diff --git a/packages/plugin-legacy/README.md b/packages/plugin-legacy/README.md
index cdb6aff497ff42..4f7fbf60a69a49 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-legacy/README.md
+++ b/packages/plugin-legacy/README.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ By default, this plugin will:
 
 - Generate a polyfill chunk including SystemJS runtime, and any necessary polyfills determined by specified browser targets and **actual usage** in the bundle.
 
-- Inject `<script nomodule>` tags into generated HTML to conditionally load the polyfills and legacy bundle only in browsers without native ESM support.
+- Inject `<script nomodule>` tags into generated HTML to conditionally load the polyfills and legacy bundle only in browsers without widely-available features support.
 
 - Inject the `import.meta.env.LEGACY` env variable, which will only be `true` in the legacy production build, and `false` in all other cases.
 
@@ -117,12 +117,18 @@ npm add -D terser
 
   Defaults to `false`. Enabling this option will exclude `systemjs/dist/s.min.js` inside polyfills-legacy chunk.
 
-## Dynamic Import
+## Browsers that supports ESM but does not support widely-available features
 
-The legacy plugin offers a way to use native `import()` in the modern build while falling back to the legacy build in browsers with native ESM but without dynamic import support (e.g. Legacy Edge). This feature works by injecting a runtime check and loading the legacy bundle with SystemJs runtime if needed. There are the following drawbacks:
+The legacy plugin offers a way to use widely-available features natively in the modern build, while falling back to the legacy build in browsers with native ESM but without those features supported (e.g. Legacy Edge). This feature works by injecting a runtime check and loading the legacy bundle with SystemJs runtime if needed. There are the following drawbacks:
 
 - Modern bundle is downloaded in all ESM browsers
-- Modern bundle throws `SyntaxError` in browsers without dynamic import
+- Modern bundle throws `SyntaxError` in browsers without those features support
+
+The following syntax are considered as widely-available:
+
+- dynamic import
+- `import.meta`
+- async generator
 
 ## Polyfill Specifiers
 
diff --git a/packages/plugin-legacy/package.json b/packages/plugin-legacy/package.json
index 9d8f2185c0ed56..1567c6c3bb9f5c 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-legacy/package.json
+++ b/packages/plugin-legacy/package.json
@@ -41,10 +41,10 @@
   },
   "homepage": "https://github.com/vitejs/vite/tree/main/packages/plugin-legacy#readme",
   "dependencies": {
-    "core-js": "^3.27.2",
     "@babel/core": "^7.20.12",
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.20.2",
     "browserslist": "^4.21.4",
+    "core-js": "^3.27.2",
     "magic-string": "^0.27.0",
     "regenerator-runtime": "^0.13.11",
     "systemjs": "^6.13.0"
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
     "vite": "^4.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "acorn": "^8.8.2",
     "picocolors": "^1.0.0",
     "vite": "workspace:*"
   }
diff --git a/packages/plugin-legacy/src/__tests__/snippets.spec.ts b/packages/plugin-legacy/src/__tests__/snippets.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..65376ef102d023
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugin-legacy/src/__tests__/snippets.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+import { expect, test } from 'vitest'
+import type { ecmaVersion } from 'acorn'
+import { parse } from 'acorn'
+import { detectModernBrowserDetector } from '../snippets'
+
+const shouldFailVersions: ecmaVersion[] = []
+for (let v = 2015; v <= 2019; v++) {
+  shouldFailVersions.push(v as ecmaVersion)
+}
+
+const shouldPassVersions: acorn.ecmaVersion[] = []
+for (let v = 2020; v <= 2022; v++) {
+  shouldPassVersions.push(v as ecmaVersion)
+}
+
+for (const version of shouldFailVersions) {
+  test(`detect code should not be able to be parsed with ES${version}`, () => {
+    expect(() => {
+      parse(detectModernBrowserDetector, {
+        ecmaVersion: version,
+        sourceType: 'module',
+      })
+    }).toThrow()
+  })
+}
+
+for (const version of shouldPassVersions) {
+  test(`detect code should be able to be parsed with ES${version}`, () => {
+    expect(() => {
+      parse(detectModernBrowserDetector, {
+        ecmaVersion: version,
+        sourceType: 'module',
+      })
+    }).not.toThrow()
+  })
+}
diff --git a/packages/plugin-legacy/src/index.ts b/packages/plugin-legacy/src/index.ts
index f679788447cbaa..d9a6d49f1cd3e1 100644
--- a/packages/plugin-legacy/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin-legacy/src/index.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,15 @@ import type {
 import colors from 'picocolors'
 import { loadConfig as browserslistLoadConfig } from 'browserslist'
 import type { Options } from './types'
+import {
+  detectModernBrowserCode,
+  dynamicFallbackInlineCode,
+  legacyEntryId,
+  legacyPolyfillId,
+  modernChunkLegacyGuard,
+  safari10NoModuleFix,
+  systemJSInlineCode,
+} from './snippets'
 
 // lazy load babel since it's not used during dev
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/consistent-type-imports
@@ -103,20 +112,6 @@ function toAssetPathFromHtml(
   )
 }
 
-// https://gist.github.com/samthor/64b114e4a4f539915a95b91ffd340acc
-// DO NOT ALTER THIS CONTENT
-const safari10NoModuleFix = `!function(){var e=document,t=e.createElement("script");if(!("noModule"in t)&&"onbeforeload"in t){var n=!1;e.addEventListener("beforeload",(function(e){if(e.target===t)n=!0;else if(!e.target.hasAttribute("nomodule")||!n)return;e.preventDefault()}),!0),t.type="module",t.src=".",e.head.appendChild(t),t.remove()}}();`
-
-const legacyPolyfillId = 'vite-legacy-polyfill'
-const legacyEntryId = 'vite-legacy-entry'
-const systemJSInlineCode = `System.import(document.getElementById('${legacyEntryId}').getAttribute('data-src'))`
-
-const detectModernBrowserVarName = '__vite_is_modern_browser'
-const detectModernBrowserCode = `try{import.meta.url;import("_").catch(()=>1);}catch(e){}window.${detectModernBrowserVarName}=true;`
-const dynamicFallbackInlineCode = `!function(){if(window.${detectModernBrowserVarName})return;console.warn("vite: loading legacy build because dynamic import or import.meta.url is unsupported, syntax error above should be ignored");var e=document.getElementById("${legacyPolyfillId}"),n=document.createElement("script");n.src=e.src,n.onload=function(){${systemJSInlineCode}},document.body.appendChild(n)}();`
-
-const forceDynamicImportUsage = `export function __vite_legacy_guard(){import('data:text/javascript,')};`
-
 const legacyEnvVarMarker = `__VITE_IS_LEGACY__`
 
 const _require = createRequire(import.meta.url)
@@ -126,7 +121,6 @@ function viteLegacyPlugin(options: Options = {}): Plugin[] {
   let targets: Options['targets']
 
   const genLegacy = options.renderLegacyChunks !== false
-  const genDynamicFallback = genLegacy
 
   const debugFlags = (process.env.DEBUG || '').split(',')
   const isDebug =
@@ -185,13 +179,13 @@ function viteLegacyPlugin(options: Options = {}): Plugin[] {
           // Vite's default target browsers are **not** the same.
           // See https://github.com/vitejs/vite/pull/10052#issuecomment-1242076461
           overriddenBuildTarget = config.build.target !== undefined
-          // browsers supporting ESM + dynamic import + import.meta
+          // browsers supporting ESM + dynamic import + import.meta + async generator
           config.build.target = [
             'es2020',
             'edge79',
             'firefox67',
             'chrome64',
-            'safari11.1',
+            'safari12',
           ]
         }
       }
@@ -252,7 +246,7 @@ function viteLegacyPlugin(options: Options = {}): Plugin[] {
       }
 
       // legacy bundle
-      if (legacyPolyfills.size || genDynamicFallback) {
+      if (legacyPolyfills.size) {
         // check if the target needs Promise polyfill because SystemJS relies on it
         // https://github.com/systemjs/systemjs#ie11-support
         await detectPolyfills(
@@ -367,8 +361,9 @@ function viteLegacyPlugin(options: Options = {}): Plugin[] {
 
         const ms = new MagicString(raw)
 
-        if (genDynamicFallback && chunk.isEntry) {
-          ms.prepend(forceDynamicImportUsage)
+        if (genLegacy && chunk.isEntry) {
+          // append this code to avoid modern chunks running on legacy targeted browsers
+          ms.prepend(modernChunkLegacyGuard)
         }
 
         if (raw.includes(legacyEnvVarMarker)) {
@@ -557,7 +552,7 @@ function viteLegacyPlugin(options: Options = {}): Plugin[] {
       }
 
       // 5. inject dynamic import fallback entry
-      if (genDynamicFallback && legacyPolyfillFilename && legacyEntryFilename) {
+      if (genLegacy && legacyPolyfillFilename && legacyEntryFilename) {
         tags.push({
           tag: 'script',
           attrs: { type: 'module' },
diff --git a/packages/plugin-legacy/src/snippets.ts b/packages/plugin-legacy/src/snippets.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..a07b9b7da99d79
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugin-legacy/src/snippets.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// https://gist.github.com/samthor/64b114e4a4f539915a95b91ffd340acc
+// DO NOT ALTER THIS CONTENT
+export const safari10NoModuleFix = `!function(){var e=document,t=e.createElement("script");if(!("noModule"in t)&&"onbeforeload"in t){var n=!1;e.addEventListener("beforeload",(function(e){if(e.target===t)n=!0;else if(!e.target.hasAttribute("nomodule")||!n)return;e.preventDefault()}),!0),t.type="module",t.src=".",e.head.appendChild(t),t.remove()}}();`
+
+export const legacyPolyfillId = 'vite-legacy-polyfill'
+export const legacyEntryId = 'vite-legacy-entry'
+export const systemJSInlineCode = `System.import(document.getElementById('${legacyEntryId}').getAttribute('data-src'))`
+
+const detectModernBrowserVarName = '__vite_is_modern_browser'
+export const detectModernBrowserDetector =
+  'import.meta.url;import("_").catch(()=>1);async function* g(){};'
+export const detectModernBrowserCode = `${detectModernBrowserDetector}window.${detectModernBrowserVarName}=true;`
+export const dynamicFallbackInlineCode = `!function(){if(window.${detectModernBrowserVarName})return;console.warn("vite: loading legacy chunks, syntax error above and the same error below should be ignored");var e=document.getElementById("${legacyPolyfillId}"),n=document.createElement("script");n.src=e.src,n.onload=function(){${systemJSInlineCode}},document.body.appendChild(n)}();`
+
+export const modernChunkLegacyGuard = `export function __vite_legacy_guard(){${detectModernBrowserDetector}};`
diff --git a/playground/legacy/__tests__/legacy.spec.ts b/playground/legacy/__tests__/legacy.spec.ts
index 86f537a57ebf7e..320cd5b72d7e91 100644
--- a/playground/legacy/__tests__/legacy.spec.ts
+++ b/playground/legacy/__tests__/legacy.spec.ts
@@ -30,6 +30,14 @@ test('transpiles down iterators correctly', async () => {
   await untilUpdated(() => page.textContent('#iterators'), 'hello', true)
 })
 
+test('async generator', async () => {
+  await untilUpdated(
+    () => page.textContent('#async-generator'),
+    '[0,1,2]',
+    true,
+  )
+})
+
 test('wraps with iife', async () => {
   await untilUpdated(
     () => page.textContent('#babel-helpers'),
diff --git a/playground/legacy/index.html b/playground/legacy/index.html
index 42b31af83bacdf..636029da7384eb 100644
--- a/playground/legacy/index.html
+++ b/playground/legacy/index.html
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ <h1 id="app"></h1>
 <div id="env"></div>
 <div id="iterators"></div>
 <div id="features-after-corejs-3"></div>
+<div id="async-generator"></div>
 <div id="babel-helpers"></div>
 <div id="assets"></div>
 <button id="dynamic-css-button">dynamic css</button>
diff --git a/playground/legacy/main.js b/playground/legacy/main.js
index 91ba0b038104c4..ed04ee8ab63cd0 100644
--- a/playground/legacy/main.js
+++ b/playground/legacy/main.js
@@ -29,6 +29,21 @@ text(
   JSON.stringify(structuredClone({ foo: 'foo' })),
 )
 
+// async generator
+async function* asyncGenerator() {
+  for (let i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
+    await new Promise((resolve) => setTimeout(resolve, 10))
+    yield i
+  }
+}
+;(async () => {
+  const result = []
+  for await (const i of asyncGenerator()) {
+    result.push(i)
+  }
+  text('#async-generator', JSON.stringify(result))
+})()
+
 // babel-helpers
 // Using `String.raw` to inject `@babel/plugin-transform-template-literals`
 // helpers.
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 728ce39114e149..d3c24a551679bc 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -145,6 +145,7 @@ importers:
     specifiers:
       '@babel/core': ^7.20.12
       '@babel/preset-env': ^7.20.2
+      acorn: ^8.8.2
       browserslist: ^4.21.4
       core-js: ^3.27.2
       magic-string: ^0.27.0
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ importers:
       regenerator-runtime: 0.13.11
       systemjs: 6.13.0
     devDependencies:
+      acorn: 8.8.2
       picocolors: 1.0.0
       vite: link:../vite