diff --git a/packages/knip/fixtures/plugins/vitest7/package.json b/packages/knip/fixtures/plugins/vitest7/package.json
index 294a62634..0cfbc15cd 100644
--- a/packages/knip/fixtures/plugins/vitest7/package.json
+++ b/packages/knip/fixtures/plugins/vitest7/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {
   "name": "@fixtures/vitest7",
   "devDependencies": {
-    "vitest": "*"
+    "vitest": "*",
+    "ReporterString": "*",
+    "ReporterArray": "*"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/knip/src/plugins/vitest/helpers.ts b/packages/knip/src/plugins/vitest/helpers.ts
index f424162fd..ad15d8c84 100644
--- a/packages/knip/src/plugins/vitest/helpers.ts
+++ b/packages/knip/src/plugins/vitest/helpers.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,6 @@ export const getExternalReporters = (reporters?: ViteConfig['test']['reporters']
   reporters
     ? [reporters]
         .flat()
-        .flat()
+        .map(reporter => (Array.isArray(reporter) ? reporter[0] : reporter))
         .filter((reporter): reporter is string => typeof reporter === 'string' && !builtInReporters.includes(reporter))
     : [];
diff --git a/packages/knip/test/plugins/vitest7.test.ts b/packages/knip/test/plugins/vitest7.test.ts
index f0423673c..d342baedc 100644
--- a/packages/knip/test/plugins/vitest7.test.ts
+++ b/packages/knip/test/plugins/vitest7.test.ts
@@ -8,19 +8,15 @@ import baseCounters from '../helpers/baseCounters.js';
 const cwd = resolve('fixtures/plugins/vitest7');
 
 test('Find dependencies with Vitest plugin (7)', async () => {
-  const { issues, counters } = await main({
+  const { counters } = await main({
     ...baseArguments,
     cwd,
   });
 
-  assert(issues.unlisted['vitest.config.ts']['ReporterString']);
-  assert(issues.unlisted['vitest.config.ts']['ReporterArray']);
-
   assert.deepEqual(counters, {
     ...baseCounters,
     files: 0,
     processed: 3,
     total: 3,
-    unlisted: 2,
   });
 });