diff --git a/packages/app/src/_templates/views/app.template.html b/packages/app/src/_templates/views/app.template.html
index 276240846d..f485f80d36 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/_templates/views/app.template.html
+++ b/packages/app/src/_templates/views/app.template.html
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
{{ HEAD }}
- {{ BODY_SCRIPTS_PREPEND }}
{{ APP }}
- {{ BODY_SCRIPTS }}
<% if (nuxt.options.vite && nuxt.options.dev) { %>
<% } %>
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/compat.ts b/packages/nitro/src/compat.ts
index c9892ab80d..8bae40bfdf 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/compat.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/compat.ts
@@ -53,14 +53,6 @@ export default function nuxt2CompatModule () {
serverConfig.devtool = false
})
- // Add missing template variables (which normally renderer would create)
- nitroContext._internal.hooks.hook('nitro:document', (htmlTemplate) => {
- if (!htmlTemplate.contents.includes('BODY_SCRIPTS_PREPEND')) {
- const fullTemplate = ['{{ BODY_SCRIPTS_PREPEND }}', '{{ APP }}', '{{ BODY_SCRIPTS }}'].join('\n ')
- htmlTemplate.contents = htmlTemplate.contents.replace('{{ APP }}', fullTemplate)
- }
- })
-
// Nitro client plugin
this.addPlugin({
fileName: 'nitro.client.js',
diff --git a/packages/nitro/src/runtime/app/render.ts b/packages/nitro/src/runtime/app/render.ts
index d8f0004f59..c1d86b8ced 100644
--- a/packages/nitro/src/runtime/app/render.ts
+++ b/packages/nitro/src/runtime/app/render.ts
@@ -121,9 +121,7 @@ function renderHTML (payload, rendered, ssrContext) {
HEAD: meta.headTags +
rendered.renderResourceHints() + rendered.renderStyles() + (ssrContext.styles || ''),
BODY_ATTRS: meta.bodyAttrs,
- BODY_SCRIPTS_PREPEND: meta.bodyScriptsPrepend,
- APP: _html + state + rendered.renderScripts(),
- BODY_SCRIPTS: meta.bodyScripts
+ APP: meta.bodyScriptsPrepend + _html + state + rendered.renderScripts() + meta.bodyScripts
})
}