diff --git a/.changeset/moody-kids-brake.md b/.changeset/moody-kids-brake.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..664a700d8754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/moody-kids-brake.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: do not comment out unused selectors that are inside an unused selector
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/css/index.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/css/index.js
index e1da4eca9679..decdb21ad716 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/css/index.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/3-transform/css/index.js
@@ -159,34 +159,37 @@ const visitors = {
 		next();
 	},
 	SelectorList(node, { state, next, path }) {
-		let pruning = false;
-		let last = node.children[0].start;
+		// Only add comments if we're not inside a complex selector that itself is unused
+		if (!path.find((n) => n.type === 'ComplexSelector' && !n.metadata.used)) {
+			let pruning = false;
+			let last = node.children[0].start;
 
-		for (let i = 0; i < node.children.length; i += 1) {
-			const selector = node.children[i];
+			for (let i = 0; i < node.children.length; i += 1) {
+				const selector = node.children[i];
 
-			if (selector.metadata.used === pruning) {
-				if (pruning) {
-					let i = selector.start;
-					while (state.code.original[i] !== ',') i--;
+				if (selector.metadata.used === pruning) {
+					if (pruning) {
+						let i = selector.start;
+						while (state.code.original[i] !== ',') i--;
 
-					state.code.overwrite(i, i + 1, '*/');
-				} else {
-					if (i === 0) {
-						state.code.prependRight(selector.start, '/* (unused) ');
+						state.code.overwrite(i, i + 1, '*/');
 					} else {
-						state.code.overwrite(last, selector.start, ' /* (unused) ');
+						if (i === 0) {
+							state.code.prependRight(selector.start, '/* (unused) ');
+						} else {
+							state.code.overwrite(last, selector.start, ' /* (unused) ');
+						}
 					}
+
+					pruning = !pruning;
 				}
 
-				pruning = !pruning;
+				last = selector.end;
 			}
 
-			last = selector.end;
-		}
-
-		if (pruning) {
-			state.code.appendLeft(last, '*/');
+			if (pruning) {
+				state.code.appendLeft(last, '*/');
+			}
 		}
 
 		// if we're in a `:is(...)` or whatever, keep existing specificity bump state
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/has/_config.js b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/has/_config.js
index b590b2e50a44..68a1a35fe75c 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/has/_config.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/has/_config.js
@@ -86,18 +86,32 @@ export default test({
 				line: 81
 			}
 		},
+		{
+			code: 'css_unused_selector',
+			message: 'Unused CSS selector ".unused:has(.unused)"',
+			start: {
+				line: 84,
+				column: 1,
+				character: 934
+			},
+			end: {
+				line: 84,
+				column: 21,
+				character: 954
+			}
+		},
 		{
 			code: 'css_unused_selector',
 			message: 'Unused CSS selector "x:has(> z)"',
 			start: {
-				line: 88,
+				line: 91,
 				column: 1,
-				character: 968
+				character: 1021
 			},
 			end: {
-				line: 88,
+				line: 91,
 				column: 11,
-				character: 978
+				character: 1031
 			}
 		}
 	]
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/has/expected.css b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/has/expected.css
index 41f1ca76289b..a543916631fd 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/has/expected.css
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/has/expected.css
@@ -75,6 +75,9 @@
 	/* (unused) .unused x:has(y) {
 		color: red;
 	}*/
+	/* (unused) .unused:has(.unused)*/ x.svelte-xyz:has(y:where(.svelte-xyz)) {
+		color: green;
+	}
 
 	x.svelte-xyz:has(> y:where(.svelte-xyz)) {
 		color: green;
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/has/input.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/has/input.svelte
index 87bc9bb34c6f..0a9644d2ae16 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/has/input.svelte
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/css/samples/has/input.svelte
@@ -81,6 +81,9 @@
 	.unused x:has(y) {
 		color: red;
 	}
+	.unused:has(.unused), x:has(y) {
+		color: green;
+	}
 
 	x:has(> y) {
 		color: green;