diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/module.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/module.ts
index d21bc541c7..c086d6ee29 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/module.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/module.ts
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ComponentsOptions>({
           pattern: dirOptions.pattern || `**/*.{${extensions.join(',')},}`,
           ignore: [
             '**/*{M,.m,-m}ixin.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}', // ignore mixins
-            '**/*.d.ts', // .d.ts files
+            '**/*.d.{cts,mts,ts}', // .d.ts files
             ...(dirOptions.ignore || [])
           ],
           transpile: (transpile === 'auto' ? dirPath.includes('node_modules') : transpile)
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/transform.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/transform.ts
index 3872703cd7..579cf42e7b 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/transform.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/transform.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import { createUnimport } from 'unimport'
 import { createUnplugin } from 'unplugin'
 import { parseURL } from 'ufo'
 import { parseQuery } from 'vue-router'
+import { normalize } from 'pathe'
 import type { getComponentsT } from './module'
 
 const COMPONENT_QUERY_RE = /[?&]nuxt_component=/
@@ -45,7 +46,8 @@ export function createTransformPlugin (nuxt: Nuxt, getComponents: getComponentsT
   return createUnplugin(() => ({
     name: 'nuxt:components:imports',
     transformInclude (id) {
-      return !isIgnored(id)
+      id = normalize(id)
+      return id.startsWith('virtual:') || id.startsWith(nuxt.options.buildDir) || !isIgnored(id)
     },
     async transform (code, id) {
       // Virtual component wrapper
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
index 9a397d4e9a..c6fd13cda3 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
@@ -76,13 +76,12 @@ function createWatcher () {
     ignoreInitial: true,
     ignored: [
       isIgnored,
-      '.nuxt',
       'node_modules'
     ]
   })
 
   watcher.on('all', (event, path) => nuxt.callHook('builder:watch', event, normalize(path)))
-  nuxt.hook('close', () => watcher.close())
+  nuxt.hook('close', () => watcher?.close())
 }
 
 function createGranularWatcher () {
@@ -104,7 +103,7 @@ function createGranularWatcher () {
   }
   for (const dir of pathsToWatch) {
     pending++
-    const watcher = chokidar.watch(dir, { ...nuxt.options.watchers.chokidar, ignoreInitial: false, depth: 0, ignored: [isIgnored] })
+    const watcher = chokidar.watch(dir, { ...nuxt.options.watchers.chokidar, ignoreInitial: false, depth: 0, ignored: [isIgnored, '**/node_modules'] })
     const watchers: Record<string, FSWatcher> = {}
 
     watcher.on('all', (event, path) => {
@@ -113,13 +112,13 @@ function createGranularWatcher () {
         nuxt.callHook('builder:watch', event, path)
       }
       if (event === 'unlinkDir' && path in watchers) {
-        watchers[path].close()
+        watchers[path]?.close()
         delete watchers[path]
       }
       if (event === 'addDir' && path !== dir && !ignoredDirs.has(path) && !pathsToWatch.includes(path) && !(path in watchers) && !isIgnored(path)) {
         watchers[path] = chokidar.watch(path, { ...nuxt.options.watchers.chokidar, ignored: [isIgnored] })
         watchers[path].on('all', (event, path) => nuxt.callHook('builder:watch', event, normalize(path)))
-        nuxt.hook('close', () => watchers[path].close())
+        nuxt.hook('close', () => watchers[path]?.close())
       }
     })
     watcher.on('ready', () => {
@@ -150,7 +149,6 @@ async function createParcelWatcher () {
       }, {
         ignore: [
           ...nuxt.options.ignore,
-          '.nuxt',
           'node_modules'
         ]
       })
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts b/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts
index 1e13d6c269..ffd76c8b45 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { defineUntypedSchema } from 'untyped'
-import { join, resolve } from 'pathe'
+import { join, relative, resolve } from 'pathe'
 import { isDebug, isDevelopment } from 'std-env'
 import { defu } from 'defu'
 import { findWorkspaceDir } from 'pkg-types'
@@ -352,14 +352,13 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
    */
   ignore: {
     $resolve: async (val, get) => [
-      '**/*.stories.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}', // ignore storybook files
-      '**/*.{spec,test}.{js,ts,jsx,tsx}', // ignore tests
-      '**/*.d.ts', // ignore type declarations
-      '.output',
-      '.git',
-      '.cache',
-      await get('analyzeDir'),
-      await get('buildDir'),
+      '**/*.stories.{js,cts,mts,ts,jsx,tsx}', // ignore storybook files
+      '**/*.{spec,test}.{js,cts,mts,ts,jsx,tsx}', // ignore tests
+      '**/*.d.{cts,mts,ts}', // ignore type declarations
+      '**/.{vercel,netlify,output,git,cache,data}',
+      '**/dist',
+      relative(await get('rootDir'), await get('analyzeDir')),
+      relative(await get('rootDir'), await get('buildDir')),
       await get('ignorePrefix') && `**/${await get('ignorePrefix')}*.*`
     ].concat(val).filter(Boolean)
   },
diff --git a/test/setup.ts b/test/setup.ts
index a444d934b2..e04fd8d8f4 100644
--- a/test/setup.ts
+++ b/test/setup.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ export async function setup () {
   if (fs.existsSync(tempDir)) {
     await fs.remove(tempDir)
   }
-  await fs.copy(fixtureDir, tempDir)
+  await fs.copy(fixtureDir, tempDir, {
+    filter: src => !src.includes('.cache')
+  })
 }
 
 export async function teardown () {