diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/plugins/plugin.spec.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/plugins/plugin.spec.ts
index 12ce5693df64e7..df3faf1b0242a0 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/plugins/plugin.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/plugins/plugin.spec.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@ import { CreateNodesContext } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { createNodes } from './plugin';
 import { TempFs } from 'nx/src/internal-testing-utils/temp-fs';
 
-jest.mock('@nuxt/kit', () => ({
-  loadNuxtConfig: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => {
+jest.mock('@nx/devkit/src/utils/config-utils', () => ({
+  loadConfigFile: jest.fn().mockImplementation(() => {
     return Promise.resolve({
       buildDir: '../dist/my-app/.nuxt',
     });
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/plugins/plugin.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/plugins/plugin.ts
index cee7590da73c38..95d150da5f27a4 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/plugins/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/plugins/plugin.ts
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ import { basename, dirname, isAbsolute, join, relative } from 'path';
 import { projectGraphCacheDirectory } from 'nx/src/utils/cache-directory';
 import { getNamedInputs } from '@nx/devkit/src/utils/get-named-inputs';
 import { existsSync, readdirSync } from 'fs';
-import { loadNuxtKitDynamicImport } from '../utils/executor-utils';
 import { calculateHashForCreateNodes } from '@nx/devkit/src/utils/calculate-hash-for-create-nodes';
 import { getLockFileName } from '@nx/js';
+import { loadConfigFile } from '@nx/devkit/src/utils/config-utils';
 
 const cachePath = join(projectGraphCacheDirectory, 'nuxt.hash');
 const targetsCache = existsSync(cachePath) ? readTargetsCache() : {};
@@ -208,15 +208,16 @@ async function getInfoFromNuxtConfig(
 ): Promise<{
   buildDir: string;
 }> {
-  const { loadNuxtConfig } = await loadNuxtKitDynamicImport();
-
-  const config = await loadNuxtConfig({
-    cwd: joinPathFragments(context.workspaceRoot, projectRoot),
-    configFile: basename(configFilePath),
-  });
-
+  // TODO(Colum): Once plugins are isolated we can go back to @nuxt/kit since each plugin will be run in its own worker.
+  const config = await loadConfigFile(
+    join(context.workspaceRoot, configFilePath)
+  );
   return {
-    buildDir: config?.buildDir,
+    buildDir:
+      config?.buildDir ??
+      // Match .nuxt default build dir from '@nuxt/schema'
+      // See: https://github.com/nuxt/nuxt/blob/871404ae5673425aeedde82f123ea58aa7c6facf/packages/schema/src/config/common.ts#L117-L119
+      '.nuxt',
   };
 }