeset/core-locale-node-builtin-import.md b/.changeset/core-locale-node-builtin-import.md
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..2d7198ee7e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/core-locale-node-builtin-import.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@qwik.dev/core': patch
+---
+
+fix(core): hide `node:async_hooks` import from non-Qwik bundlers (e.g. cypress E2E)
diff --git a/packages/qwik/src/core/shared/platform/async-local-storage.ts b/packages/qwik/src/core/shared/platform/async-local-storage.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..26c9bdcd5cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/qwik/src/core/shared/platform/async-local-storage.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import type { AsyncLocalStorage } from 'node:async_hooks';
+
+type ProcessWithBuiltins = {
+  getBuiltinModule?: (id: string) => unknown;
+};
+
+/** @internal */
+export const getAsyncLocalStorage = () => {
+  const process = (globalThis as { process?: ProcessWithBuiltins }).process;
+  return (
+    process?.getBuiltinModule?.('node:async_hooks') as
+      | { AsyncLocalStorage?: new <T>() => AsyncLocalStorage<T> }
+      | undefined
+  )?.AsyncLocalStorage;
+};
diff --git a/packages/qwik/src/core/use/use-locale.ts b/packages/qwik/src/core/use/use-locale.ts
index c1476d60d25..8f019259862 100644
--- a/packages/qwik/src/core/use/use-locale.ts
+++ b/packages/qwik/src/core/use/use-locale.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { tryGetInvokeContext } from './use-core';
+import { getAsyncLocalStorage } from '../shared/platform/async-local-storage';
 import { isServer } from '@qwik.dev/core/build';
 import type { AsyncLocalStorage } from 'node:async_hooks';
 
@@ -7,13 +8,10 @@ let _locale: string | undefined = undefined;
 let localAsyncStore: AsyncLocalStorage<string> | undefined;
 
 if (isServer) {
-  import('node:async_hooks')
-    .then((module) => {
-      localAsyncStore = new module.AsyncLocalStorage();
-    })
-    .catch(() => {
-      // ignore if AsyncLocalStorage is not available
-    });
+  const AsyncLocalStorage = getAsyncLocalStorage();
+  if (AsyncLocalStorage) {
+    localAsyncStore = new AsyncLocalStorage();
+  }
 }
 
 /**