diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/webpack/configs/client.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/webpack/configs/client.ts
index 5755f36a28..2a004e01c2 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/webpack/configs/client.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/webpack/configs/client.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
 import path from 'path'
 import querystring from 'querystring'
 import webpack from 'webpack'
-import HTMLPlugin from 'html-webpack-plugin'
 import { BundleAnalyzerPlugin } from 'webpack-bundle-analyzer'
-import CorsPlugin from '../plugins/vue/cors'
 import { applyPresets, WebpackConfigContext } from '../utils/config'
 import { nuxt } from '../presets/nuxt'
 
@@ -17,8 +15,7 @@ export function client (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
     clientOptimization,
     clientDevtool,
     clientPerformance,
-    clientHMR,
-    clientHTML
+    clientHMR
   ])
 }
 
@@ -83,20 +80,6 @@ function clientOptimization (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
   // TODO: Improve optimization.splitChunks.cacheGroups
 }
 
-function clientHTML (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
-  const { options, config } = ctx
-
-  // Generate output HTML for SSR
-  config.plugins.push(
-    new HTMLPlugin({
-      filename: '../server/index.ssr.html',
-      template: options.documentPath,
-      minify: options.build.html.minify as any,
-      inject: false // Resources will be injected using bundleRenderer
-    })
-  )
-}
-
 function clientPlugins (ctx: WebpackConfigContext) {
   const { options, config } = ctx
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/webpack/plugins/vue/cors.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/webpack/plugins/vue/cors.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 60b680bed9..0000000000
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/webpack/plugins/vue/cors.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-import HtmlWebpackPlugin from 'html-webpack-plugin'
-
-export default class CorsPlugin {
-  constructor ({ crossorigin }) {
-    this.crossorigin = crossorigin
-  }
-
-  apply (compiler) {
-    const ID = 'vue-cors-plugin'
-    compiler.hooks.compilation.tap(ID, (compilation) => {
-      HtmlWebpackPlugin.getHooks(compilation).alterAssetTagGroups.tap(ID, (data) => {
-        if (!this.crossorigin) {
-          return
-        }
-        [...data.headTags, ...data.bodyTags].forEach((tag) => {
-          if (['script', 'link'].includes(tag.tagName)) {
-            if (tag.attributes) {
-              tag.attributes.crossorigin = this.crossorigin
-            }
-          }
-        })
-        return data
-      })
-    })
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/webpack/plugins/vue/modern.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/webpack/plugins/vue/modern.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 855380f7ba..0000000000
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/webpack/plugins/vue/modern.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,130 +0,0 @@
-/*
-* This file is based on @vue/cli-service (MIT) ModernModePlugin
-* https://github.com/vuejs/vue-cli/blob/dev/packages/@vue/cli-service/lib/webpack/ModernModePlugin.js
-*/
-
-import EventEmitter from 'events'
-import HtmlWebpackPlugin from 'html-webpack-plugin'
-import { safariNoModuleFix } from 'src/utils'
-
-const assetsMap = {}
-const watcher = new EventEmitter()
-
-export default class ModernModePlugin {
-  constructor ({ targetDir, isModernBuild, noUnsafeInline }) {
-    this.targetDir = targetDir
-    this.isModernBuild = isModernBuild
-    this.noUnsafeInline = noUnsafeInline
-  }
-
-  apply (compiler) {
-    if (!this.isModernBuild) {
-      this.applyLegacy(compiler)
-    } else {
-      this.applyModern(compiler)
-    }
-  }
-
-  get assets () {
-    return assetsMap
-  }
-
-  set assets ({ name, content }) {
-    assetsMap[name] = content
-    watcher.emit(name)
-  }
-
-  getAssets (name) {
-    return new Promise((resolve) => {
-      const asset = this.assets[name]
-      if (asset) {
-        return resolve(asset)
-      }
-      return watcher.once(name, () => {
-        const asset = this.assets[name]
-        return asset && resolve(asset)
-      })
-    })
-  }
-
-  applyLegacy (compiler) {
-    const ID = 'nuxt-legacy-bundle'
-    compiler.hooks.compilation.tap(ID, (compilation) => {
-      HtmlWebpackPlugin.getHooks(compilation).alterAssetTagGroups.tap(ID, (data) => {
-        // get stats, write to disk
-        this.assets = {
-          name: data.plugin.options.filename,
-          content: data.bodyTags
-        }
-        return data
-      })
-    })
-  }
-
-  applyModern (compiler) {
-    const ID = 'nuxt-modern-bundle'
-    compiler.hooks.compilation.tap(ID, (compilation) => {
-      HtmlWebpackPlugin.getHooks(compilation).alterAssetTagGroups.tapPromise(ID, async (data) => {
-        // use <script type="module"> for modern assets
-        data.bodyTags.forEach((tag) => {
-          if (tag.tagName === 'script' && tag.attributes) {
-            tag.attributes.type = 'module'
-          }
-        })
-
-        // use <link rel="modulepreload"> instead of <link rel="preload">
-        // for modern assets
-        data.headTags.forEach((tag) => {
-          if (tag.tagName === 'link' &&
-              tag.attributes.rel === 'preload' &&
-              tag.attributes.as === 'script') {
-            tag.attributes.rel = 'modulepreload'
-          }
-        })
-
-        // inject links for legacy assets as <script nomodule>
-        const fileName = data.plugin.options.filename
-        const legacyAssets = (await this.getAssets(fileName))
-          .filter(a => a.tagName === 'script' && a.attributes)
-
-        for (const a of legacyAssets) {
-          a.attributes.nomodule = true
-          data.bodyTags.push(a)
-        }
-
-        if (this.noUnsafeInline) {
-          // inject the fix as an external script
-          const safariFixFilename = 'safari-nomodule-fix.js'
-          const safariFixPath = legacyAssets[0].attributes.src
-            .split('/')
-            .slice(0, -1)
-            .concat([safariFixFilename])
-            .join('/')
-
-          compilation.assets[safariFixFilename] = {
-            source: () => Buffer.from(safariNoModuleFix),
-            size: () => Buffer.byteLength(safariNoModuleFix)
-          }
-          data.bodyTags.push({
-            tagName: 'script',
-            closeTag: true,
-            attributes: {
-              src: safariFixPath
-            }
-          })
-        } else {
-          // inject Safari 10 nomodule fix
-          data.bodyTags.push({
-            tagName: 'script',
-            closeTag: true,
-            innerHTML: safariNoModuleFix
-          })
-        }
-
-        delete assetsMap[fileName]
-
-        return data
-      })
-    })
-  }
-}