diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/components/module.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/components/module.ts
index 52248d0ad16b..214746a982cf 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/components/module.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/components/module.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import fs, { statSync } from 'node:fs'
 import { join, normalize, relative, resolve } from 'pathe'
-import { addPluginTemplate, addTemplate, addVitePlugin, addWebpackPlugin, defineNuxtModule, logger, resolveAlias, updateTemplates } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { addPluginTemplate, addTemplate, addTypeTemplate, addVitePlugin, addWebpackPlugin, defineNuxtModule, logger, resolveAlias, updateTemplates } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import type { Component, ComponentsDir, ComponentsOptions } from 'nuxt/schema'
 
 import { distDir } from '../dirs'
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ComponentsOptions>({
     })
 
     // components.d.ts
-    addTemplate(componentsTypeTemplate)
+    addTypeTemplate(componentsTypeTemplate)
     // components.plugin.mjs
     addPluginTemplate(componentsPluginTemplate)
     // component-names.mjs
@@ -188,9 +188,8 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ComponentsOptions>({
       app.components = newComponents
     })
 
-    nuxt.hook('prepare:types', ({ references, tsConfig }) => {
+    nuxt.hook('prepare:types', ({ tsConfig }) => {
       tsConfig.compilerOptions!.paths['#components'] = [resolve(nuxt.options.buildDir, 'components')]
-      references.push({ path: resolve(nuxt.options.buildDir, 'components.d.ts') })
     })
 
     // Watch for changes
diff --git a/packages/nuxt/src/imports/module.ts b/packages/nuxt/src/imports/module.ts
index c3fe0abdf86d..dcd26b5c1115 100644
--- a/packages/nuxt/src/imports/module.ts
+++ b/packages/nuxt/src/imports/module.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { existsSync } from 'node:fs'
-import { addTemplate, addVitePlugin, addWebpackPlugin, defineNuxtModule, isIgnored, logger, resolveAlias, tryResolveModule, updateTemplates, useNuxt } from '@nuxt/kit'
+import { addTemplate, addTypeTemplate, addVitePlugin, addWebpackPlugin, defineNuxtModule, isIgnored, logger, resolveAlias, tryResolveModule, updateTemplates, useNuxt } from '@nuxt/kit'
 import { isAbsolute, join, normalize, relative, resolve } from 'pathe'
 import type { Import, Unimport } from 'unimport'
 import { createUnimport, scanDirExports, toExports } from 'unimport'
@@ -124,12 +124,6 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<Partial<ImportsOptions>>({
     // Generate types
     addDeclarationTemplates(ctx, options)
 
-    // Add generated types to `nuxt.d.ts`
-    nuxt.hook('prepare:types', ({ references }) => {
-      references.push({ path: resolve(nuxt.options.buildDir, 'types/imports.d.ts') })
-      references.push({ path: resolve(nuxt.options.buildDir, 'imports.d.ts') })
-    })
-
     // Watch composables/ directory
     nuxt.hook('builder:watch', async (_, relativePath) => {
       const path = resolve(nuxt.options.srcDir, relativePath)
@@ -186,12 +180,12 @@ function addDeclarationTemplates (ctx: Unimport, options: Partial<ImportsOptions
     }))
   }
 
-  addTemplate({
+  addTypeTemplate({
     filename: 'imports.d.ts',
     getContents: async ({ nuxt }) => toExports(await ctx.getImports(), nuxt.options.buildDir, true)
   })
 
-  addTemplate({
+  addTypeTemplate({
     filename: 'types/imports.d.ts',
     getContents: async () => {
       const imports = await ctx.getImports()