diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
index 964263b6dd..4e0e5dce9f 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ export async function initNitro (nuxt: Nuxt & { _nitro?: Nitro }) {
       ],
       traceInclude: [
         // force include files used in generated code from the runtime-compiler
-        ...(nuxt.options.experimental.runtimeVueCompiler && !nuxt.options.experimental.externalVue)
+        ...(nuxt.options.vue.runtimeCompiler && !nuxt.options.experimental.externalVue)
           ? [
               ...nuxt.options.modulesDir.reduce<string[]>((targets, path) => {
                 const serverRendererPath = resolve(path, 'vue/server-renderer/index.js')
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ export async function initNitro (nuxt: Nuxt & { _nitro?: Nitro }) {
             vue: await resolvePath(`vue/dist/vue.cjs${nuxt.options.dev ? '' : '.prod'}.js`)
           },
       // Vue 3 mocks
-      ...nuxt.options.experimental.runtimeVueCompiler || nuxt.options.experimental.externalVue
+      ...nuxt.options.vue.runtimeCompiler || nuxt.options.experimental.externalVue
         ? {}
         : {
             'estree-walker': 'unenv/runtime/mock/proxy',
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ export async function initNitro (nuxt: Nuxt & { _nitro?: Nitro }) {
   })
 
   // Enable runtime compiler client side
-  if (nuxt.options.experimental.runtimeVueCompiler) {
+  if (nuxt.options.vue.runtimeCompiler) {
     nuxt.hook('vite:extendConfig', (config, { isClient }) => {
       if (isClient) {
         if (Array.isArray(config.resolve!.alias)) {
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/config/app.ts b/packages/schema/src/config/app.ts
index c9a42f37db..357e937ad9 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/config/app.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/config/app.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,13 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
      * @type {typeof import('@vue/compiler-core').CompilerOptions}
      */
     compilerOptions: {},
+
+    /**
+     * Include Vue compiler in runtime bundle.
+     */
+    runtimeCompiler: {
+      $resolve: async (val, get) => val ?? await get('experimental.runtimeVueCompiler') ?? false,
+    },
   },
 
   /**
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts b/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts
index ab0023d520..f5227d9ed9 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts
@@ -23,12 +23,6 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
      */
     externalVue: true,
 
-    // TODO: move to `vue.runtimeCompiler` in v3.5
-    /**
-     * Include Vue compiler in runtime bundle.
-     */
-    runtimeVueCompiler: false,
-
     /**
      * Tree shakes contents of client-only components from server bundle.
      * @see https://github.com/nuxt/framework/pull/5750
diff --git a/test/fixtures/runtime-compiler/nuxt.config.ts b/test/fixtures/runtime-compiler/nuxt.config.ts
index 604986a3fc..d321af9c18 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/runtime-compiler/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/test/fixtures/runtime-compiler/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 // https://nuxt.com/docs/api/configuration/nuxt-config
 export default defineNuxtConfig({
   experimental: {
-    runtimeVueCompiler: true,
     externalVue: false
   },
+  vue: {
+    runtimeCompiler: true
+  },
   builder: process.env.TEST_BUILDER as 'webpack' | 'vite' ?? 'vite'
 })