diff --git a/utils/createPathFormatter.ts b/utils/createPathFormatter.ts
index 52c9527c6d8c6756125c2f746cf14d055ed1e3ef..b7c950190142168447bf3cc2d0c65a306965ac98 100644
--- a/utils/createPathFormatter.ts
+++ b/utils/createPathFormatter.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ function formatPath(
 	href: string,
 	{ format = 'directory', trailingSlash = 'ignore' }: FormatPathOptions
 ) {
-	const formatStrategy = formatStrategies[format];
+	const useCleanFileUrls = format === 'file' && trailingSlash === 'never';
+	const formatStrategy = useCleanFileUrls ? defaultFormatStrategy : formatStrategies[format];
 	const trailingSlashStrategy = trailingSlashStrategies[trailingSlash];
 
 	// Handle extension
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ function formatPath(
 	href = formatStrategy.addBase(href);
 
 	// Skip trailing slash handling for `build.format: 'file'`
-	if (format === 'file') return href;
+	if (format === 'file' && !useCleanFileUrls) return href;
 
 	// Handle trailing slash
 	href = href === '/' ? href : trailingSlashStrategy(href);