diff --git a/packages/vue-app/template/router.js b/packages/vue-app/template/router.js
index e338ffd8b4..d639c6784d 100644
--- a/packages/vue-app/template/router.js
+++ b/packages/vue-app/template/router.js
@@ -83,12 +83,7 @@ const _routes = recursiveRoutes(router.routes, '  ', _components, 1)
   }
 }).join('\n')%>
 
-// TODO: remove in Nuxt 3
 const emptyFn = () => {}
-const originalPush = Router.prototype.push
-Router.prototype.push = function push (location, onComplete = emptyFn, onAbort) {
-  return originalPush.call(this, location, onComplete, onAbort)
-}
 
 Vue.use(Router)
 
@@ -117,6 +112,12 @@ function decodeObj(obj) {
 export function createRouter () {
   const router = new Router(routerOptions)
 
+  // TODO: remove in Nuxt 3
+  const originalPush = router.push
+  router.push = function push (location, onComplete = emptyFn, onAbort) {
+    return originalPush.call(this, location, onComplete, onAbort)
+  }
+
   const resolve = router.resolve.bind(router)
   router.resolve = (to, current, append) => {
     if (typeof to === 'string') {