diff --git a/packages/next/src/build/webpack-config.ts b/packages/next/src/build/webpack-config.ts
index 262b0c718f..df2887434d 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/build/webpack-config.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/build/webpack-config.ts
@@ -664,7 +664,7 @@ export default async function getBaseWebpackConfig(
       reactProductionProfiling,
       hasRewrites,
     }),
-    ...(isClient || isEdgeServer
+    ...(isClient
       ? {
           fallback: {
             process: require.resolve('./polyfills/process'),
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-edge/app-edge.test.ts b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-edge/app-edge.test.ts
index dfb64dfc15..5d46218153 100644
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-edge/app-edge.test.ts
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-edge/app-edge.test.ts
@@ -24,6 +24,11 @@ describe('app-dir edge SSR', () => {
     expect(await res.text()).toInclude('Hello')
   })
 
+  it('should treat process as object without polyfill in edge runtime', async () => {
+    const $ = await next.render$('/edge-apis/process')
+    expect(await $('#process').text()).toContain('object')
+  })
+
   it('should handle /index routes correctly', async () => {
     const appHtml = await next.render('/index')
     expect(appHtml).toContain('the /index route')
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/app-edge/app/edge-apis/process/page.tsx b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-edge/app/edge-apis/process/page.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..958b0d63b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/e2e/app-dir/app-edge/app/edge-apis/process/page.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import React from 'react'
+
+export default function Page() {
+  return (
+    <>
+      <p id="process">
+        {typeof process === 'object'
+          ? typeof process.emit === 'function'
+            ? 'emit'
+            : 'object'
+          : 'undefined'}
+      </p>
+    </>
+  )
+}
+
+export const runtime = 'edge'