diff --git a/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts b/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts
index 858f8d54e1..36162e53cd 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
      *
      * This can be disabled for most Nuxt sites to reduce the client-side bundle by ~0.5kb.
      */
-    polyfillVueUseHead: true,
+    polyfillVueUseHead: false,
 
     /** Allow disabling Nuxt SSR responses by setting the `x-nuxt-no-ssr` header. */
     respectNoSSRHeader: false,
diff --git a/test/bundle.test.ts b/test/bundle.test.ts
index 9098877aaa..7144642151 100644
--- a/test/bundle.test.ts
+++ b/test/bundle.test.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ describe.skipIf(isWindows || process.env.ECOSYSTEM_CI)('minimal nuxt application
 
   it('default server bundle size', async () => {
     stats.server = await analyzeSizes(['**/*.mjs', '!node_modules'], serverDir)
-    expect(roundToKilobytes(stats.server.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"92k"')
+    expect(roundToKilobytes(stats.server.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"91k"')
 
     const modules = await analyzeSizes('node_modules/**/*', serverDir)
     expect(roundToKilobytes(modules.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"2648k"')
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/nuxt.config.ts b/test/fixtures/basic/nuxt.config.ts
index 6a11e29bba..a1e40b709d 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/basic/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ export default defineNuxtConfig({
     }
   },
   experimental: {
+    polyfillVueUseHead: true,
     renderJsonPayloads: true,
     respectNoSSRHeader: true,
     clientFallback: true,