diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
index 3638c84263..9a397d4e9a 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ function createGranularWatcher () {
         watchers[path].close()
         delete watchers[path]
       }
-      if (event === 'addDir' && path !== dir && !ignoredDirs.has(path) && !(path in watchers) && !isIgnored(path)) {
+      if (event === 'addDir' && path !== dir && !ignoredDirs.has(path) && !pathsToWatch.includes(path) && !(path in watchers) && !isIgnored(path)) {
         watchers[path] = chokidar.watch(path, { ...nuxt.options.watchers.chokidar, ignored: [isIgnored] })
         watchers[path].on('all', (event, path) => nuxt.callHook('builder:watch', event, normalize(path)))
         nuxt.hook('close', () => watchers[path].close())
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts b/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts
index a60746a7fe..1e13d6c269 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts
@@ -357,6 +357,7 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
       '**/*.d.ts', // ignore type declarations
       '.output',
       '.git',
+      '.cache',
       await get('analyzeDir'),
       await get('buildDir'),
       await get('ignorePrefix') && `**/${await get('ignorePrefix')}*.*`