diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
index 92a63ee4f3..8455e60ee1 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nitro.ts
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ export async function initNitro (nuxt: Nuxt) {
     },
     replace: {
       'process.env.NUXT_NO_SSR': nuxt.options.ssr === false,
+      'process.env.NUXT_NO_SCRIPTS': !!nuxt.options.experimental.noScripts,
       'process.env.NUXT_INLINE_STYLES': !!nuxt.options.experimental.inlineSSRStyles,
       'process.dev': nuxt.options.dev,
       __VUE_PROD_DEVTOOLS__: false
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts
index 5c7a19c947..faefa9c92a 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ import { loadNuxtConfig, LoadNuxtOptions, nuxtCtx, installModule, addComponent,
 // Temporary until finding better placement
 /* eslint-disable import/no-restricted-paths */
 import escapeRE from 'escape-string-regexp'
+import fse from 'fs-extra'
+import { withoutLeadingSlash } from 'ufo'
 import pagesModule from '../pages/module'
 import metaModule from '../head/module'
 import componentsModule from '../components/module'
@@ -80,6 +82,18 @@ async function initNuxt (nuxt: Nuxt) {
     addWebpackPlugin(TreeShakePlugin.webpack({ sourcemap: nuxt.options.sourcemap, treeShake: removeFromClient }), { server: false })
   }
 
+  // TODO: [Experimental] Avoid emitting assets when flag is enabled
+  if (nuxt.options.experimental.noScripts) {
+    nuxt.hook('build:manifest', async (manifest) => {
+      for (const file in manifest) {
+        if (manifest[file].resourceType === 'script') {
+          await fse.rm(resolve(nuxt.options.buildDir, 'dist/client', withoutLeadingSlash(nuxt.options.app.buildAssetsDir), manifest[file].file), { force: true })
+          manifest[file].file = ''
+        }
+      }
+    })
+  }
+
   // Transpile layers within node_modules
   nuxt.options.build.transpile.push(
     ...nuxt.options._layers.filter(i => i.cwd.includes('node_modules')).map(i => i.cwd as string)
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
index 658a65eaa5..d26d6f48e3 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
@@ -165,8 +165,8 @@ export default defineRenderHandler(async (event) => {
       _rendered.html
     ],
     bodyAppend: normalizeChunks([
-      `<script>window.__NUXT__=${devalue(ssrContext.payload)}</script>`,
-      _rendered.renderScripts(),
+      process.env.NUXT_NO_SCRIPTS ? '' : `<script>window.__NUXT__=${devalue(ssrContext.payload)}</script>`,
+      process.env.NUXT_NO_SCRIPTS ? '' : _rendered.renderScripts(),
       // Note: bodyScripts may contain tags other than <script>
       renderedMeta.bodyScripts
     ])
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts b/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts
index da1ba4b3e1..d28364f9ce 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/config/experimental.ts
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
      * @type {boolean | ((id?: string) => boolean)}
      */
     inlineSSRStyles: {
-      $resolve(val, get) {
+      $resolve (val, get) {
         if (val === false || get('dev') || get('ssr') === false || get('builder') === '@nuxt/webpack-builder') {
           return false
         }
@@ -69,5 +69,10 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
         return val ?? true
       }
     },
+
+    /**
+     * Turn off rendering of Nuxt scripts and JS resource hints.
+     */
+    noScripts: false,
   }
 })