diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts
index cfff5c7a2c..5c83133aa5 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/templates.ts
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ export const schemaTemplate: NuxtTemplate<TemplateContext> = {
       ...modules.map(([configKey, importName]) =>
         `    [${configKey}]?: typeof ${genDynamicImport(importName, { wrapper: false })}.default extends NuxtModule<infer O> ? Partial<O> : Record<string, any>`
       ),
-      modules.length > 0 ? `    modules?: (NuxtModule | string | [NuxtModule | string, Record<string, any>] | ${modules.map(([configKey, importName]) => `[${genString(importName)}, Exclude<NuxtConfig[${configKey}], boolean>]`).join(' | ')})[],` : '',
+      modules.length > 0 ? `    modules?: (undefined | null | false | NuxtModule | string | [NuxtModule | string, Record<string, any>] | ${modules.map(([configKey, importName]) => `[${genString(importName)}, Exclude<NuxtConfig[${configKey}], boolean>]`).join(' | ')})[],` : '',
       '  }',
       generateTypes(await resolveSchema(Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(nuxt.options.runtimeConfig).filter(([key]) => key !== 'public'))),
         {
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts b/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts
index 7270458e9a..6830036626 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts
@@ -194,9 +194,11 @@ export default defineUntypedSchema({
    *   function () {}
    * ]
    * ```
-   * @type {(typeof import('../src/types/module').NuxtModule | string | [typeof import('../src/types/module').NuxtModule | string, Record<string, any>])[]}
+   * @type {(typeof import('../src/types/module').NuxtModule | string | [typeof import('../src/types/module').NuxtModule | string, Record<string, any>] | undefined | null | false)[]}
    */
-  modules: [],
+  modules: {
+    $resolve: val => [].concat(val).filter(Boolean)
+  },
 
   /**
    * Customize default directory structure used by Nuxt.
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/extends/bar/nuxt.config.ts b/test/fixtures/basic/extends/bar/nuxt.config.ts
index 268da7f8c1..a3d7147bee 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/basic/extends/bar/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/extends/bar/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-export default defineNuxtConfig({})
+export default defineNuxtConfig({
+  modules: [undefined]
+})
diff --git a/test/fixtures/basic/nuxt.config.ts b/test/fixtures/basic/nuxt.config.ts
index bf0341553f..8d0cba4650 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/basic/nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/test/fixtures/basic/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -135,7 +135,9 @@ export default defineNuxtConfig({
     function (_, nuxt) {
       nuxt.options.optimization.treeShake.composables.server[nuxt.options.rootDir] = ['useClientOnlyComposable', 'setTitleToPink']
       nuxt.options.optimization.treeShake.composables.client[nuxt.options.rootDir] = ['useServerOnlyComposable']
-    }
+    },
+    // To test falsy module values
+    undefined
   ],
   vite: {
     logLevel: 'silent'