diff --git a/docs/1.getting-started/12.upgrade.md b/docs/1.getting-started/12.upgrade.md
index 0aa50fd46b..c87c95ec77 100644
--- a/docs/1.getting-started/12.upgrade.md
+++ b/docs/1.getting-started/12.upgrade.md
@@ -517,10 +517,7 @@ These options have been set to their current values for some time and we do not
 
 We have now removed the following utils exported from `@nuxt/kit`:
 
-* `resolveModule`
 * `requireModule`
-* `importModule`
-* `tryImportModule`
 * `tryRequireModule`
 
 They were previously marked as deprecated and relied on CJS resolutions.
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/index.ts b/packages/kit/src/index.ts
index d035408183..4261e47a0d 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/index.ts
@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@ export { addTemplate, addTypeTemplate, normalizeTemplate, updateTemplates, write
 export { logger, useLogger } from './logger'
 
 // Internal Utils
-export { tryResolveModule } from './internal/esm'
+export { resolveModule, tryResolveModule, importModule, tryImportModule } from './internal/esm'
+export type { ImportModuleOptions, ResolveModuleOptions } from './internal/esm'
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/internal/esm.ts b/packages/kit/src/internal/esm.ts
index 54e4524a73..4501d77cea 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/internal/esm.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/internal/esm.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url'
 import { interopDefault, resolvePath } from 'mlly'
 
+export interface ResolveModuleOptions {
+  paths?: string | string[]
+}
+
 /**
  * Resolve a module from a given root path using an algorithm patterned on
  * the upcoming `import.meta.resolve`. It returns a file URL
@@ -15,14 +19,23 @@ export async function tryResolveModule (id: string, url: string | string[] = imp
   }
 }
 
-export async function importModule (id: string, url: string | string[] = import.meta.url) {
-  const resolvedPath = await resolvePath(id, { url })
-  return import(pathToFileURL(resolvedPath).href).then(interopDefault)
+export async function resolveModule (id: string, options?: ResolveModuleOptions) {
+  return await resolvePath(id, { url: options?.paths ?? [import.meta.url] })
 }
 
-export function tryImportModule (id: string, url = import.meta.url) {
+export interface ImportModuleOptions extends ResolveModuleOptions {
+  /** Automatically de-default the result of requiring the module. */
+  interopDefault?: boolean
+}
+
+export async function importModule<T = unknown> (id: string, opts?: ImportModuleOptions) {
+  const resolvedPath = await resolveModule(id, opts)
+  return import(pathToFileURL(resolvedPath).href).then(r => opts?.interopDefault !== false ? interopDefault(r) : r) as Promise<T>
+}
+
+export function tryImportModule<T = unknown> (id: string, opts?: ImportModuleOptions) {
   try {
-    return importModule(id, url).catch(() => undefined)
+    return importModule<T>(id, opts).catch(() => undefined)
   } catch {
     // intentionally empty as this is a `try-` function
   }
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/loader/nuxt.ts b/packages/kit/src/loader/nuxt.ts
index ea43b6bcba..0c4727ffab 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/loader/nuxt.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/loader/nuxt.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export async function loadNuxt (opts: LoadNuxtOptions): Promise<Nuxt> {
 
   const rootDir = pathToFileURL(opts.cwd!).href
 
-  const { loadNuxt } = await importModule((pkg as any)._name || pkg.name, rootDir)
+  const { loadNuxt } = await importModule<typeof import('nuxt')>((pkg as any)._name || pkg.name, { paths: rootDir })
   const nuxt = await loadNuxt(opts)
   return nuxt
 }
@@ -39,6 +39,6 @@ export async function loadNuxt (opts: LoadNuxtOptions): Promise<Nuxt> {
 export async function buildNuxt (nuxt: Nuxt): Promise<any> {
   const rootDir = pathToFileURL(nuxt.options.rootDir).href
 
-  const { build } = await tryImportModule('nuxt-nightly', rootDir) || await importModule('nuxt', rootDir)
+  const { build } = await tryImportModule<typeof import('nuxt')>('nuxt-nightly', { paths: rootDir }) || await importModule<typeof import('nuxt')>('nuxt', { paths: rootDir })
   return build(nuxt)
 }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
index 201cfe2b24..92bd04270d 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/builder.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,7 @@
-import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url'
 import type { EventType } from '@parcel/watcher'
 import type { FSWatcher } from 'chokidar'
 import { watch as chokidarWatch } from 'chokidar'
-import { isIgnored, logger, tryResolveModule, useNuxt } from '@nuxt/kit'
-import { interopDefault } from 'mlly'
+import { importModule, isIgnored, logger, tryResolveModule, useNuxt } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import { debounce } from 'perfect-debounce'
 import { normalize, relative, resolve } from 'pathe'
 import type { Nuxt, NuxtBuilder } from 'nuxt/schema'
@@ -151,7 +149,7 @@ async function createParcelWatcher () {
     return false
   }
 
-  const { subscribe } = await import(pathToFileURL(watcherPath).href).then(interopDefault) as typeof import('@parcel/watcher')
+  const { subscribe } = await importModule<typeof import('@parcel/watcher')>(watcherPath)
   for (const layer of nuxt.options._layers) {
     if (!layer.config.srcDir) { continue }
     const watcher = subscribe(layer.config.srcDir, (err, events) => {
@@ -201,5 +199,5 @@ async function loadBuilder (nuxt: Nuxt, builder: string): Promise<NuxtBuilder> {
   if (!builderPath) {
     throw new Error(`Loading \`${builder}\` builder failed. You can read more about the nuxt \`builder\` option at: \`https://nuxt.com/docs/api/nuxt-config#builder\``)
   }
-  return import(pathToFileURL(builderPath).href)
+  return importModule(builderPath)
 }
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/schema.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/schema.ts
index 1813377c3a..f93030f9d0 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/schema.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/schema.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
 import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { mkdir, writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
-import { fileURLToPath, pathToFileURL } from 'node:url'
+import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import { resolve } from 'pathe'
 import { watch } from 'chokidar'
-import { interopDefault } from 'mlly'
 import { defu } from 'defu'
 import { debounce } from 'perfect-debounce'
-import { createResolver, defineNuxtModule, logger, tryResolveModule } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { createResolver, defineNuxtModule, importModule, logger, tryResolveModule } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import {
   generateTypes,
   resolveSchema as resolveUntypedSchema,
@@ -60,7 +59,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule({
       if (nuxt.options.experimental.watcher === 'parcel') {
         const watcherPath = await tryResolveModule('@parcel/watcher', [nuxt.options.rootDir, ...nuxt.options.modulesDir])
         if (watcherPath) {
-          const { subscribe } = await import(pathToFileURL(watcherPath).href).then(interopDefault) as typeof import('@parcel/watcher')
+          const { subscribe } = await importModule<typeof import('@parcel/watcher')>(watcherPath)
           for (const layer of nuxt.options._layers) {
             const subscription = await subscribe(layer.config.rootDir, onChange, {
               ignore: ['!nuxt.schema.*'],
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/nitro/plugins/dynamic-require.ts b/packages/webpack/src/nitro/plugins/dynamic-require.ts
index a8e3460e09..18f987d782 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/nitro/plugins/dynamic-require.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/nitro/plugins/dynamic-require.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { pathToFileURL } from 'node:url'
 import { globby } from 'globby'
 import { genSafeVariableName } from 'knitwork'
 import { resolve } from 'pathe'
 import type { Plugin } from 'rollup'
+import { importModule } from '@nuxt/kit'
 
 const PLUGIN_NAME = 'dynamic-require'
 const HELPER_DYNAMIC = `\0${PLUGIN_NAME}.mjs`
@@ -61,9 +61,8 @@ export function dynamicRequire ({ dir, ignore, inline }: Options): Plugin {
       let files = []
       try {
         const wpManifest = resolve(dir, './server.manifest.json')
-        files = await import(pathToFileURL(wpManifest).href).then(r =>
-          Object.keys(r.files).filter(file => !ignore.includes(file)),
-        )
+        files = await importModule<{ files: Record<string, unknown> }>(wpManifest)
+          .then(r => Object.keys(r.files).filter(file => !ignore.includes(file)))
       } catch {
         files = await globby('**/*.{cjs,mjs,js}', {
           cwd: dir,
@@ -89,9 +88,7 @@ export function dynamicRequire ({ dir, ignore, inline }: Options): Plugin {
 }
 
 async function getWebpackChunkMeta (src: string) {
-  const chunk = await import(pathToFileURL(src).href).then(
-    r => r.default || r || {},
-  )
+  const chunk = await importModule<{ id: string, ids: string[], modules: Record<string, unknown> }>(src) || {}
   const { id, ids, modules } = chunk
   if (!id && !ids) {
     return null // Not a webpack chunk