diff --git a/packages/cli/src/utils/config.js b/packages/cli/src/utils/config.js
index 9892b5c29e..cad5c1bdc9 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/utils/config.js
+++ b/packages/cli/src/utils/config.js
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ export async function loadNuxtConfig(argv) {
     if (nuxtConfigFile.endsWith('.ts')) {
       options = require(nuxtConfigFile) || {}
     } else {
-      options = esm(module, { cache: false, cjs: { cache: true } })(nuxtConfigFile) || {}
+      options = esm(module)(nuxtConfigFile) || {}
     }
 
     if (options.default) {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/resolver.js b/packages/core/src/resolver.js
index 3a2679e256..7f7ff2f326 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/resolver.js
+++ b/packages/core/src/resolver.js
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export default class Resolver {
     this.requireModule = this.requireModule.bind(this)
 
     // ESM Loader
-    this.esm = esm(module, {})
+    this.esm = esm(module)
   }
 
   resolveModule(path) {
diff --git a/scripts/dev.js b/scripts/dev.js
index 387fe414e6..09f5e6c509 100755
--- a/scripts/dev.js
+++ b/scripts/dev.js
@@ -13,14 +13,7 @@ const stub = {
   es: `export * from '../src/index'`,
   cjs: `const esm = require('esm')
 
-const _require = esm(module, {
-  cache: false,
-  cjs: {
-    cache: true,
-    vars: true,
-    namedExports: true
-  }
-})
+const _require = esm(module)
 
 const execa = require('execa')