diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts
index 659001884b..cbc0f5d206 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-link.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import { onNuxtReady } from '../composables/ready'
 import { navigateTo, useRouter } from '../composables/router'
 import { useNuxtApp, useRuntimeConfig } from '../nuxt'
 import { cancelIdleCallback, requestIdleCallback } from '../compat/idle-callback'
+import { useObserver } from "../utils"
 
 // @ts-expect-error virtual file
 import { nuxtLinkDefaults } from '#build/nuxt.config.mjs'
@@ -403,49 +404,6 @@ function applyTrailingSlashBehavior (to: string, trailingSlash: NuxtLinkOptions[
 }
 
 // --- Prefetching utils ---
-type CallbackFn = () => void
-type ObserveFn = (element: Element, callback: CallbackFn) => () => void
-
-function useObserver (): { observe: ObserveFn } | undefined {
-  if (import.meta.server) { return }
-
-  const nuxtApp = useNuxtApp()
-  if (nuxtApp._observer) {
-    return nuxtApp._observer
-  }
-
-  let observer: IntersectionObserver | null = null
-
-  const callbacks = new Map<Element, CallbackFn>()
-
-  const observe: ObserveFn = (element, callback) => {
-    if (!observer) {
-      observer = new IntersectionObserver((entries) => {
-        for (const entry of entries) {
-          const callback = callbacks.get(entry.target)
-          const isVisible = entry.isIntersecting || entry.intersectionRatio > 0
-          if (isVisible && callback) { callback() }
-        }
-      })
-    }
-    callbacks.set(element, callback)
-    observer.observe(element)
-    return () => {
-      callbacks.delete(element)
-      observer!.unobserve(element)
-      if (callbacks.size === 0) {
-        observer!.disconnect()
-        observer = null
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
-  const _observer = nuxtApp._observer = {
-    observe
-  }
-
-  return _observer
-}
 
 function isSlowConnection () {
   if (import.meta.server) { return }