diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
index 99aa2a51f2..80b96abd8e 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
@@ -146,35 +146,36 @@ async function createParcelWatcher () {
     console.time('[nuxt] builder:parcel:watch')
   }
   const watcherPath = await tryResolveModule('@parcel/watcher', [nuxt.options.rootDir, ...nuxt.options.modulesDir])
-  if (watcherPath) {
-    const { subscribe } = await import(pathToFileURL(watcherPath).href).then(interopDefault) as typeof import('@parcel/watcher')
-    for (const layer of nuxt.options._layers) {
-      if (!layer.config.srcDir) { continue }
-      const watcher = subscribe(layer.config.srcDir, (err, events) => {
-        if (err) { return }
-        for (const event of events) {
-          if (isIgnored(event.path)) { continue }
-          // TODO: consider moving to emit absolute path in 3.8 or 4.0
-          nuxt.callHook('builder:watch', watchEvents[event.type], normalize(relative(nuxt.options.srcDir, event.path)))
-        }
-      }, {
-        ignore: [
-          ...nuxt.options.ignore,
-          'node_modules'
-        ]
-      })
-      watcher.then((subscription) => {
-        if (nuxt.options.debug) {
-          // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
-          console.timeEnd('[nuxt] builder:parcel:watch')
-        }
-        nuxt.hook('close', () => subscription.unsubscribe())
-      })
-    }
-    return true
+  if (!watcherPath) {
+    logger.warn('Falling back to `chokidar-granular` as `@parcel/watcher` cannot be resolved in your project.')
+    return false
   }
-  logger.warn('Falling back to `chokidar-granular` as `@parcel/watcher` cannot be resolved in your project.')
-  return false
+
+  const { subscribe } = await import(pathToFileURL(watcherPath).href).then(interopDefault) as typeof import('@parcel/watcher')
+  for (const layer of nuxt.options._layers) {
+    if (!layer.config.srcDir) { continue }
+    const watcher = subscribe(layer.config.srcDir, (err, events) => {
+      if (err) { return }
+      for (const event of events) {
+        if (isIgnored(event.path)) { continue }
+        // TODO: consider moving to emit absolute path in 3.8 or 4.0
+        nuxt.callHook('builder:watch', watchEvents[event.type], normalize(relative(nuxt.options.srcDir, event.path)))
+      }
+    }, {
+      ignore: [
+        ...nuxt.options.ignore,
+        'node_modules'
+      ]
+    })
+    watcher.then((subscription) => {
+      if (nuxt.options.debug) {
+        // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
+        console.timeEnd('[nuxt] builder:parcel:watch')
+      }
+      nuxt.hook('close', () => subscription.unsubscribe())
+    })
+  }
+  return true
 }
 
 async function bundle (nuxt: Nuxt) {
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/schema.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/schema.ts
index a20e256411..6e75198ae1 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/schema.ts
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
           }
           return
         }
-        logger.warn('Falling back to `chokidar-granular` as `@parcel/watcher` cannot be resolved in your project.')
+        logger.warn('Falling back to `chokidar` as `@parcel/watcher` cannot be resolved in your project.')
       }
 
       const filesToWatch = await Promise.all(nuxt.options._layers.map(layer =>