diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/app/nuxt.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/app/nuxt.ts
index d2db362dc9..e5ed0b9838 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/app/nuxt.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/app/nuxt.ts
@@ -120,8 +120,12 @@ export function createNuxtApp (options: CreateOptions) {
 
   // Expose runtime config
   if (process.server) {
-    nuxtApp.provide('config', options.ssrContext.runtimeConfig.private)
-    nuxtApp.payload.config = options.ssrContext.runtimeConfig.public
+    nuxtApp.provide('config', options.ssrContext.runtimeConfig)
+    // Client's runtime-config
+    nuxtApp.payload.config = {
+      public: options.ssrContext.runtimeConfig.public,
+      app: options.ssrContext.runtimeConfig.app
+    }
   } else {
     nuxtApp.provide('config', reactive(nuxtApp.payload.config))
   }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
index b59525afcc..1c7927e2b4 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ const getSPARenderer = cachedResult(async () => {
     ssrContext.nuxt = {
       serverRendered: false,
       config: {
-        ...config.public,
+        public: config.public,
         app: config.app
       }
     }
@@ -84,13 +84,12 @@ export default eventHandler(async (event) => {
   }
 
   // Initialize ssr context
-  const config = useRuntimeConfig()
   const ssrContext = {
     url,
     event,
     req: event.req,
     res: event.res,
-    runtimeConfig: { private: config, public: { ...config.public, app: config.app } },
+    runtimeConfig: useRuntimeConfig(),
     noSSR: event.req.headers['x-nuxt-no-ssr'],
 
     error: ssrError,