diff --git a/bin/common/utils.js b/bin/common/utils.js
index 27c4fb138b..c3e97e6221 100644
--- a/bin/common/utils.js
+++ b/bin/common/utils.js
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 
 const { resolve } = require('path')
 const { existsSync } = require('fs')
-
-const { Utils } = require('../..')
-const { requireModule } = require('../../lib/common/module')
+const consola = require('consola')
+const esm = require('esm')(module, {})
 
 const getRootDir = argv => resolve(argv._[0] || '.')
 const getNuxtConfigFile = argv => resolve(getRootDir(argv), argv['config-file'])
@@ -17,10 +16,9 @@ exports.loadNuxtConfig = argv => {
   let options = {}
 
   if (existsSync(nuxtConfigFile)) {
-    delete require.cache[nuxtConfigFile]
-    options = requireModule(nuxtConfigFile)
+    options = esm(nuxtConfigFile).default
   } else if (argv['config-file'] !== 'nuxt.config.js') {
-    Utils.fatalError('Could not load config file: ' + argv['config-file'])
+    consola.fatal('Could not load config file: ' + argv['config-file'])
   }
 
   if (typeof options.rootDir !== 'string') {
diff --git a/lib/common/module.js b/lib/common/module.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 8376ee110b..0000000000
--- a/lib/common/module.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-const esm = require('esm')
-
-const _esm = esm(module, {})
-
-exports.requireModule = function requireModule() {
-  const m = _esm.apply(this, arguments)
-  return (m && m.default) || m
-}
diff --git a/lib/core/module.js b/lib/core/module.js
index fcb781f1fc..b7cef49929 100644
--- a/lib/core/module.js
+++ b/lib/core/module.js
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ export default class ModuleContainer {
 
     // Resolve handler
     if (!handler) {
-      handler = this.nuxt.requireModule(src)
+      handler = this.nuxt.requireModule(src, { esm: false })
     }
 
     // Validate handler
diff --git a/lib/core/nuxt.js b/lib/core/nuxt.js
index 0452a28fc8..25f8ac8923 100644
--- a/lib/core/nuxt.js
+++ b/lib/core/nuxt.js
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@ import _ from 'lodash'
 import fs from 'fs-extra'
 import consola from 'consola'
 import chalk from 'chalk'
+import esm from 'esm'
 
 import Options from '../common/options'
 import { sequence } from '../common/utils'
 import packageJSON from '../../package.json'
-import moduleUtil from '../common/module'
 
 import ModuleContainer from './module'
 import Renderer from './renderer'
@@ -37,6 +37,9 @@ export default class Nuxt {
       this.renderer
     )
 
+    // ESM Loader
+    this.esm = esm(module, {})
+
     this._ready = this.ready().catch(err => {
       consola.fatal(err)
     })
@@ -195,8 +198,10 @@ export default class Nuxt {
     throw new Error(`Cannot resolve "${_path}" from "${__path}"`)
   }
 
-  requireModule(name) {
-    return moduleUtil.requireModule(this.resolvePath(name))
+  requireModule(_path, opts = {}) {
+    const _resovledPath = this.resolvePath(_path)
+    const m = opts.esm === false ? require(_resovledPath) : this.esm(_resovledPath)
+    return (m && m.default) || m
   }
 
   async close(callback) {
diff --git a/lib/core/renderer.js b/lib/core/renderer.js
index 5fa8f4d72e..a84238ab23 100644
--- a/lib/core/renderer.js
+++ b/lib/core/renderer.js
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ export default class Renderer {
     /* istanbul ignore if */
     if (!jsdom) {
       try {
-        jsdom = this.nuxt.requireModule('jsdom')
+        jsdom = require('jsdom')
       } catch (e) /* istanbul ignore next */ {
         consola.error(`
          Fail when calling nuxt.renderAndGetWindow(url)
diff --git a/test/utils/index.js b/test/utils/index.js
index 3124124a41..c182b1a7dd 100644
--- a/test/utils/index.js
+++ b/test/utils/index.js
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import fs from 'fs'
 import _getPort from 'get-port'
 import { defaultsDeep } from 'lodash'
 import _rp from 'request-promise-native'
-import { requireModule } from '../../lib/common/module'
+import esm from 'esm'
 import pkg from '../../package.json'
 import Dist from '../../lib/nuxt'
 
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ export const Options = Dist.Options
 export const Builder = Dist.Builder
 export const Generator = Dist.Generator
 
+const requireModule = esm(module, {})
+
 export const loadFixture = function loadFixture(fixture, overrides) {
   const rootDir = path.resolve(__dirname, '../fixtures/' + fixture)
   const configFile = path.resolve(rootDir, 'nuxt.config.js')
 
-  const config = fs.existsSync(configFile) ? requireModule(configFile) : {}
+  const config = fs.existsSync(configFile) ? requireModule(configFile).default : {}
 
   config.rootDir = rootDir
   config.dev = false