diff --git a/src/core/context.ts b/src/core/context.ts
index 2850ff40b..897d2a9da 100644
--- a/src/core/context.ts
+++ b/src/core/context.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { TreeNode, PrefixTree } from './tree'
 import { promises as fs } from 'fs'
 import { asRoutePath, ImportsMap, logTree, throttle } from './utils'
 import { generateRouteNamedMap } from '../codegen/generateRouteMap'
-import { MODULE_ROUTES_PATH, MODULE_VUE_ROUTER } from './moduleConstants'
+import { MODULE_ROUTES_PATH, MODULE_VUE_ROUTER_AUTO } from './moduleConstants'
 import { generateRouteRecord } from '../codegen/generateRouteRecords'
 import fg from 'fast-glob'
 import { relative, resolve } from 'pathe'
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ export function createRoutesContext(options: ResolvedOptions) {
 
   function generateDTS(): string {
     return _generateDTS({
-      vueRouterModule: MODULE_VUE_ROUTER,
+      vueRouterModule: MODULE_VUE_ROUTER_AUTO,
       routesModule: MODULE_ROUTES_PATH,
       routeNamedMap: generateRouteNamedMap(routeTree),
     })
diff --git a/src/core/moduleConstants.ts b/src/core/moduleConstants.ts
index f23d75bec..63305c863 100644
--- a/src/core/moduleConstants.ts
+++ b/src/core/moduleConstants.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-export const MODULE_VUE_ROUTER = 'vue-router/auto'
+export const MODULE_VUE_ROUTER_AUTO = 'vue-router/auto'
 // vue-router/auto/routes was more natural but didn't work well with TS
-export const MODULE_ROUTES_PATH = `${MODULE_VUE_ROUTER}-routes`
+export const MODULE_ROUTES_PATH = `${MODULE_VUE_ROUTER_AUTO}-routes`
 
 // NOTE: not sure if needed. Used for HMR the virtual routes
 let time = Date.now()
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ export const VIRTUAL_PREFIX = 'virtual:'
 // allows removing the route block from the code
 export const ROUTE_BLOCK_ID = `${VIRTUAL_PREFIX}/vue-router/auto/route-block`
 
-export const MODULES_ID_LIST = [MODULE_VUE_ROUTER, MODULE_ROUTES_PATH]
+export const MODULES_ID_LIST = [MODULE_VUE_ROUTER_AUTO, MODULE_ROUTES_PATH]
 
 export function getVirtualId(id: string) {
   return id.startsWith(VIRTUAL_PREFIX) ? id.slice(VIRTUAL_PREFIX.length) : null
diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index 14bc6b863..2ba340b2f 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { createUnplugin } from 'unplugin'
 import { createRoutesContext } from './core/context'
 import {
   MODULE_ROUTES_PATH,
-  MODULE_VUE_ROUTER,
+  MODULE_VUE_ROUTER_AUTO,
   getVirtualId as _getVirtualId,
   asVirtualId as _asVirtualId,
   routeBlockQueryRE,
@@ -64,21 +64,24 @@ export default createUnplugin<Options | undefined>((opt = {}, _meta) => {
     enforce: 'pre',
 
     resolveId(id) {
-      if (id === MODULE_ROUTES_PATH) {
+      if (
+        // vue-router/auto-routes
+        id === MODULE_ROUTES_PATH ||
+        // NOTE: it wasn't possible to override or add new exports to vue-router
+        // so we need to override it with a different package name
+        id === MODULE_VUE_ROUTER_AUTO
+      ) {
         // virtual module
         return asVirtualId(id)
       }
-      // NOTE: it wasn't possible to override or add new exports to vue-router
-      // so we need to override it with a different package name
-      if (id === MODULE_VUE_ROUTER) {
-        return asVirtualId(id)
-      }
 
       // this allows us to skip the route block module as a whole since we already parse it
       if (routeBlockQueryRE.test(id)) {
         return ROUTE_BLOCK_ID
       }
-      return undefined // ok TS...
+
+      // nothing to do, just for TS
+      return
     },
 
     buildStart() {
@@ -106,12 +109,14 @@ export default createUnplugin<Options | undefined>((opt = {}, _meta) => {
       if (id === ROUTE_BLOCK_ID) return true
       const resolvedId = getVirtualId(id)
       return (
-        resolvedId === MODULE_ROUTES_PATH || resolvedId === MODULE_VUE_ROUTER
+        resolvedId === MODULE_ROUTES_PATH ||
+        resolvedId === MODULE_VUE_ROUTER_AUTO
       )
     },
 
     load(id) {
       // remove the <route> block as it's parsed by the plugin
+      // stub it with an empty module
       if (id === ROUTE_BLOCK_ID) {
         return {
           code: `export default {}`,
@@ -130,7 +135,7 @@ export default createUnplugin<Options | undefined>((opt = {}, _meta) => {
       }
 
       // vue-router/auto
-      if (resolvedId === MODULE_VUE_ROUTER) {
+      if (resolvedId === MODULE_VUE_ROUTER_AUTO) {
         return ctx.generateVueRouterProxy()
       }