diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-root.vue b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-root.vue
index cfbb1aaea9..9c8c91516e 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-root.vue
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/components/nuxt-root.vue
@@ -24,8 +24,10 @@ import { useRoute, useRouter } from '../composables/router'
 import { PageRouteSymbol } from '../components/injections'
 import AppComponent from '#build/app-component.mjs'
 import ErrorComponent from '#build/error-component.mjs'
+// @ts-expect-error virtual file
+import { componentIslands } from '#build/nuxt.config.mjs'
 
-const IslandRenderer = import.meta.server
+const IslandRenderer = import.meta.server && componentIslands
   ? defineAsyncComponent(() => import('./island-renderer').then(r => r.default || r))
   : () => null
 
diff --git a/test/bundle.test.ts b/test/bundle.test.ts
index 9a26f20e1f..dd756d50d7 100644
--- a/test/bundle.test.ts
+++ b/test/bundle.test.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ describe.skipIf(process.env.SKIP_BUNDLE_SIZE === 'true' || process.env.ECOSYSTEM
     const serverDir = join(rootDir, '.output/server')
 
     const serverStats = await analyzeSizes(['**/*.mjs', '!node_modules'], serverDir)
-    expect.soft(roundToKilobytes(serverStats.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"205k"')
+    expect.soft(roundToKilobytes(serverStats.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"204k"')
 
     const modules = await analyzeSizes('node_modules/**/*', serverDir)
     expect.soft(roundToKilobytes(modules.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"1335k"')
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ describe.skipIf(process.env.SKIP_BUNDLE_SIZE === 'true' || process.env.ECOSYSTEM
     const serverDir = join(rootDir, '.output-inline/server')
 
     const serverStats = await analyzeSizes(['**/*.mjs', '!node_modules'], serverDir)
-    expect.soft(roundToKilobytes(serverStats.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"524k"')
+    expect.soft(roundToKilobytes(serverStats.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"523k"')
 
     const modules = await analyzeSizes('node_modules/**/*', serverDir)
     expect.soft(roundToKilobytes(modules.totalBytes)).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"78.0k"')