diff --git a/packages/cli/src/run.js b/packages/cli/src/run.js
index b9fde5758d..4687589926 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/run.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/run.js
@@ -1,24 +1,19 @@
+import { existsSync } from 'fs'
+import { resolve } from 'path'
 import execa from 'execa'
+import consola from 'consola'
 import { name as pkgName } from '../package.json'
 import NuxtCommand from './command'
 import setup from './setup'
 import getCommand from './commands'
 import { isNuxtDir } from './utils/dir'
 
-function packageExists (name) {
-  try {
-    require.resolve(name)
-    return true
-  } catch (e) {
-    return false
-  }
-}
-
 export default async function run (_argv, hooks = {}) {
   // Check for not installing both nuxt and nuxt-edge
-  const dupPkg = '@nuxt/' + (pkgName === '@nuxt/cli-edge' ? 'cli' : 'cli-edge')
-  if (packageExists(dupPkg)) {
-    throw new Error('Both `nuxt` and `nuxt-edge` dependencies are installed! This is unsupported, please choose one and remove the other one from dependencies.')
+  const dupPkg = pkgName === '@nuxt/cli-edge' ? 'cli' : 'cli-edge'
+  const dupPkgJSON = resolve(__dirname, '../..' /* dist/../.. */, dupPkg, 'package.json')
+  if (existsSync(dupPkgJSON) && require(dupPkgJSON).name !== '@nuxt/' + dupPkg) {
+    consola.warn('Both `nuxt` and `nuxt-edge` dependencies are installed! Please choose one and remove the other one from dependencies.')
   }
 
   // Read from process.argv
diff --git a/packages/cli/test/unit/run-edge.test.js b/packages/cli/test/unit/run-edge.test.js
index 366f91c746..3a70578447 100644
--- a/packages/cli/test/unit/run-edge.test.js
+++ b/packages/cli/test/unit/run-edge.test.js
@@ -1,12 +1,18 @@
+import consola from 'consola'
+import getCommand from '../../src/commands'
 import run from '../../src/run'
 
+jest.mock('../../src/commands')
+
 jest.mock('../../package.json', () => ({
   name: '@nuxt/cli-edge'
 }))
 
 describe('run in edge', () => {
   test('throws error if nuxt and nuxt-edge are installed', async () => {
-    await expect(run())
-      .rejects.toThrow('Both `nuxt` and `nuxt-edge` dependencies are installed! This is unsupported, please choose one and remove the other one from dependencies.')
+    const mockedCommand = { run: jest.fn(() => Promise.resolve({})) }
+    getCommand.mockImplementationOnce(() => Promise.resolve(mockedCommand))
+    await run()
+    expect(consola.warn).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Both `nuxt` and `nuxt-edge` dependencies are installed! Please choose one and remove the other one from dependencies.')
   })
 })