diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/payload.client.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/payload.client.ts
index be0a711b713..c13acdb001b 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/payload.client.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/app/plugins/payload.client.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@ export default defineNuxtPlugin((nuxtApp) => {
     const payload = await loadPayload(to.path)
     if (!payload) { return }
     Object.assign(nuxtApp.payload.data, payload.data)
-    Object.assign(nuxtApp.payload.state, payload.state)
   })
 })
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
index 7364ca49d52..ed2cc418366 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/core/runtime/nitro/renderer.ts
@@ -297,9 +297,9 @@ function renderPayloadResponse (ssrContext: NuxtSSRContext) {
 }
 
 function splitPayload (ssrContext: NuxtSSRContext) {
-  const { data, state, prerenderedAt, ...initial } = ssrContext.payload
+  const { data, prerenderedAt, ...initial } = ssrContext.payload
   return {
     initial: { ...initial, prerenderedAt },
-    payload: { data, state, prerenderedAt }
+    payload: { data, prerenderedAt }
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/basic.test.ts b/test/basic.test.ts
index 2e951d4f22c..3d86a69d9e2 100644
--- a/test/basic.test.ts
+++ b/test/basic.test.ts
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ describe.skipIf(process.env.NUXT_TEST_DEV || isWindows)('payload rendering', ()
   it('renders a payload', async () => {
     const payload = await $fetch('/random/a/_payload.js', { responseType: 'text' })
     expect(payload).toMatch(
-      /export default \{data:\{\$frand_a:\[[^\]]*\]\},state:\{"\$srandom:rand_a":\d*,"\$srandom:default":\d*\},prerenderedAt:\d*\}/
+      /export default \{data:\{\$frand_a:\[[^\]]*\]\},prerenderedAt:\d*\}/
     )
   })