diff --git a/packages/kit/src/loader/nuxt.ts b/packages/kit/src/loader/nuxt.ts
index ad8b76fd29..c04cfd88fd 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/loader/nuxt.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/loader/nuxt.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export interface LoadNuxtOptions extends LoadNuxtConfigOptions {
 
 export async function loadNuxt (opts: LoadNuxtOptions): Promise<Nuxt> {
   // Backward compatibility
-  opts.cwd = opts.cwd || opts.rootDir
+  opts.cwd ||= opts.rootDir
   opts.overrides ||= opts.config || {}
 
   // Apply dev as config override
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/module/define.ts b/packages/kit/src/module/define.ts
index ca93b10edc..4cd27fa2fd 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/module/define.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/module/define.ts
@@ -83,9 +83,7 @@ function _defineNuxtModule<
 
   // Module format is always a simple function
   async function normalizedModule (this: any, inlineOptions: Partial<TOptions>, nuxt: Nuxt): Promise<ModuleSetupReturn> {
-    if (!nuxt) {
-      nuxt = tryUseNuxt() || this.nuxt /* invoked by nuxt 2 */
-    }
+    nuxt ||= tryUseNuxt() || this.nuxt /* invoked by nuxt 2 */
 
     // Avoid duplicate installs
     const uniqueKey = module.meta.name || module.meta.configKey
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
index 7ea7925135..526a20ce6d 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ export async function initNitro (nuxt: Nuxt & { _nitro?: Nitro }) {
 
   // Add backward-compatible middleware to respect `x-nuxt-no-ssr` header
   if (nuxt.options.experimental.respectNoSSRHeader) {
-    nitroConfig.handlers = nitroConfig.handlers || []
+    nitroConfig.handlers ||= []
     nitroConfig.handlers.push({
       handler: resolve(distDir, 'core/runtime/nitro/no-ssr'),
       middleware: true,