diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/index.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/index.ts
index 9f8fc9103e..9751f7b360 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/index.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/// <reference path="types/augments.d.ts" />
-
 export * from './nuxt'
 
 export * from './composables/index'
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/types.d.mts b/packages/nuxt/types.d.mts
index 046d78f817..f027f93b6a 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/types.d.mts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/types.d.mts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 /// <reference types="nitro/types" />
+/// <reference path="dist/app/types/augments.d.ts" />
 
 import type { DefineNuxtConfig } from 'nuxt/config'
 import type { RuntimeConfig, SchemaDefinition } from 'nuxt/schema'
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/types.d.ts b/packages/nuxt/types.d.ts
index cd426f1c78..2ecb9dc72e 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/types.d.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/types.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 /// <reference types="nitro/types" />
+/// <reference path="dist/app/types/augments.d.ts" />
+
 import type { DefineNuxtConfig } from 'nuxt/config'
 import type { RuntimeConfig, SchemaDefinition } from 'nuxt/schema'
 import type { H3Event } from 'h3'