diff --git a/src/runtime/config.ts b/src/runtime/config.ts
index 84cef7ca7d..25814cf858 100644
--- a/src/runtime/config.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/config.ts
@@ -12,13 +12,12 @@ const ENV_PREFIX_ALT =
   _inlineRuntimeConfig.nitro.envPrefix ?? process.env.NITRO_ENV_PREFIX ?? "_";
 
 // Runtime config
-let appliedRuntimeConfig = {};
 const _sharedRuntimeConfig = _deepFreeze(
   _applyEnv(klona(_inlineRuntimeConfig))
 );
 const getRuntimeConfig = () => ({
   ..._sharedRuntimeConfig,
-  ...appliedRuntimeConfig,
+  ...envToRuntimeObject(globalThis.__env__ ?? {}),
 });
 
 export function useRuntimeConfig<
@@ -39,8 +38,8 @@ export function useRuntimeConfig<
   return runtimeConfig;
 }
 
-export function applyEnvToRuntimeConfig(
-  env: Record<string, any>,
+export function envToRuntimeObject(
+  env: Record<string, unknown>,
   prefixes = [ENV_PREFIX, "NUXT_", ENV_PREFIX_ALT]
 ) {
   const safeEnv = Object.fromEntries(
@@ -50,8 +49,7 @@ export function applyEnvToRuntimeConfig(
       )
       .map(([key, value]) => [formatKey(key), value])
   );
-  appliedRuntimeConfig = safeEnv;
-  return useRuntimeConfig();
+  return safeEnv;
 }
 
 const formatKey = (key: string) =>
diff --git a/src/runtime/entries/cloudflare-module.ts b/src/runtime/entries/cloudflare-module.ts
index 13f7d70293..f8393840e3 100644
--- a/src/runtime/entries/cloudflare-module.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/entries/cloudflare-module.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
 // @ts-ignore Bundled by Wrangler
 // See https://github.com/cloudflare/kv-asset-handler#asset_manifest-required-for-es-modules
 import manifest from "__STATIC_CONTENT_MANIFEST";
-import { applyEnvToRuntimeConfig } from "../config";
 import { requestHasBody } from "../utils";
 import { nitroApp } from "#internal/nitro/app";
 import { useRuntimeConfig } from "#internal/nitro";
@@ -52,7 +51,6 @@ export default {
 
     // Expose latest env to the global context
     globalThis.__env__ = env;
-    applyEnvToRuntimeConfig(env);
     return nitroApp.localFetch(url.pathname + url.search, {
       context: {
         cf: (request as any).cf,
diff --git a/src/runtime/entries/cloudflare-pages.ts b/src/runtime/entries/cloudflare-pages.ts
index 7a82ad941f..4efac76702 100644
--- a/src/runtime/entries/cloudflare-pages.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/entries/cloudflare-pages.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import type {
   Request as CFRequest,
   EventContext,
 } from "@cloudflare/workers-types";
-import { applyEnvToRuntimeConfig } from "../config";
 import { requestHasBody } from "#internal/nitro/utils";
 import { nitroApp } from "#internal/nitro/app";
 import { isPublicAssetURL } from "#internal/nitro/virtual/public-assets";
@@ -39,7 +38,6 @@ export default {
 
     // Expose latest env to the global context
     globalThis.__env__ = env;
-    applyEnvToRuntimeConfig(env);
     return nitroApp.localFetch(url.pathname + url.search, {
       context: {
         cf: request.cf,
diff --git a/test/tests.ts b/test/tests.ts
index 3cc31f45c3..8dd526df79 100644
--- a/test/tests.ts
+++ b/test/tests.ts
@@ -396,6 +396,8 @@ export function testNitro(
       const { data } = await callHandler({
         url: "/config",
       });
+      console.log(data.sharedRuntimeConfig);
+      console.log(data.runtimeConfig);
       expect(data.runtimeConfig.hello).toBe("world");
       expect(data.runtimeConfig.helloThere).toBe("general");
       expect(data.runtimeConfig.secret).toBeUndefined();