diff --git a/packages/nuxi/src/utils/kit.ts b/packages/nuxi/src/utils/kit.ts
index dcb51fc8c..5852fc3b8 100644
--- a/packages/nuxi/src/utils/kit.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxi/src/utils/kit.ts
@@ -3,13 +3,7 @@ import { resolveModulePath } from 'exsolve'
 
 export async function loadKit(rootDir: string): Promise<typeof import('@nuxt/kit')> {
   try {
-    // Without PNP (or if users have a local install of kit, we bypass resolving from Nuxt)
-    let kitPath = resolveModulePath('@nuxt/kit', { try: true, from: rootDir })
-    if (!kitPath) {
-      // Otherwise, we resolve Nuxt _first_ as it is Nuxt's kit dependency that will be used
-      const nuxtPath = tryResolveNuxt(rootDir)
-      kitPath = resolveModulePath('@nuxt/kit', { from: nuxtPath || rootDir })
-    }
+    const kitPath = resolveModulePath('@nuxt/kit', { from: tryResolveNuxt(rootDir) || rootDir })
 
     let kit: typeof import('@nuxt/kit') = await import(pathToFileURL(kitPath).href)
     if (!kit.writeTypes) {