diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/webpack/presets/babel.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/webpack/presets/babel.ts
index 0bb0e18a2a..05b413cd57 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/webpack/presets/babel.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/webpack/presets/babel.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import TerserWebpackPlugin from 'terser-webpack-plugin'
-import { WebpackPluginInstance } from 'webpack'
 import { reservedVueTags } from '../utils/reserved-tags'
 import { WebpackConfigContext } from '../utils/config'