diff --git a/.nuxtrc b/.nuxtrc
index c26d0b1bf481..f54e61d4ffa6 100644
--- a/.nuxtrc
+++ b/.nuxtrc
@@ -1,3 +1 @@
 telemetry.enabled=false
-# For pnpm typecheck:docs to generate correct types
-pages=true
diff --git a/nuxt.config.ts b/nuxt.config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..db9349c8fc5e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nuxt.config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+// For pnpm typecheck:docs to generate correct types
+export default defineNuxtConfig({
+  pages: process.env.DOCS_TYPECHECK === 'true'
+})
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6d331914d5f5..0fd439bb19bc 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
     "test:types": "pnpm --filter './test/fixtures/**' test:types",
     "test:unit": "vitest run packages/ --coverage",
     "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit",
-    "typecheck:docs": "nuxi prepare && nuxt-content-twoslash verify --content-dir docs"
+    "typecheck:docs": "DOCS_TYPECHECK=true pnpm nuxi prepare && nuxt-content-twoslash verify --content-dir docs"
   },
   "resolutions": {
     "@nuxt/kit": "workspace:*",
diff --git a/vitest.nuxt.config.ts b/vitest.nuxt.config.ts
index 9258f6e3753a..9598af55e659 100644
--- a/vitest.nuxt.config.ts
+++ b/vitest.nuxt.config.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ export default defineVitestConfig({
     environmentOptions: {
       nuxt: {
         overrides: {
-          pages: false,
           appConfig: {
             nuxt: {
               buildId: 'override'