diff --git a/src/runtime/plugins/i18n.ts b/src/runtime/plugins/i18n.ts
index ba29f4852..5341129dc 100644
--- a/src/runtime/plugins/i18n.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/plugins/i18n.ts
@@ -32,8 +32,7 @@ import {
   extendBaseUrl,
   extendPrefixable,
   extendSwitchLocalePathIntercepter,
-  _setLocale,
-  resolveVueI18nOptions
+  _setLocale
 } from '#build/i18n.utils.mjs'
 import {
   getBrowserLocale as _getBrowserLocale,
@@ -42,8 +41,9 @@ import {
   detectBrowserLanguage,
   DefaultDetectBrowserLanguageFromResult
 } from '#build/i18n.internal.mjs'
+import defu from 'defu'
 
-import type { Composer, Locale } from 'vue-i18n'
+import type { Composer, Locale, I18nOptions } from 'vue-i18n'
 import type { LocaleObject, ExtendProperyDescripters, VueI18nRoutingPluginOptions } from 'vue-i18n-routing'
 import type { NuxtApp } from '#app'
 
@@ -62,7 +62,13 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin({
     const { vueApp: app } = nuxt
     const nuxtContext = nuxt as unknown as NuxtApp
 
-    const vueI18nOptions = await resolveVueI18nOptions(vueI18nConfigs)
+    let vueI18nOptions: I18nOptions = { messages: {} }
+    for (const configFile of vueI18nConfigs) {
+      const { default: resolver } = await configFile()
+      const resolved = typeof resolver === 'function' ? await resolver() : resolver
+
+      vueI18nOptions = defu(vueI18nOptions, resolved)
+    }
 
     const useCookie = nuxtI18nOptions.detectBrowserLanguage && nuxtI18nOptions.detectBrowserLanguage.useCookie
     const { __normalizedLocales: normalizedLocales } = nuxtI18nInternalOptions
diff --git a/src/runtime/utils.ts b/src/runtime/utils.ts
index c7ac783d2..34c92f888 100644
--- a/src/runtime/utils.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/utils.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ import {
   DefaultDetectBrowserLanguageFromResult
 } from '#build/i18n.internal.mjs'
 import { joinURL, isEqual } from 'ufo'
-import defu from 'defu'
 
 import type {
   Route,
@@ -44,12 +43,7 @@ import type {
 } from 'vue-i18n-routing'
 import type { NuxtApp } from '#app'
 import type { I18n, I18nOptions, Locale, FallbackLocale, LocaleMessages, DefineLocaleMessage } from 'vue-i18n'
-import type {
-  NuxtI18nOptions,
-  DetectBrowserLanguageOptions,
-  RootRedirectOptions,
-  VueI18nConfig
-} from '#build/i18n.options.mjs'
+import type { NuxtI18nOptions, DetectBrowserLanguageOptions, RootRedirectOptions } from '#build/i18n.options.mjs'
 import type { DetectLocaleContext } from '#build/i18n.internal.mjs'
 import type { DeepRequired } from 'ts-essentials'
 
@@ -537,17 +531,4 @@ export function extendBaseUrl<Context extends NuxtApp = NuxtApp>(
   }
 }
 
-export const resolveVueI18nOptions = async (configFiles: VueI18nConfig[]) => {
-  let resolvedOptions: I18nOptions = { messages: {} }
-
-  for (const configFile of configFiles) {
-    const { default: resolver } = await configFile()
-    const resolved = typeof resolver === 'function' ? await resolver() : resolver
-
-    resolvedOptions = defu(resolvedOptions, resolved)
-  }
-
-  return resolvedOptions
-}
-
 /* eslint-enable @typescript-eslint/no-explicit-any */