diff --git a/packages/schema/src/script.ts b/packages/schema/src/script.ts
index 7201f427..2fe4cbae 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/script.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/script.ts
@@ -18,13 +18,7 @@ export type ScriptInstance<T> = {
   remove: () => boolean
 } & Promise<T>
 
-export interface UseScriptOptions<T> extends Omit<HeadEntryOptions, 'transform'> {
-  /**
-   * Should the `dns-prefetch` tag be skipped.
-   *
-   * Useful if loading the script through a local proxy.
-   */
-  skipEarlyConnections?: boolean
+export interface UseScriptOptions<T> extends HeadEntryOptions {
   /**
    * Resolve the script instance from the window.
    */
@@ -35,10 +29,9 @@ export interface UseScriptOptions<T> extends Omit<HeadEntryOptions, 'transform'>
   stub?: ((ctx: { script: ScriptInstance<T>, fn: string | symbol }) => any)
   /**
    * The trigger to load the script:
-   * - `manual` - Load the script manually by calling `$script.load()` or `$script.waitForLoad()`.
+   * - `manual` - Load the script manually by calling `$script.load()`.
    * - `Promise` - Load the script when the promise resolves.
    */
-  trigger?: 'idle' | 'manual' | Promise<void>
   trigger?: 'manual' | Promise<void>
   /**
    * Context to run events with. This is useful in Vue to attach the current instance context before
diff --git a/packages/unhead/src/composables/useScript.ts b/packages/unhead/src/composables/useScript.ts
index e9ed096b..144f2478 100644
--- a/packages/unhead/src/composables/useScript.ts
+++ b/packages/unhead/src/composables/useScript.ts
@@ -96,14 +96,8 @@ export function useScript<T>(_input: UseScriptInput, _options?: UseScriptOptions
   const trigger = options.trigger
   if (options.trigger)
     trigger instanceof Promise && trigger.then(script.load)
-    // if we're lazy it's likely it will load within the first 10 seconds, otherwise we just prefetch the DNS for a quicker load
-    maybeHintEarlyConnection(isIdle ? 'preconnect' : 'dns-prefetch')
-  }
-  else {
+  else
     script.load()
-    // safe to preconnect as we'll load this script quite early
-    maybeHintEarlyConnection('preconnect')
-  }
 
   function resolveInnerHtmlLoad(ctx: DomRenderTagContext) {
     // we don't know up front if they'll be innerHTML or src due to the transform step
diff --git a/test/unhead/ssr/useScript.test.ts b/test/unhead/ssr/useScript.test.ts
index 0e7521ff..8dfc366b 100644
--- a/test/unhead/ssr/useScript.test.ts
+++ b/test/unhead/ssr/useScript.test.ts
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ describe('dom useScript', () => {
         "bodyAttrs": "",
         "bodyTags": "",
         "bodyTagsOpen": "",
-        "headTags": "<link rel="preconnect" href="https://cdn.example.com" data-hid="7b546a7">
-      <script defer fetchpriority="low" src="https://cdn.example.com/script.js" onload="this.dataset.onload = true" onerror="this.dataset.onerror = true" onabort="this.dataset.onabort = true" onprogress="this.dataset.onprogress = true" onloadstart="this.dataset.onloadstart = true" data-hid="438d65b" data-unhead-events=""></script>",
+        "headTags": "<script defer fetchpriority="low" src="https://cdn.example.com/script.js" onload="this.dataset.onload = true" onerror="this.dataset.onerror = true" onloadstart="this.dataset.onloadstart = true" data-hid="438d65b" data-unhead-events=""></script>",
         "htmlAttrs": "",
       }
     `)