diff --git a/.changeset/clean-countries-push.md b/.changeset/clean-countries-push.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1a2d4d7e9169
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/clean-countries-push.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@sveltejs/kit': patch
+---
+
+Set `$page.url` to current URL in browser
diff --git a/packages/adapter-static/package.json b/packages/adapter-static/package.json
index 0be49ceb5176..fd20c31dfa92 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-static/package.json
+++ b/packages/adapter-static/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 	},
 	"devDependencies": {
 		"@sveltejs/kit": "workspace:*",
+		"devalue": "^2.0.1",
 		"playwright-chromium": "^1.17.0",
 		"port-authority": "^1.1.2",
 		"sirv": "^2.0.0",
diff --git a/packages/adapter-static/test/utils.js b/packages/adapter-static/test/utils.js
index fb3662de19c0..53ea9f0fb7ea 100644
--- a/packages/adapter-static/test/utils.js
+++ b/packages/adapter-static/test/utils.js
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ export function run(app, callback) {
 	suite.before(async (context) => {
 		try {
 			const cwd = fileURLToPath(new URL(`apps/${app}`, import.meta.url));
-			const cli_path = fileURLToPath(new URL('../../kit/dist/cli.js', import.meta.url));
+			const mode = process.env.CI ? 'dist' : 'src';
+			const cli_path = fileURLToPath(new URL(`../../kit/${mode}/cli.js`, import.meta.url));
 
 			rimraf(`${cwd}/build`);
 
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/renderer.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/renderer.js
index 1d4ba6ec7a1d..1726d47a068b 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/renderer.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/renderer.js
@@ -195,11 +195,12 @@ export class Renderer {
 	 *   status: number;
 	 *   error: Error;
 	 *   nodes: Array<Promise<CSRComponent>>;
-	 *   url: URL;
 	 *   params: Record<string, string>;
 	 * }} selected
 	 */
-	async start({ status, error, nodes, url, params }) {
+	async start({ status, error, nodes, params }) {
+		const url = new URL(location.href);
+
 		/** @type {Array<import('./types').BranchNode | undefined>} */
 		const branch = [];
 
@@ -211,9 +212,6 @@ export class Renderer {
 
 		let error_args;
 
-		// url.hash is empty when coming from the server
-		url.hash = window.location.hash;
-
 		try {
 			for (let i = 0; i < nodes.length; i += 1) {
 				const is_leaf = i === nodes.length - 1;
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/start.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/start.js
index 61019a594ee0..af8320bc1c0c 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/start.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/client/start.js
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ import { set_paths } from '../paths.js';
  *     status: number;
  *     error: Error;
  *     nodes: Array<Promise<import('types/internal').CSRComponent>>;
- *     url: URL;
  *     params: Record<string, string>;
  *   };
  * }} opts
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js
index 38fdecd11ba5..cc50655c5a71 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/server/page/render.js
@@ -177,7 +177,6 @@ export async function render_response({
 					.map(({ node }) => `import(${s(options.prefix + node.entry)})`)
 					.join(',\n\t\t\t\t\t\t')}
 				],
-				url: new URL(${s(url.href)}),
 				params: ${devalue(params)}
 			}` : 'null'}
 		});
diff --git a/packages/kit/test/prerendering/options/test/test.js b/packages/kit/test/prerendering/options/test/test.js
index 7d08e436ad69..d38c68002250 100644
--- a/packages/kit/test/prerendering/options/test/test.js
+++ b/packages/kit/test/prerendering/options/test/test.js
@@ -11,13 +11,11 @@ const read = (file) => fs.readFileSync(`${build}/${file}`, 'utf-8');
 test('prerenders /path-base', () => {
 	const content = read('index.html');
 	assert.ok(content.includes('<h1>hello</h1>'));
-	assert.ok(content.includes('http://sveltekit-prerender/path-base'));
 });
 
 test('prerenders nested /path-base', () => {
 	const content = read('nested/index.html');
 	assert.ok(content.includes('<h1>nested hello</h1>'));
-	assert.ok(content.includes('http://sveltekit-prerender/path-base/nested'));
 });
 
 test('adds CSP headers via meta tag', () => {
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 967ce27570d0..b591e14e686f 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -143,6 +143,7 @@ importers:
   packages/adapter-static:
     specifiers:
       '@sveltejs/kit': workspace:*
+      devalue: ^2.0.1
       playwright-chromium: ^1.17.0
       port-authority: ^1.1.2
       sirv: ^2.0.0
@@ -153,6 +154,7 @@ importers:
       tiny-glob: 0.2.9
     devDependencies:
       '@sveltejs/kit': link:../kit
+      devalue: 2.0.1
       playwright-chromium: 1.17.0
       port-authority: 1.1.2
       sirv: 2.0.0