diff --git a/.eslintrc b/.eslintrc
index 528bcc4a57..feb6e78660 100644
--- a/.eslintrc
+++ b/.eslintrc
@@ -70,6 +70,11 @@
             "target": "packages/nuxt/src/app",
             "message": "app should not directly import from modules."
           },
+          {
+            "from": "packages/nuxt/src/app/**/index.ts",
+            "target": "packages/nuxt/src",
+            "message": "should not import from barrel/index files"
+          },
           {
             "from": "packages/nitro",
             "target": "packages/!(nitro)/**/*",
diff --git a/docs/2.guide/2.directory-structure/1.plugins.md b/docs/2.guide/2.directory-structure/1.plugins.md
index c92a8b233a..19430b5765 100644
--- a/docs/2.guide/2.directory-structure/1.plugins.md
+++ b/docs/2.guide/2.directory-structure/1.plugins.md
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin({
     // You can directly register Nuxt app runtime hooks here
     'app:created'() {
       const nuxtApp = useNuxtApp()
-      // 
+      // do something in the hook
     }
   },
   env: {
diff --git a/docs/3.api/5.kit/10.templates.md b/docs/3.api/5.kit/10.templates.md
index e02b76ff71..d748246942 100644
--- a/docs/3.api/5.kit/10.templates.md
+++ b/docs/3.api/5.kit/10.templates.md
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
 
 ```ts [plugin.ts]
 import { createHead as createClientHead, createServerHead } from '@unhead/vue'
-import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '#app'
+import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '#imports'
 // @ts-ignore
 import metaConfig from '#build/meta.config.mjs'
 
diff --git a/docs/3.api/5.kit/9.plugins.md b/docs/3.api/5.kit/9.plugins.md
index da4940419d..483c516c1b 100644
--- a/docs/3.api/5.kit/9.plugins.md
+++ b/docs/3.api/5.kit/9.plugins.md
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
 
 ```ts [runtime/plugin.ejs]
 import { VueFire, useSSRInitialState } from 'vuefire'
-import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '#app'
+import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '#imports'
 
 export default defineNuxtPlugin((nuxtApp) => {
   const firebaseApp = nuxtApp.$firebaseApp
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bea11e1592..18819a70de 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
     "vue-router": "4.2.5",
     "vue-tsc": "1.8.22"
   },
-  "packageManager": "pnpm@8.10.0",
+  "packageManager": "pnpm@8.9.2",
   "engines": {
     "node": "^14.18.0 || >=16.10.0"
   }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/island-renderer.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/island-renderer.ts
index 421e3863ab..62d83f1126 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/island-renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/island-renderer.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 import type { defineAsyncComponent } from 'vue'
 import { createVNode, defineComponent } from 'vue'
 
+import { createError } from '../composables/error'
+
 // @ts-expect-error virtual file
 import * as islandComponents from '#build/components.islands.mjs'
-import { createError } from '#app/composables/error'
 
 export default defineComponent({
   props: {
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-error-boundary.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-error-boundary.ts
index cb8d2f6707..e038adab1a 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-error-boundary.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-error-boundary.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { defineComponent, onErrorCaptured, ref } from 'vue'
-import { useNuxtApp } from '#app/nuxt'
+import { useNuxtApp } from '../nuxt'
 
 export default defineComponent({
   emits: {
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-island.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-island.ts
index 9ba2befc46..40162a15e3 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-island.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-island.ts
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@ import type { FetchResponse } from 'ofetch'
 
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-restricted-paths
 import type { NuxtIslandResponse } from '../../core/runtime/nitro/renderer'
+import { useNuxtApp, useRuntimeConfig } from '../nuxt'
+import { prerenderRoutes, useRequestEvent } from '../composables/ssr'
 import { getFragmentHTML, getSlotProps } from './utils'
-import { useNuxtApp, useRuntimeConfig } from '#app/nuxt'
-import { prerenderRoutes, useRequestEvent } from '#app/composables/ssr'
 
 // @ts-expect-error virtual file
 import { remoteComponentIslands } from '#build/nuxt.config.mjs'
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-layout.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-layout.ts
index 37cfa0d1e2..01a682dca2 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-layout.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-layout.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 import type { DefineComponent, MaybeRef, VNode } from 'vue'
 import { Suspense, Transition, computed, defineComponent, h, inject, mergeProps, nextTick, onMounted, provide, ref, unref } from 'vue'
 import type { RouteLocationNormalizedLoaded } from 'vue-router'
+
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-restricted-paths
+import type { PageMeta } from '../../pages/runtime/composables'
+
+import { useRoute } from '../composables/router'
+import { useNuxtApp } from '../nuxt'
 import { _wrapIf } from './utils'
 import { LayoutMetaSymbol, PageRouteSymbol } from './injections'
-import type { PageMeta } from '#app'
 
-import { useRoute } from '#app/composables/router'
-import { useNuxtApp } from '#app/nuxt'
 // @ts-expect-error virtual file
 import { useRoute as useVueRouterRoute } from '#build/pages'
 // @ts-expect-error virtual file
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-loading-indicator.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-loading-indicator.ts
index bf5a11cbd3..01a58b5fd2 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-loading-indicator.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-loading-indicator.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { computed, defineComponent, h, onBeforeUnmount, ref } from 'vue'
+import { useNuxtApp } from '../nuxt'
+import { useRouter } from '../composables/router'
 import { isChangingPage } from './utils'
-import { useNuxtApp } from '#app/nuxt'
-import { useRouter } from '#app/composables/router'
 
 // @ts-expect-error virtual file
 import { globalMiddleware } from '#build/middleware'
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-root.vue b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-root.vue
index 80a9d38ac1..2d8501dcb7 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-root.vue
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-root.vue
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 
 <script setup>
 import { defineAsyncComponent, onErrorCaptured, onServerPrefetch, provide } from 'vue'
-import { useNuxtApp } from '#app/nuxt'
-import { isNuxtError, showError, useError } from '#app/composables/error'
-import { useRoute } from '#app/composables/router'
-import { PageRouteSymbol } from '#app/components/injections'
+import { useNuxtApp } from '../nuxt'
+import { isNuxtError, showError, useError } from '../composables/error'
+import { useRoute } from '../composables/router'
+import { PageRouteSymbol } from '../components/injections'
 import AppComponent from '#build/app-component.mjs'
 import ErrorComponent from '#build/error-component.mjs'
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const nuxtApp = useNuxtApp()
 const onResolve = nuxtApp.deferHydration()
 
 const url = import.meta.server ? nuxtApp.ssrContext.url : window.location.pathname
-const SingleRenderer = import.meta.test && import.meta.dev && import.meta.server && url.startsWith('/__nuxt_component_test__/') && /* #__PURE__ */ defineAsyncComponent(() => import('#build/test-component-wrapper.mjs')
+const SingleRenderer = import.meta.test && import.meta.dev && import.meta.server && url.startsWith('/__nuxt_component_test__/') && defineAsyncComponent(() => import('#build/test-component-wrapper.mjs')
   .then(r => r.default(import.meta.server ? url : window.location.href)))
 
 // Inject default route (outside of pages) as active route
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/route-provider.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/route-provider.ts
index 96a2bf0296..5111eafec8 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/route-provider.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/route-provider.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { defineComponent, h, nextTick, onMounted, provide, shallowReactive } from 'vue'
 import type { Ref, VNode } from 'vue'
 import type { RouteLocation, RouteLocationNormalizedLoaded } from '#vue-router'
-import { PageRouteSymbol } from '#app/components/injections'
+import { PageRouteSymbol } from './injections'
 
 export const RouteProvider = defineComponent({
   name: 'RouteProvider',
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/chunk.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/chunk.ts
index c20cff0f9b..2afc5a8d44 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/chunk.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/chunk.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import destr from 'destr'
-import { useNuxtApp } from '#app/nuxt'
+import { useNuxtApp } from '../nuxt'
 
 export interface ReloadNuxtAppOptions {
   /**
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/hydrate.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/hydrate.ts
index 1de7e356af..bab7f398fb 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/hydrate.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/hydrate.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { useNuxtApp } from '../nuxt'
-import type { NuxtPayload } from '#app'
+import type { NuxtPayload } from '../nuxt'
 
 /**
  * Allows full control of the hydration cycle to set and receive data from the server.
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/manifest.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/manifest.ts
index 39d94590ff..2899924e57 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/manifest.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/manifest.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { MatcherExport, RouteMatcher } from 'radix3'
 import { createMatcherFromExport } from 'radix3'
 import { defu } from 'defu'
-import { useAppConfig } from '#app'
+import { useAppConfig } from '../config'
 // @ts-expect-error virtual file
 import { appManifest as isAppManifestEnabled } from '#build/nuxt.config.mjs'
 // @ts-expect-error virtual file
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/payload.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/payload.ts
index 7220a36e53..9188ff3608 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/payload.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/payload.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import { useHead } from '@unhead/vue'
 import { getCurrentInstance } from 'vue'
 import { useNuxtApp, useRuntimeConfig } from '../nuxt'
 
-import { getAppManifest, getRouteRules } from '#app/composables/manifest'
-import { useRoute } from '#app/composables'
+import { useRoute } from './router'
+import { getAppManifest, getRouteRules } from './manifest'
 
 // @ts-expect-error virtual import
 import { appManifest, payloadExtraction, renderJsonPayloads } from '#build/nuxt.config.mjs'
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export function loadPayload (url: string, opts: LoadPayloadOptions = {}): Record
   if (payloadURL in cache) {
     return cache[payloadURL]
   }
-  cache[payloadURL] = isPrerendered().then((prerendered) => {
+  cache[payloadURL] = isPrerendered(url).then((prerendered) => {
     if (!prerendered) {
       cache[payloadURL] = null
       return null
@@ -78,11 +78,7 @@ async function _importPayload (payloadURL: string) {
 
 export async function isPrerendered (url = useRoute().path) {
   // Note: Alternative for server is checking x-nitro-prerender header
-  const nuxtApp = useNuxtApp()
-  if (nuxtApp.payload.prerenderedAt) {
-    return true
-  }
-  if (!appManifest) { return false }
+  if (!appManifest) { return !!useNuxtApp().payload.prerenderedAt }
   const manifest = await getAppManifest()
   if (manifest.prerendered.includes(url)) {
     return true
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
index 7b4bcb6abf..936209c4aa 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/router.ts
@@ -4,13 +4,14 @@ import type { NavigationFailure, NavigationGuard, RouteLocationNormalized, Route
 import { sanitizeStatusCode } from 'h3'
 import { hasProtocol, isScriptProtocol, joinURL, parseURL, withQuery } from 'ufo'
 
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-restricted-paths
+import type { PageMeta } from '../../pages/runtime/composables'
+
 import { useNuxtApp, useRuntimeConfig } from '../nuxt'
+import { PageRouteSymbol } from '../components/injections'
 import type { NuxtError } from './error'
 import { createError, showError } from './error'
 
-import type { PageMeta } from '#app'
-import { PageRouteSymbol } from '#app/components/injections'
-
 export const useRouter: typeof _useRouter = () => {
   return useNuxtApp()?.$router as Router
 }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/url.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/url.ts
index 784ef860cd..4c6f1222a2 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/url.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/composables/url.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { getRequestURL } from 'h3'
 import { joinURL } from 'ufo'
+import { useRuntimeConfig } from '../nuxt'
 import { useRequestEvent } from './ssr'
-import { useRuntimeConfig } from '#app'
 
 export function useRequestURL () {
   if (import.meta.server) {
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.async.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.async.ts
index 783151a062..4d10436175 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.async.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.async.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { CreateOptions } from '#app'
+import type { CreateOptions } from './nuxt'
 
 const entry = import.meta.server
   ? (ctx?: CreateOptions['ssrContext']) => import('#app/entry').then(m => m.default(ctx))
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.ts
index 8bade937da..dbb236140a 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/entry.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import { createApp, createSSRApp, nextTick } from 'vue'
 import '#build/paths.mjs'
 import '#build/fetch.mjs'
 
-import type { CreateOptions } from '#app'
-import { applyPlugins, createNuxtApp } from '#app/nuxt'
+import { applyPlugins, createNuxtApp } from './nuxt'
+import type { CreateOptions } from './nuxt'
 
 import '#build/css'
 // @ts-expect-error virtual file
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/index.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/index.ts
index bd23bc8e74..a23928e064 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
 /// <reference path="types/augments.d.ts" />
 
 export * from './nuxt'
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-restricted-paths
 export * from './composables/index'
+// eslint-disable-next-line import/no-restricted-paths
 export * from './components/index'
 export * from './config'
 export * from './compat/idle-callback'
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/middleware/manifest-route-rule.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/middleware/manifest-route-rule.ts
index 6cbd2b2d2a..30f51c993b 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/middleware/manifest-route-rule.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/middleware/manifest-route-rule.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { defineNuxtRouteMiddleware } from '#app/composables/router'
-import { getRouteRules } from '#app/composables/manifest'
+import { defineNuxtRouteMiddleware } from '../composables/router'
+import { getRouteRules } from '../composables/manifest'
 
 export default defineNuxtRouteMiddleware(async (to) => {
   if (import.meta.server || import.meta.test) { return }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts
index 8928dbdd26..1663e2ec82 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/nuxt.ts
@@ -9,14 +9,14 @@ import type { SSRContext, createRenderer } from 'vue-bundle-renderer/runtime'
 import type { H3Event } from 'h3'
 import type { AppConfig, AppConfigInput, RuntimeConfig } from 'nuxt/schema'
 import type { RenderResponse } from 'nitropack'
-
 import type { MergeHead, VueHeadClient } from '@unhead/vue'
+
 // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-restricted-paths
 import type { NuxtIslandContext } from '../core/runtime/nitro/renderer'
-import type { RouteMiddleware } from '../../app'
+import type { RouteMiddleware } from '../app/composables/router'
 import type { NuxtError } from '../app/composables/error'
 import type { AsyncDataRequestStatus } from '../app/composables/asyncData'
-import type { NuxtAppManifestMeta } from '#app/composables'
+import type { NuxtAppManifestMeta } from '../app/composables/manifest'
 
 const nuxtAppCtx = /* #__PURE__ */ getContext<NuxtApp>('nuxt-app', {
   asyncContext: !!process.env.NUXT_ASYNC_CONTEXT && process.server
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/check-outdated-build.client.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/check-outdated-build.client.ts
index 6d03078f23..c2d8c78ecc 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/check-outdated-build.client.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/check-outdated-build.client.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
-import type { NuxtAppManifestMeta } from '#app'
-import { defineNuxtPlugin, getAppManifest, onNuxtReady } from '#app'
+import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '../nuxt'
+import { getAppManifest } from '../composables/manifest'
+import type { NuxtAppManifestMeta } from '../composables/manifest'
+import { onNuxtReady } from '../composables/ready'
 // @ts-expect-error virtual file
 import { buildAssetsURL } from '#build/paths.mjs'
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/chunk-reload.client.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/chunk-reload.client.ts
index f014272853..9c141e8171 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/chunk-reload.client.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/chunk-reload.client.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { joinURL } from 'ufo'
 import type { RouteLocationNormalized } from 'vue-router'
-import { defineNuxtPlugin, useRuntimeConfig } from '#app/nuxt'
-import { useRouter } from '#app/composables/router'
-import { reloadNuxtApp } from '#app/composables/chunk'
+import { defineNuxtPlugin, useRuntimeConfig } from '../nuxt'
+import { useRouter } from '../composables/router'
+import { reloadNuxtApp } from '../composables/chunk'
 
 export default defineNuxtPlugin({
   name: 'nuxt:chunk-reload',
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/cross-origin-prefetch.client.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/cross-origin-prefetch.client.ts
index 191f69133b..c386328c09 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/cross-origin-prefetch.client.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/cross-origin-prefetch.client.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { ref } from 'vue'
 import { parseURL } from 'ufo'
 import { useHead } from '@unhead/vue'
-import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '#app/nuxt'
+import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '../nuxt'
 
 export default defineNuxtPlugin({
   name: 'nuxt:cross-origin-prefetch',
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/debug.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/debug.ts
index 5479a84d45..69a989a586 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/debug.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/debug.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { createDebugger } from 'hookable'
-import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '#app/nuxt'
+import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '../nuxt'
 
 export default defineNuxtPlugin({
   name: 'nuxt:debug',
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/payload.client.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/payload.client.ts
index 0291ccd35f..cec391b3db 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/payload.client.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/payload.client.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import { parseURL } from 'ufo'
-import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '#app/nuxt'
-import { loadPayload } from '#app/composables/payload'
-import { onNuxtReady } from '#app/composables/ready'
-import { useRouter } from '#app/composables/router'
-import { getAppManifest } from '#app/composables/manifest'
+import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '../nuxt'
+import { loadPayload } from '../composables/payload'
+import { onNuxtReady } from '../composables/ready'
+import { useRouter } from '../composables/router'
+import { getAppManifest } from '../composables/manifest'
 // @ts-expect-error virtual file
 import { appManifest as isAppManifestEnabled } from '#build/nuxt.config.mjs'
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/preload.server.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/preload.server.ts
index ec9501988b..e5d291a704 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/preload.server.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/preload.server.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '#app/nuxt'
+import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '../nuxt'
 
 export default defineNuxtPlugin({
   name: 'nuxt:webpack-preload',
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/restore-state.client.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/restore-state.client.ts
index 0f47989c54..6520d1a123 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/restore-state.client.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/restore-state.client.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import destr from 'destr'
-import { defineNuxtPlugin, useNuxtApp } from '#app/nuxt'
+import { defineNuxtPlugin, useNuxtApp } from '../nuxt'
 
 export default defineNuxtPlugin({
   name: 'nuxt:restore-state',
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/revive-payload.client.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/revive-payload.client.ts
index 3020af1b62..b88329b24c 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/revive-payload.client.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/revive-payload.client.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { reactive, ref, shallowReactive, shallowRef } from 'vue'
 import destr from 'destr'
-import { definePayloadReviver, getNuxtClientPayload } from '#app/composables/payload'
-import { createError } from '#app/composables/error'
-import { defineNuxtPlugin, useNuxtApp } from '#app/nuxt'
+import { definePayloadReviver, getNuxtClientPayload } from '../composables/payload'
+import { createError } from '../composables/error'
+import { defineNuxtPlugin, useNuxtApp } from '../nuxt'
 
 // @ts-expect-error Virtual file.
 import { componentIslands } from '#build/nuxt.config.mjs'
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/revive-payload.server.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/revive-payload.server.ts
index 9196257e81..39180b9dc9 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/revive-payload.server.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/revive-payload.server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { isReactive, isRef, isShallow, toRaw } from 'vue'
-import { definePayloadReducer } from '#app/composables/payload'
-import { isNuxtError } from '#app/composables/error'
-import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '#app/nuxt'
+import { definePayloadReducer } from '../composables/payload'
+import { isNuxtError } from '../composables/error'
+import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '../nuxt'
 
 // @ts-expect-error Virtual file.
 import { componentIslands } from '#build/nuxt.config.mjs'
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/view-transitions.client.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/view-transitions.client.ts
index cd7ed55fdd..698c41a825 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/view-transitions.client.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/view-transitions.client.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-import { isChangingPage } from '#app/components/utils'
-import { useRouter } from '#app/composables/router'
-import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '#app/nuxt'
+import { isChangingPage } from '../components/utils'
+import { useRouter } from '../composables/router'
+import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '../nuxt'
 
 export default defineNuxtPlugin((nuxtApp) => {
   if (!document.startViewTransition) { return }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/loader.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/loader.ts
index 5e42223bb3..d219705462 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/loader.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/loader.ts
@@ -74,12 +74,12 @@ export const loaderPlugin = createUnplugin((options: LoaderOptions) => {
           if (lazy) {
             imports.add(genImport('vue', [{ name: 'defineAsyncComponent', as: '__defineAsyncComponent' }]))
             identifier += '_lazy'
-            imports.add(`const ${identifier} = /*#__PURE__*/ __defineAsyncComponent(${genDynamicImport(component.filePath, { interopDefault: true })}${isClientOnly ? '.then(c => createClientOnly(c))' : ''})`)
+            imports.add(`const ${identifier} = __defineAsyncComponent(${genDynamicImport(component.filePath, { interopDefault: true })}${isClientOnly ? '.then(c => createClientOnly(c))' : ''})`)
           } else {
             imports.add(genImport(component.filePath, [{ name: component.export, as: identifier }]))
 
             if (isClientOnly) {
-              imports.add(`const ${identifier}_wrapped = /*#__PURE__*/ createClientOnly(${identifier})`)
+              imports.add(`const ${identifier}_wrapped = createClientOnly(${identifier})`)
               identifier += '_wrapped'
             }
           }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/runtime/server-component.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/runtime/server-component.ts
index b8d7e216a3..e1f75e6a59 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/runtime/server-component.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/runtime/server-component.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { defineComponent, h } from 'vue'
 import NuxtIsland from '#app/components/nuxt-island'
 
+/*! @__NO_SIDE_EFFECTS__ */
 export const createServerComponent = (name: string) => {
   return defineComponent({
     name,
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/templates.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/templates.ts
index 2847270a33..d0e250c5a7 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/templates.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/templates.ts
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ export const componentsIslandsTemplate: NuxtTemplate<ComponentsTemplateContext>
       (c) => {
         const exp = c.export === 'default' ? 'c.default || c' : `c['${c.export}']`
         const comment = createImportMagicComments(c)
-        return `export const ${c.pascalName} = /* #__PURE__ */ defineAsyncComponent(${genDynamicImport(c.filePath, { comment })}.then(c => ${exp}))`
+        return `export const ${c.pascalName} = defineAsyncComponent(${genDynamicImport(c.filePath, { comment })}.then(c => ${exp}))`
       }
     )].join('\n')
   }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
index c51c829c48..46613fee20 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
@@ -244,53 +244,55 @@ export async function initNitro (nuxt: Nuxt & { _nitro?: Nitro }) {
       }
     )
 
-    nuxt.hook('nitro:build:before', async (nitro) => {
-      const routeRules = {} as Record<string, any>
-      const _routeRules = nitro.options.routeRules
-      for (const key in _routeRules) {
-        if (key === '/__nuxt_error') { continue }
-        const filteredRules = Object.entries(_routeRules[key])
-          .filter(([key, value]) => ['prerender', 'redirect'].includes(key) && value)
-          .map(([key, value]: any) => {
-            if (key === 'redirect') {
-              return [key, typeof value === 'string' ? value : value.to]
-            }
-            return [key, value]
-          })
-        if (filteredRules.length > 0) {
-          routeRules[key] = Object.fromEntries(filteredRules)
-        }
-      }
-
-      // Add pages prerendered but not covered by route rules
-      const prerenderedRoutes = new Set<string>()
-      const routeRulesMatcher = toRouteMatcher(
-        createRadixRouter({ routes: routeRules })
-      )
-      const payloadSuffix = nuxt.options.experimental.renderJsonPayloads ? '/_payload.json' : '/_payload.js'
-      for (const route of nitro._prerenderedRoutes || []) {
-        if (!route.error && route.route.endsWith(payloadSuffix)) {
-          const url = route.route.slice(0, -payloadSuffix.length) || '/'
-          const rules = defu({}, ...routeRulesMatcher.matchAll(url).reverse()) as Record<string, any>
-          if (!rules.prerender) {
-            prerenderedRoutes.add(url)
+    nuxt.hook('nitro:init', (nitro) => {
+      nitro.hooks.hook('rollup:before', async (nitro) => {
+        const routeRules = {} as Record<string, any>
+        const _routeRules = nitro.options.routeRules
+        for (const key in _routeRules) {
+          if (key === '/__nuxt_error') { continue }
+          const filteredRules = Object.entries(_routeRules[key])
+            .filter(([key, value]) => ['prerender', 'redirect'].includes(key) && value)
+            .map(([key, value]: any) => {
+              if (key === 'redirect') {
+                return [key, typeof value === 'string' ? value : value.to]
+              }
+              return [key, value]
+            })
+          if (filteredRules.length > 0) {
+            routeRules[key] = Object.fromEntries(filteredRules)
           }
         }
-      }
 
-      const manifest = {
-        id: buildId,
-        timestamp: buildTimestamp,
-        matcher: exportMatcher(routeRulesMatcher),
-        prerendered: nuxt.options.dev ? [] : [...prerenderedRoutes]
-      }
+        // Add pages prerendered but not covered by route rules
+        const prerenderedRoutes = new Set<string>()
+        const routeRulesMatcher = toRouteMatcher(
+          createRadixRouter({ routes: routeRules })
+        )
+        const payloadSuffix = nuxt.options.experimental.renderJsonPayloads ? '/_payload.json' : '/_payload.js'
+        for (const route of nitro._prerenderedRoutes || []) {
+          if (!route.error && route.route.endsWith(payloadSuffix)) {
+            const url = route.route.slice(0, -payloadSuffix.length) || '/'
+            const rules = defu({}, ...routeRulesMatcher.matchAll(url).reverse()) as Record<string, any>
+            if (!rules.prerender) {
+              prerenderedRoutes.add(url)
+            }
+          }
+        }
 
-      await fsp.mkdir(join(tempDir, 'meta'), { recursive: true })
-      await fsp.writeFile(join(tempDir, 'latest.json'), JSON.stringify({
-        id: buildId,
-        timestamp: buildTimestamp
-      }))
-      await fsp.writeFile(join(tempDir, `meta/${buildId}.json`), JSON.stringify(manifest))
+        const manifest = {
+          id: buildId,
+          timestamp: buildTimestamp,
+          matcher: exportMatcher(routeRulesMatcher),
+          prerendered: nuxt.options.dev ? [] : [...prerenderedRoutes]
+        }
+
+        await fsp.mkdir(join(tempDir, 'meta'), { recursive: true })
+        await fsp.writeFile(join(tempDir, 'latest.json'), JSON.stringify({
+          id: buildId,
+          timestamp: buildTimestamp
+        }))
+        await fsp.writeFile(join(tempDir, `meta/${buildId}.json`), JSON.stringify(manifest))
+      })
     })
   }
 
@@ -457,6 +459,14 @@ export async function initNitro (nuxt: Nuxt & { _nitro?: Nitro }) {
     })
   }
 
+  // Copy public assets after prerender so app manifest can be present
+  if (!nuxt.options.dev) {
+    nitro.hooks.hook('rollup:before', async (nitro) => {
+      await copyPublicAssets(nitro)
+      await nuxt.callHook('nitro:build:public-assets', nitro)
+    })
+  }
+
   // nuxt build/dev
   nuxt.hook('build:done', async () => {
     await nuxt.callHook('nitro:build:before', nitro)
@@ -464,8 +474,6 @@ export async function initNitro (nuxt: Nuxt & { _nitro?: Nitro }) {
       await build(nitro)
     } else {
       await prepare(nitro)
-      await copyPublicAssets(nitro)
-      await nuxt.callHook('nitro:build:public-assets', nitro)
       await prerender(nitro)
 
       logger.restoreAll()
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts
index 7494ae6a47..bd37fe53a7 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts
@@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ export const appConfigTemplate: NuxtTemplate = {
   write: true,
   getContents: async ({ app, nuxt }) => {
     return `
-import { updateAppConfig } from '#app'
+import { updateAppConfig } from '#app/config'
 import { defuFn } from '${await _resolveId('defu')}'
 
 const inlineConfig = ${JSON.stringify(nuxt.options.appConfig, null, 2)}
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/head/runtime/plugins/unhead.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/head/runtime/plugins/unhead.ts
index 2b691be843..956e2dd1f6 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/head/runtime/plugins/unhead.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/head/runtime/plugins/unhead.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { createHead as createClientHead, setHeadInjectionHandler } from '@unhead/vue'
 import { renderDOMHead } from '@unhead/dom'
-import { defineNuxtPlugin } from '#app/nuxt'
-import { useNuxtApp } from '#app'
+import { defineNuxtPlugin, useNuxtApp } from '#app/nuxt'
 
 // @ts-expect-error virtual file
 import unheadPlugins from '#build/unhead-plugins.mjs'
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/imports/presets.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/imports/presets.ts
index 54b3eaedfe..7794446281 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/imports/presets.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/imports/presets.ts
@@ -12,70 +12,89 @@ const commonPresets: InlinePreset[] = [
   })
 ]
 
-const appPreset = defineUnimportPreset({
-  from: '#app',
-  imports: [
-    'useAsyncData',
-    'useLazyAsyncData',
-    'useNuxtData',
-    'refreshNuxtData',
-    'clearNuxtData',
-    'defineNuxtComponent',
-    'useNuxtApp',
-    'defineNuxtPlugin',
-    'definePayloadPlugin',
-    'reloadNuxtApp',
-    'useRuntimeConfig',
-    'useState',
-    'clearNuxtState',
-    'useFetch',
-    'useLazyFetch',
-    'useCookie',
-    'useRequestHeaders',
-    'useRequestEvent',
-    'useRequestFetch',
-    'useRequestURL',
-    'setResponseStatus',
-    'setPageLayout',
-    'prerenderRoutes',
-    'onNuxtReady',
-    'useRouter',
-    'useRoute',
-    'defineNuxtRouteMiddleware',
-    'navigateTo',
-    'abortNavigation',
-    'addRouteMiddleware',
-    'showError',
-    'clearError',
-    'isNuxtError',
-    'useError',
-    'createError',
-    'defineNuxtLink',
-    'useAppConfig',
-    'updateAppConfig',
-    'defineAppConfig',
-    'preloadComponents',
-    'preloadRouteComponents',
-    'prefetchComponents',
-    'loadPayload',
-    'preloadPayload',
-    'isPrerendered',
-    'getAppManifest',
-    'getRouteRules',
-    'definePayloadReducer',
-    'definePayloadReviver',
-    'requestIdleCallback',
-    'cancelIdleCallback'
-  ]
-})
+const granularAppPresets: InlinePreset[] = [
+  {
+    from: '#app/components/nuxt-link',
+    imports: ['defineNuxtLink']
+  },
+  {
+    imports: ['useNuxtApp', 'defineNuxtPlugin', 'definePayloadPlugin', 'useRuntimeConfig', 'defineAppConfig'],
+    from: '#app/nuxt'
+  },
+  {
+    imports: ['requestIdleCallback', 'cancelIdleCallback'],
+    from: '#app/compat/idle-callback'
+  },
+  {
+    imports: ['useAppConfig', 'updateAppConfig'],
+    from: '#app/config'
+  },
+  {
+    imports: ['defineNuxtComponent'],
+    from: '#app/composables/component'
+  },
+  {
+    imports: ['useAsyncData', 'useLazyAsyncData', 'useNuxtData', 'refreshNuxtData', 'clearNuxtData'],
+    from: '#app/composables/asyncData'
+  },
+  {
+    imports: ['useHydration'],
+    from: '#app/composables/hydrate'
+  },
+  {
+    imports: ['useState', 'clearNuxtState'],
+    from: '#app/composables/state'
+  },
+  {
+    imports: ['clearError', 'createError', 'isNuxtError', 'showError', 'useError'],
+    from: '#app/composables/error'
+  },
+  {
+    imports: ['useFetch', 'useLazyFetch'],
+    from: '#app/composables/fetch'
+  },
+  {
+    imports: ['useCookie'],
+    from: '#app/composables/cookie'
+  },
+  {
+    imports: ['prerenderRoutes', 'useRequestHeaders', 'useRequestEvent', 'useRequestFetch', 'setResponseStatus'],
+    from: '#app/composables/ssr'
+  },
+  {
+    imports: ['onNuxtReady'],
+    from: '#app/composables/ready'
+  },
+  {
+    imports: ['preloadComponents', 'prefetchComponents', 'preloadRouteComponents'],
+    from: '#app/composables/preload'
+  },
+  {
+    imports: ['abortNavigation', 'addRouteMiddleware', 'defineNuxtRouteMiddleware', 'setPageLayout', 'navigateTo', 'useRoute', 'useRouter'],
+    from: '#app/composables/router'
+  },
+  {
+    imports: ['isPrerendered', 'loadPayload', 'preloadPayload', 'definePayloadReducer', 'definePayloadReviver'],
+    from: '#app/composables/payload'
+  },
+  {
+    imports: ['getAppManifest', 'getRouteRules'],
+    from: '#app/composables/manifest'
+  },
+  {
+    imports: ['reloadNuxtApp'],
+    from: '#app/composables/chunk'
+  },
+  {
+    imports: ['useRequestURL'],
+    from: '#app/composables/url'
+  }
+]
 
-// vue-router
+// This is a separate preset as we'll swap these out for import from `vue-router` itself in `pages` module
 const routerPreset = defineUnimportPreset({
-  from: '#app',
-  imports: [
-    'onBeforeRouteLeave',
-    'onBeforeRouteUpdate'
-  ]
+  imports: ['onBeforeRouteLeave', 'onBeforeRouteUpdate'],
+  from: '#app/composables/router'
 })
 
 // vue
@@ -180,7 +199,7 @@ const vueTypesPreset = defineUnimportPreset({
 
 export const defaultPresets: InlinePreset[] = [
   ...commonPresets,
-  appPreset,
+  ...granularAppPresets,
   routerPreset,
   vuePreset,
   vueTypesPreset
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts
index b7e40e2e18..75a760f388 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/module.ts
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
     }
     nuxt.options.pages = await isPagesEnabled()
 
+    nuxt.hook('app:templates', async (app) => {
+      app.pages = await resolvePagesRoutes()
+      await nuxt.callHook('pages:extend', app.pages)
+    })
+
     // Restart Nuxt when pages dir is added or removed
     const restartPaths = nuxt.options._layers.flatMap((layer) => {
       const pagesDir = (layer.config.rootDir === nuxt.options.rootDir ? nuxt.options : layer.config).dir?.pages || 'pages'
@@ -110,8 +115,11 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
         logs: nuxt.options.debug,
         async beforeWriteFiles (rootPage) {
           rootPage.children.forEach(child => child.delete())
-          const pages = await resolvePagesRoutes()
-          await nuxt.callHook('pages:extend', pages)
+          let pages = nuxt.apps.default?.pages
+          if (!pages) {
+            pages = await resolvePagesRoutes()
+            await nuxt.callHook('pages:extend', pages)
+          }
           function addPage (parent: EditableTreeNode, page: NuxtPage) {
             // @ts-expect-error TODO: either fix types upstream or figure out another
             // way to add a route without a file, which must be possible
@@ -174,7 +182,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
 
     // Add vue-router route guard imports
     nuxt.hook('imports:sources', (sources) => {
-      const routerImports = sources.find(s => s.from === '#app' && s.imports.includes('onBeforeRouteLeave'))
+      const routerImports = sources.find(s => s.from === '#app/composables/router' && s.imports.includes('onBeforeRouteLeave'))
       if (routerImports) {
         routerImports.from = '#vue-router'
       }
@@ -339,12 +347,9 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
       )
 
     // Do not prefetch page chunks
-    nuxt.hook('build:manifest', async (manifest) => {
+    nuxt.hook('build:manifest', (manifest) => {
       if (nuxt.options.dev) { return }
-      const pages = await resolvePagesRoutes()
-      await nuxt.callHook('pages:extend', pages)
-
-      const sourceFiles = getSources(pages)
+      const sourceFiles = getSources(nuxt.apps.default.pages || [])
 
       for (const key in manifest) {
         if (manifest[key].isEntry) {
@@ -357,10 +362,8 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
     // Add routes template
     addTemplate({
       filename: 'routes.mjs',
-      async getContents () {
-        const pages = await resolvePagesRoutes()
-        await nuxt.callHook('pages:extend', pages)
-        const { routes, imports } = normalizeRoutes(pages)
+      getContents ({ app }) {
+        const { routes, imports } = normalizeRoutes(app.pages)
         return [...imports, `export default ${routes}`].join('\n')
       }
     })
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/composables.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/composables.ts
index 24714cd252..11dad5edf2 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/composables.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/composables.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { getCurrentInstance } from 'vue'
 import type { RouteLocationNormalized, RouteLocationNormalizedLoaded, RouteRecordRedirectOption } from '#vue-router'
 import { useRoute } from 'vue-router'
 import type { NitroRouteConfig } from 'nitropack'
-import type { NuxtError } from '#app'
+import type { NuxtError } from '#app/composables/error'
 
 export interface PageMeta {
   [key: string]: unknown
@@ -76,5 +76,6 @@ export const definePageMeta = (meta: PageMeta): void => {
  * For more control, such as if you are using a custom `path` or `alias` set in the page's `definePageMeta`, you
  * should set `routeRules` directly within your `nuxt.config`.
  */
+/*! @__NO_SIDE_EFFECTS__ */
 // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars
 export const defineRouteRules = (rules: NitroRouteConfig): void => {}
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/plugins/router.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/plugins/router.ts
index 6405ba772a..4684979b07 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/plugins/router.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/pages/runtime/plugins/router.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,10 @@ import {
 import { createError } from 'h3'
 import { isEqual, withoutBase } from 'ufo'
 
-import type { PageMeta, Plugin, RouteMiddleware } from '../../../app/index'
+import type { PageMeta } from '../composables'
+
+import type { RouteMiddleware } from '#app/composables/router'
+import type { Plugin } from '#app/nuxt'
 import { defineNuxtPlugin, useRuntimeConfig } from '#app/nuxt'
 import { clearError, showError, useError } from '#app/composables/error'
 import { navigateTo } from '#app/composables/router'
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/test/auto-imports.test.ts b/packages/nuxt/test/auto-imports.test.ts
index 4205de0eb0..24441863c5 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/test/auto-imports.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/test/auto-imports.test.ts
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ describe('imports:nuxt', () => {
         continue
       }
       it(`should register ${name} globally`, () => {
-        expect(defaultPresets.flatMap(a => a.from === '#app' ? a.imports : [])).to.include(name)
+        expect(defaultPresets.flatMap(a => a.from.startsWith('#app/') ? a.imports : [])).to.include(name)
       })
     }
   } catch (e) {
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/types/nuxt.ts b/packages/schema/src/types/nuxt.ts
index a55c0ed8de..ac1ad593a5 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/types/nuxt.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/types/nuxt.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { Hookable } from 'hookable'
 import type { Ignore } from 'ignore'
-import type { NuxtHooks, NuxtLayout, NuxtMiddleware } from './hooks'
+import type { NuxtHooks, NuxtLayout, NuxtMiddleware, NuxtPage } from './hooks'
 import type { Component } from './components'
 import type { NuxtOptions } from './config'
 
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ export interface NuxtApp {
   middleware: NuxtMiddleware[]
   templates: NuxtTemplate[]
   configs: string[]
+  pages?: NuxtPage[]
 }
 
 export interface Nuxt {
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/client.ts b/packages/vite/src/client.ts
index a8dca717fa..171f314cff 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/client.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/client.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ import type { ViteBuildContext } from './vite'
 import { devStyleSSRPlugin } from './plugins/dev-ssr-css'
 import { runtimePathsPlugin } from './plugins/paths'
 import { typeCheckPlugin } from './plugins/type-check'
-import { pureAnnotationsPlugin } from './plugins/pure-annotations'
 import { viteNodePlugin } from './vite-node'
 import { createViteLogger } from './utils/logger'
 
@@ -80,11 +79,7 @@ export async function buildClient (ctx: ViteBuildContext) {
       runtimePathsPlugin({
         sourcemap: !!ctx.nuxt.options.sourcemap.client
       }),
-      viteNodePlugin(ctx),
-      pureAnnotationsPlugin.vite({
-        sourcemap: !!ctx.nuxt.options.sourcemap.client,
-        functions: ['defineComponent', 'defineAsyncComponent', 'defineNuxtLink', 'createClientOnly', 'defineNuxtPlugin', 'defineNuxtRouteMiddleware', 'defineNuxtComponent', 'useRuntimeConfig', 'defineRouteRules']
-      })
+      viteNodePlugin(ctx)
     ],
     appType: 'custom',
     server: {
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/plugins/pure-annotations.ts b/packages/vite/src/plugins/pure-annotations.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 9154f54863..0000000000
--- a/packages/vite/src/plugins/pure-annotations.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,40 +0,0 @@
-import MagicString from 'magic-string'
-import { createUnplugin } from 'unplugin'
-import { stripLiteral } from 'strip-literal'
-import { isJS, isVue } from '../../../nuxt/src/core/utils/plugins'
-
-interface PureAnnotationsOptions {
-  sourcemap: boolean
-  functions: string[]
-}
-
-export const pureAnnotationsPlugin = createUnplugin((options: PureAnnotationsOptions) => {
-  const FUNCTION_RE = new RegExp(`(?<!\\/\\* #__PURE__ \\*\\/ )\\b(${options.functions.join('|')})\\s*\\(`, 'g')
-  const FUNCTION_RE_SINGLE = new RegExp(`(?<!\\/\\* #__PURE__ \\*\\/ )\\b(${options.functions.join('|')})\\s*\\(`)
-  return {
-    name: 'nuxt:pure-annotations',
-    enforce: 'post',
-    transformInclude (id) {
-      return isVue(id, { type: ['script'] }) || isJS(id)
-    },
-    transform (code) {
-      if (!FUNCTION_RE_SINGLE.test(code)) { return }
-
-      const s = new MagicString(code)
-      const strippedCode = stripLiteral(code)
-
-      for (const match of strippedCode.matchAll(FUNCTION_RE)) {
-        s.overwrite(match.index!, match.index! + match[0].length, '/* #__PURE__ */ ' + match[0])
-      }
-
-      if (s.hasChanged()) {
-        return {
-          code: s.toString(),
-          map: options.sourcemap
-            ? s.generateMap({ hires: true })
-            : undefined
-        }
-      }
-    }
-  }
-})
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/server.ts b/packages/vite/src/server.ts
index 3a3117b15e..7bc3be4822 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/server.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import type { ViteConfig } from '@nuxt/schema'
 import type { ViteBuildContext } from './vite'
 import { createViteLogger } from './utils/logger'
 import { initViteNodeServer } from './vite-node'
-import { pureAnnotationsPlugin } from './plugins/pure-annotations'
 import { writeManifest } from './manifest'
 import { transpile } from './utils/transpile'
 
@@ -101,12 +100,7 @@ export async function buildServer (ctx: ViteBuildContext) {
       preTransformRequests: false,
       hmr: false
     },
-    plugins: [
-      pureAnnotationsPlugin.vite({
-        sourcemap: !!ctx.nuxt.options.sourcemap.server,
-        functions: ['defineComponent', 'defineAsyncComponent', 'defineNuxtLink', 'createClientOnly', 'defineNuxtPlugin', 'defineNuxtRouteMiddleware', 'defineNuxtComponent', 'useRuntimeConfig', 'defineRouteRules']
-      })
-    ]
+    plugins: []
   } satisfies vite.InlineConfig, ctx.nuxt.options.vite.$server || {}))
 
   if (!ctx.nuxt.options.dev) {
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/utils/warmup.ts b/packages/vite/src/utils/warmup.ts
index ac98838a82..7543460a32 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/utils/warmup.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/utils/warmup.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,33 @@
 import { logger } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { join, normalize, relative } from 'pathe'
+import { withoutBase } from 'ufo'
+import { isCSSRequest } from 'vite'
 import type { ViteDevServer } from 'vite'
 
+// https://github.com/vitejs/vite/tree/main/packages/vite/src/node/server/warmup.ts#L62-L70
+function fileToUrl (file: string, root: string) {
+  const url = relative(root, file)
+  // out of root, use /@fs/ prefix
+  if (url[0] === '.') {
+    return join('/@fs/', normalize(file))
+  }
+  // file within root, create root-relative url
+  return '/' + normalize(url)
+}
+
+function normaliseURL (url: string, base: string) {
+  // remove any base url
+  url = withoutBase(url, base)
+  // unwrap record
+  if (url.startsWith('/@id/')) {
+    url = url.slice('/@id/'.length).replace('__x00__', '\0')
+  }
+  // strip query
+  url = url.replace(/(\?|&)import=?(?:&|$)/, '').replace(/[?&]$/, '')
+  return url
+}
+
+// TODO: use built-in warmup logic when we update to vite 5
 export async function warmupViteServer (
   server: ViteDevServer,
   entries: string[],
@@ -9,7 +36,12 @@ export async function warmupViteServer (
   const warmedUrls = new Set<String>()
 
   const warmup = async (url: string) => {
-    if (warmedUrls.has(url)) {
+    url = normaliseURL(url, server.config.base)
+
+    if (warmedUrls.has(url)) { return }
+    const m = await server.moduleGraph.getModuleByUrl(url, isServer)
+    // a module that is already compiled (and can't be warmed up anyway)
+    if (m?.transformResult?.code || m?.ssrTransformResult?.code) {
       return
     }
     warmedUrls.add(url)
@@ -18,10 +50,14 @@ export async function warmupViteServer (
     } catch (e) {
       logger.debug('Warmup for %s failed with: %s', url, e)
     }
+
+    // Don't warmup CSS file dependencies as they have already all been loaded to produce result
+    if (isCSSRequest(url)) { return }
+
     const mod = await server.moduleGraph.getModuleByUrl(url, isServer)
     const deps = mod?.ssrTransformResult?.deps /* server */ || Array.from(mod?.importedModules /* client */ || []).map(m => m.url)
-    await Promise.all(deps.map(m => warmup(m.replace('/@id/__x00__', '\0'))))
+    await Promise.all(deps.map(m => warmup(m)))
   }
 
-  await Promise.all(entries.map(entry => warmup(entry)))
+  await Promise.all(entries.map(entry => warmup(fileToUrl(entry, server.config.root))))
 }
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/vite.ts b/packages/vite/src/vite.ts
index 962c36f9c7..62d850872a 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/vite.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/vite.ts
@@ -192,13 +192,9 @@ export const bundle: NuxtBuilder['bundle'] = async (nuxt) => {
       }
     })
 
-    if (
-      nuxt.options.vite.warmupEntry !== false &&
-      // https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/issues/14898
-      !(env.isServer && ctx.nuxt.options.vite.devBundler !== 'legacy')
-    ) {
+    if (nuxt.options.vite.warmupEntry !== false) {
       const start = Date.now()
-      warmupViteServer(server, [join('/@fs/', ctx.entry)], env.isServer)
+      warmupViteServer(server, [ctx.entry], env.isServer)
         .then(() => logger.info(`Vite ${env.isClient ? 'client' : 'server'} warmed up in ${Date.now() - start}ms`))
         .catch(logger.error)
     }
diff --git a/test/basic.test.ts b/test/basic.test.ts
index e7e3a43c0c..4e5d42b3d6 100644
--- a/test/basic.test.ts
+++ b/test/basic.test.ts
@@ -1200,6 +1200,8 @@ describe('nested suspense', () => {
     const first = start.match(/\/suspense\/(?<parentType>a?sync)-(?<parentNum>\d)\/(?<childType>a?sync)-(?<childNum>\d)\//)!.groups!
     const last = nav.match(/\/suspense\/(?<parentType>a?sync)-(?<parentNum>\d)\//)!.groups!
 
+    await new Promise<void>(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 50))
+
     expect(consoleLogs.map(l => l.text).filter(i => !i.includes('[vite]') && !i.includes('<Suspense> is an experimental feature')).sort()).toEqual([
       // [first load] from parent
       `[${first.parentType}]`,
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/pages/suspense/async-[parent]/async-[child].vue b/test/fixtures/basic/pages/suspense/async-[parent]/async-[child].vue
index 1bea6e1144..ca05a64520 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/basic/pages/suspense/async-[parent]/async-[child].vue
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/pages/suspense/async-[parent]/async-[child].vue
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ if (import.meta.client) {
   console.log('[async] [async]')
 }
 const route = useRoute('suspense-async-parent-async-child')
-await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 500))
+await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 50))
 if (import.meta.client) {
   console.log(`[async] [${route.params.parent}] [async] [${route.params.child}] running async data`)
 }
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/pages/suspense/sync-[parent]/async-[child].vue b/test/fixtures/basic/pages/suspense/sync-[parent]/async-[child].vue
index bc4b0131b3..13f87f976d 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/basic/pages/suspense/sync-[parent]/async-[child].vue
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/pages/suspense/sync-[parent]/async-[child].vue
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ if (import.meta.client) {
   console.log('[sync] [async]')
 }
 const route = useRoute('suspense-async-parent-sync-child')
-await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 500))
+await new Promise(resolve => setTimeout(resolve, 50))
 if (import.meta.client) {
   console.log(`[sync] [${route.params.parent}] [async] [${route.params.child}] running async data`)
 }