diff --git a/packages/vue-query/src/queryClient.ts b/packages/vue-query/src/queryClient.ts
index 50daafa840..c36e3c2eed 100644
--- a/packages/vue-query/src/queryClient.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-query/src/queryClient.ts
@@ -29,12 +29,11 @@ import type {
 } from '@tanstack/query-core'
 
 export class QueryClient extends QC {
-  constructor(config: MaybeRefDeep<QueryClientConfig> = {}) {
-    const unreffedConfig = cloneDeepUnref(config)
-    const vueQueryConfig: QueryClientConfig = {
-      defaultOptions: unreffedConfig.defaultOptions,
-      queryCache: unreffedConfig.queryCache || new QueryCache(),
-      mutationCache: unreffedConfig.mutationCache || new MutationCache(),
+  constructor(config: QueryClientConfig = {}) {
+    const vueQueryConfig = {
+      defaultOptions: config.defaultOptions,
+      queryCache: config.queryCache || new QueryCache(),
+      mutationCache: config.mutationCache || new MutationCache(),
     }
     super(vueQueryConfig)
   }
diff --git a/packages/vue-query/src/vueQueryPlugin.ts b/packages/vue-query/src/vueQueryPlugin.ts
index 16933fcbb4..95a410f0ec 100644
--- a/packages/vue-query/src/vueQueryPlugin.ts
+++ b/packages/vue-query/src/vueQueryPlugin.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { QueryClient } from './queryClient'
 import { getClientKey } from './utils'
 import { setupDevtools } from './devtools/devtools'
 import type { QueryClientConfig } from '@tanstack/query-core'
-import type { MaybeRefDeep } from './types'
 
 type ClientPersister = (client: QueryClient) => [() => void, Promise<void>]
 
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ interface CommonOptions {
 }
 
 interface ConfigOptions extends CommonOptions {
-  queryClientConfig?: MaybeRefDeep<QueryClientConfig>
+  queryClientConfig?: QueryClientConfig
 }
 
 interface ClientOptions extends CommonOptions {