diff --git a/packages/kit/src/context.ts b/packages/kit/src/context.ts
index d1307d40f2..804104d27e 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/context.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/context.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import { logger } from './logger'
 
 /** Direct access to the Nuxt context with asyncLocalStorage - see https://github.com/unjs/unctx. */
 export const getNuxtCtx = () => getContext<Nuxt>(asyncNameStorage.getStore()!)
-export const globalNuxtCtx = getContext<Nuxt>('nuxt-global')
+/** Global nuxt ctx - see https://github.com/unjs/unctx.  */
+export const nuxtCtx = getContext<Nuxt>('nuxt-global')
 
 // TODO: Use use/tryUse from unctx. https://github.com/unjs/unctx/issues/6
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ export const globalNuxtCtx = getContext<Nuxt>('nuxt-global')
 export function useNuxt (): Nuxt {
   const instance = getNuxtCtx().tryUse()
   if (!instance) {
-    const fallbackInstance = globalNuxtCtx.tryUse()
+    const fallbackInstance = nuxtCtx.tryUse()
     if (fallbackInstance) {
       logger.warn('Using fallback global Nuxt instance. You may be using a @nuxt/kit composable outside of a Nuxt context, this behavior is deprecated and will be removed in v4.')
       return fallbackInstance
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ export function tryUseNuxt (): Nuxt | null {
   const nuxt = getNuxtCtx().tryUse()
   if (!nuxt) {
     logger.warn('Using fallback global Nuxt instance. You may be using a @nuxt/kit composable outside of a Nuxt context, this behavior is deprecated and will be removed in v4.')
-    return globalNuxtCtx.tryUse()
+    return nuxtCtx.tryUse()
   }
   return nuxt
 }
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/index.ts b/packages/kit/src/index.ts
index 3c020090cf..1ca6230dea 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/src/index.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export type { ExtendConfigOptions, ExtendViteConfigOptions, ExtendWebpackConfigO
 export { assertNuxtCompatibility, checkNuxtCompatibility, getNuxtVersion, hasNuxtCompatibility, isNuxtMajorVersion, normalizeSemanticVersion, isNuxt2, isNuxt3 } from './compatibility'
 export { addComponent, addComponentsDir } from './components'
 export type { AddComponentOptions } from './components'
-export { getNuxtCtx as nuxtCtx, tryUseNuxt, useNuxt, globalNuxtCtx } from './context'
+export { getNuxtCtx, tryUseNuxt, useNuxt, nuxtCtx } from './context'
 export { isIgnored, resolveIgnorePatterns } from './ignore'
 export { addLayout } from './layout'
 export { addRouteMiddleware, extendPages, extendRouteRules } from './pages'
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts
index a387524285..39499f2479 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/nuxt.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { join, normalize, relative, resolve } from 'pathe'
 import { createDebugger, createHooks } from 'hookable'
 import ignore from 'ignore'
 import type { LoadNuxtOptions } from '@nuxt/kit'
-import { addBuildPlugin, addComponent, addPlugin, addPluginTemplate, addRouteMiddleware, addServerPlugin, addTypeTemplate, addVitePlugin, addWebpackPlugin, asyncNameStorage, globalNuxtCtx, installModule, loadNuxtConfig, nuxtCtx, resolveAlias, resolveFiles, resolveIgnorePatterns, resolvePath, tryResolveModule, useNitro } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { addBuildPlugin, addComponent, addPlugin, addPluginTemplate, addRouteMiddleware, addServerPlugin, addTypeTemplate, addVitePlugin, addWebpackPlugin, asyncNameStorage, nuxtCtx, installModule, loadNuxtConfig, getNuxtCtx, resolveAlias, resolveFiles, resolveIgnorePatterns, resolvePath, tryResolveModule, useNitro } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import type { Nuxt, NuxtHooks, NuxtModule, NuxtOptions } from 'nuxt/schema'
 import type { PackageJson } from 'pkg-types'
 import { readPackageJSON } from 'pkg-types'
@@ -175,17 +175,17 @@ async function initNuxt (nuxt: Nuxt) {
       }
     }
   })
-  if (!globalNuxtCtx.tryUse()) {
+  if (!nuxtCtx.tryUse()) {
     // backward compatibility with 3.x
-    globalNuxtCtx.set(nuxt)
+    nuxtCtx.set(nuxt)
     nuxt.hook('close', () => {
-      globalNuxtCtx.unset()
+      nuxtCtx.unset()
     })
   }
   // Set nuxt instance for useNuxt
-  nuxtCtx().set(nuxt)
+  getNuxtCtx().set(nuxt)
   nuxt.hook('close', () => {
-    nuxtCtx().unset()
+    getNuxtCtx().unset()
   })
 
   const coreTypePackages = nuxt.options.typescript.hoist || []