diff --git a/packages/bridge/src/auto-imports.ts b/packages/bridge/src/auto-imports.ts
index 9378fc2027..bce37f8f7c 100644
--- a/packages/bridge/src/auto-imports.ts
+++ b/packages/bridge/src/auto-imports.ts
@@ -1,35 +1,29 @@
 import { installModule, useNuxt } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import * as CompositionApi from '@vue/composition-api'
+import type { Preset } from 'unimport'
 import autoImports from '../../nuxt3/src/auto-imports/module'
+import { vuePreset, commonPresets, appPreset } from '../../nuxt3/src/auto-imports/presets'
 
 const UnsupportedImports = new Set(['useAsyncData', 'useFetch'])
 const CapiHelpers = new Set(Object.keys(CompositionApi))
 
-const ImportRewrites = {
-  vue: '@vue/composition-api'
-}
-
 export function setupAutoImports () {
   const nuxt = useNuxt()
 
-  nuxt.hook('autoImports:extend', (autoImports) => {
-    for (const autoImport of autoImports) {
-      // Rewrite imports
-      if (autoImport.from in ImportRewrites) {
-        autoImport.from = ImportRewrites[autoImport.from]
-      }
-      // Disable unsupported imports
-      if (UnsupportedImports.has(autoImport.name)) {
-        autoImport.disabled = true
-      }
-      if (autoImport.from === '@vue/composition-api' && !CapiHelpers.has(autoImport.name)) {
-        autoImport.disabled = true
-      }
+  const bridgePresets: Preset[] = [
+    ...commonPresets,
+    {
+      from: '#app',
+      imports: [
+        ...appPreset.imports.filter(i => !UnsupportedImports.has(i as string)),
+        'useNuxt2Meta'
+      ]
+    },
+    {
+      from: '@vue/composition-api',
+      imports: vuePreset.imports.filter(i => CapiHelpers.has(i as string))
     }
+  ]
 
-    // Add bridge-only auto-imports
-    autoImports.push({ name: 'useNuxt2Meta', as: 'useNuxt2Meta', from: '#app' })
-  })
-
-  nuxt.hook('modules:done', () => installModule(autoImports))
+  nuxt.hook('modules:done', () => installModule(autoImports, { presets: bridgePresets }))
 }
diff --git a/packages/bridge/test/auto-imports.test.ts b/packages/bridge/test/auto-imports.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index edfba200de..0000000000
--- a/packages/bridge/test/auto-imports.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-import * as CompositionApi from '@vue/composition-api'
-import { expect, describe, it } from 'vitest'
-
-import { Nuxt3AutoImports } from '../../nuxt3/src/auto-imports/imports'
-
-const excludedVueHelpers = [
-  'EffectScope',
-  'createApp',
-  'createRef',
-  'default',
-  'del',
-  'isRaw',
-  'set',
-  'useCSSModule',
-  'version',
-  'warn',
-  'watchPostEffect',
-  'watchSyncEffect'
-]
-
-describe('auto-imports:vue', () => {
-  for (const name of Object.keys(CompositionApi)) {
-    if (excludedVueHelpers.includes(name)) {
-      continue
-    }
-    it(`should register ${name} globally`, () => {
-      expect(Nuxt3AutoImports.find(a => a.from === 'vue').names).to.include(name)
-    })
-  }
-})
diff --git a/packages/kit/package.json b/packages/kit/package.json
index 60127d6bfa..67d63a8c70 100644
--- a/packages/kit/package.json
+++ b/packages/kit/package.json
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
     "scule": "^0.2.1",
     "semver": "^7.3.5",
     "unctx": "^1.0.2",
+    "unimport": "0.0.8",
     "untyped": "^0.4.2"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/auto-import.ts b/packages/kit/src/auto-import.ts
index cf422f97db..673774d1ef 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/auto-import.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/auto-import.ts
@@ -1,14 +1,12 @@
-import type { AutoImport } from '../../schema/src/types/imports'
+import { Import } from 'unimport'
 import { useNuxt } from './context'
 import { assertNuxtCompatibility } from './compatibility'
 
-export function addAutoImport (_autoImports: AutoImport | AutoImport[]) {
+export function addAutoImport (imports: Import | Import[]) {
   assertNuxtCompatibility({ bridge: true })
 
-  useNuxt().hook('autoImports:extend', (autoImports: AutoImport[]) => {
-    for (const composable of (Array.isArray(_autoImports) ? _autoImports : [_autoImports])) {
-      autoImports.push(composable)
-    }
+  useNuxt().hook('autoImports:extend', (autoImports) => {
+    autoImports.push(...(Array.isArray(imports) ? imports : [imports]))
   })
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/package.json b/packages/nuxt3/package.json
index 9f266add3d..bc36929930 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/package.json
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/package.json
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@
     "pathe": "^0.2.0",
     "scule": "^0.2.1",
     "ufo": "^0.7.11",
+    "unimport": "0.0.8",
     "unplugin": "^0.4.0",
     "untyped": "^0.4.2",
     "vue": "^3.2.31",
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/composables.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/composables.ts
index e2fad9b49e..e615b95c89 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/composables.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/composables.ts
@@ -2,44 +2,45 @@ import { promises as fsp, existsSync } from 'fs'
 import { parse as parsePath } from 'pathe'
 import { findExports } from 'mlly'
 import { camelCase } from 'scule'
-import { AutoImport } from '@nuxt/schema'
 import { resolveFiles } from '@nuxt/kit'
-import { filterInPlace } from './utils'
+import { Unimport } from 'unimport'
 
-export async function scanForComposables (dir: string | string[], autoImports: AutoImport[]) {
+export async function scanForComposables (dir: string | string[], ctx: Unimport) {
   const performScan = async (entry: string) => {
     const files = await resolveFiles(entry, [
       '*.{ts,js,mjs,cjs,mts,cts}',
       '*/index.{ts,js,mjs,cjs,mts,cts}'
     ])
 
-    await Promise.all(
-      files.map(async (path) => {
-        // Remove original entries from the same import (for build watcher)
-        filterInPlace(autoImports, i => i.from !== path)
+    await ctx.modifyDynamicImports(async (dynamicImports) => {
+      await Promise.all(
+        files.map(async (path) => {
+          // Remove original entries from the same import (for build watcher)
+          filterInPlace(dynamicImports, i => i.from !== path)
 
-        const code = await fsp.readFile(path, 'utf-8')
-        const exports = findExports(code)
-        const defaultExport = exports.find(i => i.type === 'default')
+          const code = await fsp.readFile(path, 'utf-8')
+          const exports = findExports(code)
+          const defaultExport = exports.find(i => i.type === 'default')
 
-        if (defaultExport) {
-          let name = parsePath(path).name
-          if (name === 'index') {
-            name = parsePath(path.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/')).name
-          }
-          autoImports.push({ name: 'default', as: camelCase(name), from: path })
-        }
-        for (const exp of exports) {
-          if (exp.type === 'named') {
-            for (const name of exp.names) {
-              autoImports.push({ name, as: name, from: path })
+          if (defaultExport) {
+            let name = parsePath(path).name
+            if (name === 'index') {
+              name = parsePath(path.split('/').slice(0, -1).join('/')).name
             }
-          } else if (exp.type === 'declaration') {
-            autoImports.push({ name: exp.name, as: exp.name, from: path })
+            dynamicImports.push({ name: 'default', as: camelCase(name), from: path })
           }
-        }
-      })
-    )
+          for (const exp of exports) {
+            if (exp.type === 'named') {
+              for (const name of exp.names) {
+                dynamicImports.push({ name, as: name, from: path })
+              }
+            } else if (exp.type === 'declaration') {
+              dynamicImports.push({ name: exp.name, as: exp.name, from: path })
+            }
+          }
+        })
+      )
+    })
   }
 
   for (const entry of Array.isArray(dir) ? dir : [dir]) {
@@ -48,3 +49,12 @@ export async function scanForComposables (dir: string | string[], autoImports: A
     await performScan(entry)
   }
 }
+
+function filterInPlace<T> (arr: T[], predicate: (v: T) => any) {
+  let i = arr.length
+  while (i--) {
+    if (!predicate(arr[i])) {
+      arr.splice(i, 1)
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/context.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/context.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index dcec647874..0000000000
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/context.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-import type { AutoImport } from '@nuxt/schema'
-import escapeRE from 'escape-string-regexp'
-
-export interface AutoImportContext {
-  autoImports: AutoImport[]
-  matchRE: RegExp
-  transform: {
-    exclude: RegExp[]
-  }
-  map: Map<string, AutoImport>
-}
-
-export function createAutoImportContext (opts): AutoImportContext {
-  return {
-    autoImports: [],
-    map: new Map(),
-    matchRE: /__never__/,
-    transform: {
-      exclude: opts.transform.exclude || [/node_modules/]
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-export function updateAutoImportContext (ctx: AutoImportContext) {
-  // Detect duplicates
-  const usedNames = new Set()
-  for (const autoImport of ctx.autoImports) {
-    if (usedNames.has(autoImport.as)) {
-      autoImport.disabled = true
-      console.warn(`Disabling duplicate auto import '${autoImport.as}' (imported from '${autoImport.from}')`)
-    } else {
-      usedNames.add(autoImport.as)
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Filter out disabled auto imports
-  ctx.autoImports = ctx.autoImports.filter(i => i.disabled !== true)
-
-  // Create regex
-  ctx.matchRE = new RegExp(`\\b(${ctx.autoImports.map(i => escapeRE(i.as)).join('|')})\\b`, 'g')
-
-  // Create map
-  ctx.map.clear()
-  for (const autoImport of ctx.autoImports) {
-    ctx.map.set(autoImport.as, autoImport)
-  }
-
-  return ctx
-}
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/imports.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/imports.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index c056650853..0000000000
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/imports.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,113 +0,0 @@
-import type { AutoImportSource } from '@nuxt/schema'
-
-export const Nuxt3AutoImports: AutoImportSource[] = [
-  // #app
-  {
-    from: '#app',
-    names: [
-      'useAsyncData',
-      'useLazyAsyncData',
-      'defineNuxtComponent',
-      'useNuxtApp',
-      'defineNuxtPlugin',
-      'useRuntimeConfig',
-      'useState',
-      'useFetch',
-      'useLazyFetch',
-      'useCookie',
-      'useRequestHeaders',
-      'useRouter',
-      'useRoute',
-      'defineNuxtRouteMiddleware',
-      'navigateTo',
-      'abortNavigation',
-      'addRouteMiddleware'
-    ]
-  },
-  // #meta
-  {
-    from: '#meta',
-    names: [
-      'useMeta'
-    ]
-  },
-  // vue-demi (mocked)
-  {
-    from: 'vue-demi',
-    names: [
-      'isVue2',
-      'isVue3'
-    ]
-  },
-  // vue
-  {
-    from: 'vue',
-    names: [
-      // <script setup>
-      'withCtx',
-      'withDirectives',
-      'withKeys',
-      'withMemo',
-      'withModifiers',
-      'withScopeId',
-
-      // Lifecycle
-      'onActivated',
-      'onBeforeMount',
-      'onBeforeUnmount',
-      'onBeforeUpdate',
-      'onDeactivated',
-      'onErrorCaptured',
-      'onMounted',
-      'onRenderTracked',
-      'onRenderTriggered',
-      'onServerPrefetch',
-      'onUnmounted',
-      'onUpdated',
-
-      // Reactivity
-      'computed',
-      'customRef',
-      'isProxy',
-      'isReactive',
-      'isReadonly',
-      'isRef',
-      'markRaw',
-      'proxyRefs',
-      'reactive',
-      'readonly',
-      'ref',
-      'shallowReactive',
-      'shallowReadonly',
-      'shallowRef',
-      'toRaw',
-      'toRef',
-      'toRefs',
-      'triggerRef',
-      'unref',
-      'watch',
-      'watchEffect',
-      'isShallow',
-
-      // effect
-      'effect',
-      'effectScope',
-      'getCurrentScope',
-      'onScopeDispose',
-
-      // Component
-      'defineComponent',
-      'defineAsyncComponent',
-      'getCurrentInstance',
-      'h',
-      'inject',
-      'nextTick',
-      'provide',
-      'useAttrs',
-      'useCssModule',
-      'useCssVars',
-      'useSlots',
-      'useTransitionState'
-    ] as Array<keyof typeof import('vue')>
-  }
-]
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/module.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/module.ts
index 376e71e8cc..0dc514205b 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/module.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/module.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,20 @@
-import { addVitePlugin, addWebpackPlugin, defineNuxtModule, addTemplate, resolveAlias, addPluginTemplate, useNuxt } from '@nuxt/kit'
-import type { AutoImportsOptions } from '@nuxt/schema'
+import { addVitePlugin, addWebpackPlugin, defineNuxtModule, addTemplate, resolveAlias, useNuxt, addPluginTemplate, logger } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import { isAbsolute, join, relative, resolve, normalize } from 'pathe'
-import { genDynamicImport } from 'knitwork'
+import { createUnimport, Import, toImports, Unimport } from 'unimport'
+import { AutoImportsOptions, ImportPresetWithDeperection } from '@nuxt/schema'
 import { TransformPlugin } from './transform'
-import { Nuxt3AutoImports } from './imports'
+import { defaultPresets } from './presets'
 import { scanForComposables } from './composables'
-import { toExports, toImports } from './utils'
-import { AutoImportContext, createAutoImportContext, updateAutoImportContext } from './context'
 
-export default defineNuxtModule<AutoImportsOptions>({
+export default defineNuxtModule<Partial<AutoImportsOptions>>({
   meta: {
     name: 'auto-imports',
     configKey: 'autoImports'
   },
   defaults: {
-    sources: Nuxt3AutoImports,
+    presets: defaultPresets,
     global: false,
+    imports: [],
     dirs: [],
     transform: {
       exclude: undefined
@@ -23,13 +22,23 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<AutoImportsOptions>({
   },
   async setup (options, nuxt) {
     // Allow modules extending sources
-    await nuxt.callHook('autoImports:sources', options.sources)
+    await nuxt.callHook('autoImports:sources', options.presets as ImportPresetWithDeperection[])
+
+    options.presets.forEach((i: ImportPresetWithDeperection) => {
+      if (typeof i !== 'string' && i.names && !i.imports) {
+        i.imports = i.names
+        logger.warn('auto-imports: presets.names is deprecated, use presets.imports instead')
+      }
+    })
 
     // Filter disabled sources
-    options.sources = options.sources.filter(source => source.disabled !== true)
+    // options.sources = options.sources.filter(source => source.disabled !== true)
 
     // Create a context to share state between module internals
-    const ctx = createAutoImportContext(options)
+    const ctx = createUnimport({
+      presets: defaultPresets,
+      imports: options.imports
+    })
 
     // composables/ dirs
     let composablesDirs = [
@@ -51,7 +60,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<AutoImportsOptions>({
     // Support for importing from '#imports'
     addTemplate({
       filename: 'imports.mjs',
-      getContents: () => toExports(ctx.autoImports)
+      getContents: () => ctx.toExports()
     })
     nuxt.options.alias['#imports'] = join(nuxt.options.buildDir, 'imports')
 
@@ -62,30 +71,25 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<AutoImportsOptions>({
       addPluginTemplate({
         filename: 'auto-imports.mjs',
         getContents: () => {
-          const imports = toImports(ctx.autoImports)
-          const globalThisSet = ctx.autoImports.map(i => `globalThis.${i.as} = ${i.as};`).join('\n')
-          return `${imports}\n\n${globalThisSet}\n\nexport default () => {};`
+          const imports = ctx.getImports()
+          const importStatement = toImports(imports)
+          const globalThisSet = imports.map(i => `globalThis.${i.as} = ${i.as};`).join('\n')
+          return `${importStatement}\n\n${globalThisSet}\n\nexport default () => {};`
         }
       })
     } else {
       // Transform to inject imports in production mode
-      addVitePlugin(TransformPlugin.vite(ctx))
-      addWebpackPlugin(TransformPlugin.webpack(ctx))
+      addVitePlugin(TransformPlugin.vite({ ctx, options }))
+      addWebpackPlugin(TransformPlugin.webpack({ ctx, options }))
     }
 
     const regenerateAutoImports = async () => {
-      // Resolve autoimports from sources
-      ctx.autoImports = options.sources.flatMap(source => source.names.map(
-        importName => typeof importName === 'string'
-          ? { name: importName, as: importName, from: source.from }
-          : { name: importName.name, as: importName.as || importName.name, from: source.from }
-      ))
       // Scan composables/
-      await scanForComposables(composablesDirs, ctx.autoImports)
+      await scanForComposables(composablesDirs, ctx)
       // Allow modules extending
-      await nuxt.callHook('autoImports:extend', ctx.autoImports)
-      // Update context
-      updateAutoImportContext(ctx)
+      await ctx.modifyDynamicImports(async (imports) => {
+        await nuxt.callHook('autoImports:extend', imports)
+      })
     }
 
     await regenerateAutoImports()
@@ -113,37 +117,34 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<AutoImportsOptions>({
   }
 })
 
-function addDeclarationTemplates (ctx: AutoImportContext) {
+function addDeclarationTemplates (ctx: Unimport) {
   const nuxt = useNuxt()
 
   // Remove file extension for benefit of TypeScript
   const stripExtension = (path: string) => path.replace(/\.[a-z]+$/, '')
 
   const resolved = {}
-  const r = (id: string) => {
-    if (resolved[id]) { return resolved[id] }
-    let path = resolveAlias(id)
+  const r = ({ from }: Import) => {
+    if (resolved[from]) {
+      return resolved[from]
+    }
+    let path = resolveAlias(from)
     if (isAbsolute(path)) {
       path = relative(join(nuxt.options.buildDir, 'types'), path)
     }
+
     path = stripExtension(path)
-    resolved[id] = path
+    resolved[from] = path
     return path
   }
 
   addTemplate({
     filename: 'imports.d.ts',
-    getContents: () => toExports(ctx.autoImports.map(i => ({ ...i, from: stripExtension(i.from) })))
+    getContents: () => ctx.toExports()
   })
 
   addTemplate({
     filename: 'types/auto-imports.d.ts',
-    getContents: () => `// Generated by auto imports
-declare global {
-${ctx.autoImports.map(i => `  const ${i.as}: typeof ${genDynamicImport(r(i.from), { wrapper: false })}['${i.name}']`).join('\n')}
-}
-
-export {}
-`
+    getContents: () => '// Generated by auto imports\n' + ctx.generateTypeDecarations(r)
   })
 }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/presets.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/presets.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..42ea854ab7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/presets.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,120 @@
+import { defineUnimportPreset } from 'unimport'
+
+export const commonPresets = [
+  // #meta
+  defineUnimportPreset({
+    from: '#meta',
+    imports: [
+      'useMeta'
+    ]
+  }),
+  // vue-demi (mocked)
+  defineUnimportPreset({
+    from: 'vue-demi',
+    imports: [
+      'isVue2',
+      'isVue3'
+    ]
+  })
+]
+
+export const appPreset = defineUnimportPreset({
+  from: '#app',
+  imports: [
+    'useAsyncData',
+    'useLazyAsyncData',
+    'defineNuxtComponent',
+    'useNuxtApp',
+    'defineNuxtPlugin',
+    'useRuntimeConfig',
+    'useState',
+    'useFetch',
+    'useLazyFetch',
+    'useCookie',
+    'useRequestHeaders',
+    'useRouter',
+    'useRoute',
+    'defineNuxtRouteMiddleware',
+    'navigateTo',
+    'abortNavigation',
+    'addRouteMiddleware'
+  ]
+})
+
+// vue
+export const vuePreset = defineUnimportPreset({
+  from: 'vue',
+  imports: [
+    // <script setup>
+    'withCtx',
+    'withDirectives',
+    'withKeys',
+    'withMemo',
+    'withModifiers',
+    'withScopeId',
+
+    // Lifecycle
+    'onActivated',
+    'onBeforeMount',
+    'onBeforeUnmount',
+    'onBeforeUpdate',
+    'onDeactivated',
+    'onErrorCaptured',
+    'onMounted',
+    'onRenderTracked',
+    'onRenderTriggered',
+    'onServerPrefetch',
+    'onUnmounted',
+    'onUpdated',
+
+    // Reactivity
+    'computed',
+    'customRef',
+    'isProxy',
+    'isReactive',
+    'isReadonly',
+    'isRef',
+    'markRaw',
+    'proxyRefs',
+    'reactive',
+    'readonly',
+    'ref',
+    'shallowReactive',
+    'shallowReadonly',
+    'shallowRef',
+    'toRaw',
+    'toRef',
+    'toRefs',
+    'triggerRef',
+    'unref',
+    'watch',
+    'watchEffect',
+    'isShallow',
+
+    // effect
+    'effect',
+    'effectScope',
+    'getCurrentScope',
+    'onScopeDispose',
+
+    // Component
+    'defineComponent',
+    'defineAsyncComponent',
+    'getCurrentInstance',
+    'h',
+    'inject',
+    'nextTick',
+    'provide',
+    'useAttrs',
+    'useCssModule',
+    'useCssVars',
+    'useSlots',
+    'useTransitionState'
+  ] as Array<keyof typeof import('vue')>
+})
+
+export const defaultPresets = [
+  ...commonPresets,
+  appPreset,
+  vuePreset
+]
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/transform.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/transform.ts
index 6db6c33f8b..41e998efe3 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/transform.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/transform.ts
@@ -1,37 +1,9 @@
 import { createUnplugin } from 'unplugin'
 import { parseQuery, parseURL } from 'ufo'
-import { toImports } from './utils'
-import { AutoImportContext } from './context'
+import { Unimport } from 'unimport'
+import { AutoImportsOptions } from '@nuxt/schema'
 
-const excludeRE = [
-  // imported from other module
-  /\bimport\s*([\s\S]+?)\s*from\b/g,
-  // defined as function
-  /\bfunction\s*([\w_$]+?)\s*\(/g,
-  // defined as local variable
-  /\b(?:const|let|var)\s+?(\[[\s\S]*?\]|\{[\s\S]*?\}|[\s\S]+?)\s*?[=;\n]/g
-]
-
-const importAsRE = /^.*\sas\s+/
-const separatorRE = /[,[\]{}\n]/g
-const multilineCommentsRE = /\/\*\s(.|[\r\n])*?\*\//gm
-const singlelineCommentsRE = /\/\/\s.*$/gm
-const templateLiteralRE = /\$\{(.*)\}/g
-const quotesRE = [
-  /(["'])((?:\\\1|(?!\1)|.|\r)*?)\1/gm,
-  /([`])((?:\\\1|(?!\1)|.|\n|\r)*?)\1/gm
-]
-
-function stripCommentsAndStrings (code: string) {
-  return code
-    .replace(multilineCommentsRE, '')
-    .replace(singlelineCommentsRE, '')
-    .replace(templateLiteralRE, '` + $1 + `')
-    .replace(quotesRE[0], '""')
-    .replace(quotesRE[1], '``')
-}
-
-export const TransformPlugin = createUnplugin((ctx: AutoImportContext) => {
+export const TransformPlugin = createUnplugin(({ ctx, options }: {ctx: Unimport, options: Partial<AutoImportsOptions> }) => {
   return {
     name: 'nuxt:auto-imports-transform',
     enforce: 'post',
@@ -39,8 +11,10 @@ export const TransformPlugin = createUnplugin((ctx: AutoImportContext) => {
       const { pathname, search } = parseURL(id)
       const { type, macro } = parseQuery(search)
 
+      const exclude = options.transform?.exclude || [/[\\/]node_modules[\\/]/]
+
       // Exclude node_modules by default
-      if (ctx.transform.exclude.some(pattern => id.match(pattern))) {
+      if (exclude.some(pattern => id.match(pattern))) {
         return false
       }
 
@@ -57,35 +31,15 @@ export const TransformPlugin = createUnplugin((ctx: AutoImportContext) => {
         return true
       }
     },
-    transform (code) {
-      // strip comments so we don't match on them
-      const stripped = stripCommentsAndStrings(code)
-
-      // find all possible injection
-      const matched = new Set(Array.from(stripped.matchAll(ctx.matchRE)).map(i => i[1]))
-
-      // remove those already defined
-      for (const regex of excludeRE) {
-        Array.from(stripped.matchAll(regex))
-          .flatMap(i => [
-            ...(i[1]?.split(separatorRE) || []),
-            ...(i[2]?.split(separatorRE) || [])
-          ])
-          .map(i => i.replace(importAsRE, '').trim())
-          .forEach(i => matched.delete(i))
+    async transform (_code, id) {
+      const { code, s } = await ctx.injectImports(_code)
+      if (code === _code) {
+        return
       }
-
-      if (!matched.size) {
-        return null
+      return {
+        code,
+        map: s.generateMap({ source: id, includeContent: true })
       }
-
-      // For webpack4/bridge support
-      const isCJSContext = stripped.includes('require(')
-
-      const matchedImports = Array.from(matched).map(name => ctx.map.get(name)).filter(Boolean)
-      const imports = toImports(matchedImports, isCJSContext)
-
-      return imports + code
     }
   }
 })
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/utils.ts b/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/utils.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index cb024967c1..0000000000
--- a/packages/nuxt3/src/auto-imports/utils.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,47 +0,0 @@
-import type { AutoImport } from '@nuxt/schema'
-import { genExport, genImport, genString } from 'knitwork'
-
-export function toImportModuleMap (autoImports: AutoImport[], isCJS = false) {
-  const aliasKeyword = isCJS ? ' : ' : ' as '
-  const map: Record<string, Set<string>> = {}
-  for (const autoImport of autoImports) {
-    if (!map[autoImport.from]) {
-      map[autoImport.from] = new Set()
-    }
-    map[autoImport.from].add(
-      autoImport.name === autoImport.as
-        ? autoImport.name
-        : autoImport.name + aliasKeyword + autoImport.as
-    )
-  }
-  return map
-}
-
-export function toImports (autoImports: AutoImport[], isCJS = false) {
-  const map = toImportModuleMap(autoImports, isCJS)
-  if (isCJS) {
-    return Object.entries(map)
-      .map(([name, imports]) => `const { ${Array.from(imports).join(', ')} } = require(${genString(name)});`)
-      .join('\n')
-  } else {
-    return Object.entries(map)
-      .map(([name, imports]) => genImport(name, Array.from(imports)))
-      .join('\n')
-  }
-}
-
-export function toExports (autoImports: AutoImport[]) {
-  const map = toImportModuleMap(autoImports, false)
-  return Object.entries(map)
-    .map(([name, imports]) => genExport(name, Array.from(imports)))
-    .join('\n')
-}
-
-export function filterInPlace<T> (arr: T[], predicate: (v: T) => any) {
-  let i = arr.length
-  while (i--) {
-    if (!predicate(arr[i])) {
-      arr.splice(i, 1)
-    }
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/nuxt3/test/auto-imports.test.ts b/packages/nuxt3/test/auto-imports.test.ts
index 6bc7d471bd..85e25cbc4e 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt3/test/auto-imports.test.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt3/test/auto-imports.test.ts
@@ -1,35 +1,32 @@
 import { readFileSync } from 'fs'
-import type { AutoImport } from '@nuxt/schema'
 import { expect, describe, it } from 'vitest'
 import { join } from 'pathe'
 import { createCommonJS, findExports } from 'mlly'
 import * as VueFunctions from 'vue'
-import { AutoImportContext, updateAutoImportContext } from '../src/auto-imports/context'
+import { createUnimport, Import } from 'unimport'
 import { TransformPlugin } from '../src/auto-imports/transform'
-import { Nuxt3AutoImports } from '../src/auto-imports/imports'
+import { defaultPresets } from '../src/auto-imports/presets'
 
 describe('auto-imports:transform', () => {
-  const autoImports: AutoImport[] = [
+  const imports: Import[] = [
     { name: 'ref', as: 'ref', from: 'vue' },
     { name: 'computed', as: 'computed', from: 'bar' },
     { name: 'foo', as: 'foo', from: 'excluded' }
   ]
 
-  const ctx = {
-    autoImports,
-    map: new Map(),
-    transform: {
-      exclude: [/excluded/]
-    }
-  } as AutoImportContext
-  updateAutoImportContext(ctx)
+  const ctx = createUnimport({
+    imports
+  })
 
-  const transformPlugin = TransformPlugin.raw(ctx, { framework: 'rollup' })
-  const transform = (code: string) => transformPlugin.transform.call({ error: null, warn: null }, code, '')
+  const transformPlugin = TransformPlugin.raw({ ctx, options: { transform: { exclude: [/node_modules/] } } }, { framework: 'rollup' })
+  const transform = async (source: string) => {
+    const { code } = await transformPlugin.transform.call({ error: null, warn: null }, source, '') || { code: null }
+    return code
+  }
 
   it('should correct inject', async () => {
-    expect(await transform('const a = ref(0)')).to.equal('import { ref } from "vue";const a = ref(0)')
-    expect(await transform('import { computed as ref } from "foo"; const a = ref(0)')).to.include('import { computed } from "bar";')
+    expect(await transform('const a = ref(0)')).toMatchInlineSnapshot('"import { ref } from \'vue\';const a = ref(0)"')
+    expect(await transform('import { computed as ref } from "foo"; const a = ref(0)')).to.toMatchInlineSnapshot('"import { computed } from \'bar\';import { computed as ref } from \\"foo\\"; const a = ref(0)"')
   })
 
   it('should ignore existing imported', async () => {
@@ -43,11 +40,14 @@ describe('auto-imports:transform', () => {
 
   it('should ignore comments', async () => {
     const result = await transform('// import { computed } from "foo"\n;const a = computed(0)')
-    expect(result).to.equal('import { computed } from "bar";// import { computed } from "foo"\n;const a = computed(0)')
+    expect(result).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      "import { computed } from 'bar';// import { computed } from \\"foo\\"
+      ;const a = computed(0)"
+    `)
   })
 
-  it('should exclude files from transform', () => {
-    expect(transformPlugin.transformInclude.call({ error: null, warn: null }, 'excluded')).to.equal(false)
+  it('should exclude files from transform', async () => {
+    expect(await transform('excluded')).toEqual(null)
   })
 })
 
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ describe('auto-imports:nuxt3', () => {
         continue
       }
       it(`should register ${name} globally`, () => {
-        expect(Nuxt3AutoImports.find(a => a.from === '#app').names).to.include(name)
+        expect(defaultPresets.find(a => a.from === '#app').imports).to.include(name)
       })
     }
   } catch (e) {
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ describe('auto-imports:vue', () => {
       continue
     }
     it(`should register ${name} globally`, () => {
-      expect(Nuxt3AutoImports.find(a => a.from === 'vue').names).toContain(name)
+      expect(defaultPresets.find(a => a.from === 'vue').imports).toContain(name)
     })
   }
 })
diff --git a/packages/schema/package.json b/packages/schema/package.json
index 6e8549b1ea..ef37f165d9 100644
--- a/packages/schema/package.json
+++ b/packages/schema/package.json
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@
     "postcss-import-resolver": "^2.0.0",
     "scule": "^0.2.1",
     "std-env": "^3.0.1",
-    "ufo": "^0.7.11"
+    "ufo": "^0.7.11",
+    "unimport": "0.0.5"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": "^14.16.0 || ^16.11.0 || ^17.0.0"
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/types/hooks.ts b/packages/schema/src/types/hooks.ts
index 83dc2c2743..a2336996aa 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/types/hooks.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/types/hooks.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { Compiler, Configuration, Stats } from 'webpack'
 import type { TSConfig } from 'pkg-types'
 import type { ModuleContainer } from './module'
 import type { NuxtTemplate, Nuxt, NuxtApp } from './nuxt'
-import type { AutoImport, AutoImportSource } from './imports'
+import type { Preset as ImportPreset, Import } from 'unimport'
 import type { NuxtConfig, NuxtOptions } from './config'
 import type { Component, ComponentsDir, ScanDir, ComponentsOptions } from './components'
 import { NuxtCompatibility, NuxtCompatibilityIssues } from '..'
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ export type NuxtLayout = {
   file: string
 }
 
+export interface ImportPresetWithDeperection extends ImportPreset {
+  /**
+   * @deprecated renamed to `imports`
+   */
+  names?: string[]
+}
+
 export interface NuxtHooks {
   // Kit
   'kit:compatibility': (compatibility: NuxtCompatibility, issues: NuxtCompatibilityIssues) => HookResult
@@ -66,8 +73,8 @@ export interface NuxtHooks {
   'pages:layouts:extend': (layouts: NuxtLayout[]) => HookResult
 
   // Auto imports
-  'autoImports:sources': (autoImportSources: AutoImportSource[]) => HookResult
-  'autoImports:extend': (autoImports: AutoImport[]) => HookResult
+  'autoImports:sources': (presets: ImportPresetWithDeperection[]) => HookResult
+  'autoImports:extend': (imports: Import[]) => HookResult
   'autoImports:dirs': (dirs: string[]) => HookResult
 
   // Components
diff --git a/packages/schema/src/types/imports.ts b/packages/schema/src/types/imports.ts
index 30f60dc3ea..71f5635a6d 100644
--- a/packages/schema/src/types/imports.ts
+++ b/packages/schema/src/types/imports.ts
@@ -1,66 +1,9 @@
-export type IdentifierMap = Record<string, string>
-export type Identifiers = [string, string][]
+import { UnimportOptions } from 'unimport'
 
-export interface AutoImport {
-  /**
-   * Export name to be imported
-   *
-   */
-  name: string
-  /**
-   *  Import as this name
-   */
-  as: string
-  /**
-   * Module specifier to import from
-   */
-  from: string
-  /**
-   * Disable auto import
-   */
-  disabled?: boolean
-}
-
-export interface AutoImportSource {
-  /**
-   * Exports from module for auto-import
-   *
-   */
-  names: (string | { name: string, as?: string })[]
-  /**
-   *  Module specifier to import from
-   */
-  from: string
-  /**
-   * Disable auto import source
-   */
-  disabled?: boolean
-}
-
-export interface AutoImportsOptions {
-  /**
-   * Auto import sources
-   */
-  sources?: AutoImportSource[]
-
-  /**
-   * [experimental] Use globalThis injection instead of transform for development
-   */
-  global?: boolean
-
-  /**
-   * Additional directories to scan composables from
-   *
-   * By default <rootDir>/composables is added
-   */
+export interface AutoImportsOptions extends UnimportOptions {
   dirs?: string[]
-
-  transform: {
-    /**
-     * Exclusion patterns for transforming files
-     *
-     * By default [/node_modules/] will be used
-     */
+  global?: boolean,
+  transform?: {
     exclude?: RegExp[]
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index a4c0e207b5..92b50ae562 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -2986,6 +2986,7 @@ __metadata:
     semver: ^7.3.5
     unbuild: latest
     unctx: ^1.0.2
+    unimport: 0.0.8
     untyped: ^0.4.2
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
@@ -3148,6 +3149,7 @@ __metadata:
     std-env: ^3.0.1
     ufo: ^0.7.11
     unbuild: latest
+    unimport: 0.0.5
   languageName: unknown
   linkType: soft
 
@@ -13829,6 +13831,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"magic-string@npm:^0.26.0":
+  version: 0.26.0
+  resolution: "magic-string@npm:0.26.0"
+  dependencies:
+    sourcemap-codec: ^1.4.8
+  checksum: 2065de79cdbb76fe1b073244d51a2094cabf317e95a4ce385d7ddbe1d1f16b864c0f2a1ae514872251e64edc44bf56c8bb6a7dbe5eff9c9c236f877bcdfec9f9
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "magic-string@npm:^0.26.1":
   version: 0.26.1
   resolution: "magic-string@npm:0.26.1"
@@ -15496,6 +15507,7 @@ __metadata:
     scule: ^0.2.1
     ufo: ^0.7.11
     unbuild: latest
+    unimport: 0.0.8
     unplugin: ^0.4.0
     untyped: ^0.4.2
     vue: ^3.2.31
@@ -21184,6 +21196,34 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"unimport@npm:0.0.5":
+  version: 0.0.5
+  resolution: "unimport@npm:0.0.5"
+  dependencies:
+    "@rollup/pluginutils": ^4.1.2
+    escape-string-regexp: ^5.0.0
+    local-pkg: ^0.4.1
+    magic-string: ^0.26.0
+    mlly: ^0.4.3
+    unplugin: ^0.3.3
+  checksum: 6514320ff1771f699dc6c69b7a7086fe6a62ca1ece7a4877798e89964bf3b9b2450631266a49dfa5785ba8939e4f30517333e4639ecf44e97077fb3128a946d5
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
+"unimport@npm:0.0.8":
+  version: 0.0.8
+  resolution: "unimport@npm:0.0.8"
+  dependencies:
+    "@rollup/pluginutils": ^4.1.2
+    escape-string-regexp: ^5.0.0
+    local-pkg: ^0.4.1
+    magic-string: ^0.26.0
+    mlly: ^0.4.3
+    unplugin: ^0.3.3
+  checksum: ac6e2ef860b274c28093117c23071aaa35f484f88ff23cd25a4f4d114c24e72969f46f729b26023546ffdc1016ef42e5fc399d14389c0c0374f4a74b17ff1955
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "union-value@npm:^1.0.0":
   version: 1.0.1
   resolution: "union-value@npm:1.0.1"
@@ -21303,7 +21343,7 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
-"unplugin@npm:^0.3.0, unplugin@npm:^0.3.2":
+"unplugin@npm:^0.3.0, unplugin@npm:^0.3.2, unplugin@npm:^0.3.3":
   version: 0.3.3
   resolution: "unplugin@npm:0.3.3"
   dependencies: