diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/app/declarations/nuxt-build.d.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/app/declarations/nuxt-build.d.ts
index 854fae47ef..f3681dab5b 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/app/declarations/nuxt-build.d.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/app/declarations/nuxt-build.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-declare module '~build/routes' {
+declare module 'nuxt/build/routes' {
     import { RouteRecordRaw } from 'vue-router'
 
     const _default: RouteRecordRaw[]
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/app/plugins/router/index.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/app/plugins/router/index.ts
index 98fb06e5b2..f15517c9ee 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/app/plugins/router/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/app/plugins/router/index.ts
@@ -6,10 +6,9 @@ import {
   RouterLink
 } from 'vue-router'
 import type { Plugin } from 'nuxt/app'
+import routes from 'nuxt/build/routes'
 import NuxtPage from './NuxtPage.vue'
 
-import routes from '~build/routes'
-
 export default <Plugin> function router (nuxt) {
   const { app } = nuxt
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/builder/vite/vite.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/builder/vite/vite.ts
index 37d9f10d7b..21c933b470 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/builder/vite/vite.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/builder/vite/vite.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export async function bundle (nuxt: Nuxt) {
       resolve: {
         alias: {
           'nuxt/app': nuxt.options.appDir,
-          '~build': nuxt.options.buildDir,
+          'nuxt/build': nuxt.options.buildDir,
           '~': nuxt.options.srcDir,
           '@': nuxt.options.srcDir
         }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/builder/webpack/presets/base.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/builder/webpack/presets/base.ts
index a7ac842a1d..d04ca8bdf7 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/builder/webpack/presets/base.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/builder/webpack/presets/base.ts
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ function baseAlias (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
 
   ctx.alias = {
     'nuxt/app': options.appDir,
-    '~build': options.buildDir,
+    'nuxt/build': options.buildDir,
     ...options.alias,
     ...ctx.alias
   }