diff --git a/test/admin/components/AfterNavLinks/index.tsx b/test/admin/components/AfterNavLinks/index.tsx
index da4e993d8b..2e7842e331 100644
--- a/test/admin/components/AfterNavLinks/index.tsx
+++ b/test/admin/components/AfterNavLinks/index.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 import type { PayloadClientReactComponent, SanitizedConfig } from 'payload'
 
 import LinkImport from 'next/link.js'
-const Link = (LinkImport.default || LinkImport) as unknown as typeof LinkImport.default
+const Link = 'default' in LinkImport ? LinkImport.default : LinkImport
 
 import { useConfig } from '@payloadcms/ui'
 import React from 'react'
diff --git a/test/admin/components/CustomTabComponent/client.tsx b/test/admin/components/CustomTabComponent/client.tsx
index c5058cfa03..41de46b221 100644
--- a/test/admin/components/CustomTabComponent/client.tsx
+++ b/test/admin/components/CustomTabComponent/client.tsx
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import LinkImport from 'next/link.js'
 import { useParams } from 'next/navigation.js'
 import React from 'react'
 
-const Link = (LinkImport.default || LinkImport) as unknown as typeof LinkImport.default
+const Link = 'default' in LinkImport ? LinkImport.default : LinkImport
 
 type CustomTabComponentClientProps = {
   label: string
diff --git a/test/admin/components/views/CustomDefault/index.tsx b/test/admin/components/views/CustomDefault/index.tsx
index 3e6c54adfc..e72c24cd66 100644
--- a/test/admin/components/views/CustomDefault/index.tsx
+++ b/test/admin/components/views/CustomDefault/index.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import LinkImport from 'next/link.js'
 import { redirect } from 'next/navigation.js'
 import React from 'react'
 
-const Link = (LinkImport.default || LinkImport) as unknown as typeof LinkImport.default
+const Link = 'default' in LinkImport ? LinkImport.default : LinkImport
 
 import type { AdminViewServerProps } from 'payload'
 
diff --git a/test/admin/components/views/CustomMinimal/index.tsx b/test/admin/components/views/CustomMinimal/index.tsx
index 057ae8922b..3a66c12d8d 100644
--- a/test/admin/components/views/CustomMinimal/index.tsx
+++ b/test/admin/components/views/CustomMinimal/index.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import React from 'react'
 
 // As this is the demo project, we import our dependencies from the `src` directory.
 
-const Link = (LinkImport.default || LinkImport) as unknown as typeof LinkImport.default
+const Link = 'default' in LinkImport ? LinkImport.default : LinkImport
 
 // In your projects, you can import as follows:
 // import { MinimalTemplate } from 'payload/components/templates';
diff --git a/test/admin/components/views/CustomProtectedView/index.tsx b/test/admin/components/views/CustomProtectedView/index.tsx
index 7b828d3d44..e986a16664 100644
--- a/test/admin/components/views/CustomProtectedView/index.tsx
+++ b/test/admin/components/views/CustomProtectedView/index.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import React from 'react'
 import { customNestedViewTitle, customViewPath } from '../../../shared.js'
 import { settingsGlobalSlug } from '../../../slugs.js'
 
-const Link = (LinkImport.default || LinkImport) as unknown as typeof LinkImport.default
+const Link = 'default' in LinkImport ? LinkImport.default : LinkImport
 
 export async function CustomProtectedView({ initPageResult }: AdminViewServerProps) {
   const {
diff --git a/test/admin/components/views/CustomView/index.tsx b/test/admin/components/views/CustomView/index.tsx
index 1dde3d5539..d8dc8ffb09 100644
--- a/test/admin/components/views/CustomView/index.tsx
+++ b/test/admin/components/views/CustomView/index.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import type { AdminViewServerProps } from 'payload'
 import LinkImport from 'next/link.js'
 import React from 'react'
 
-const Link = (LinkImport.default || LinkImport) as unknown as typeof LinkImport.default
+const Link = 'default' in LinkImport ? LinkImport.default : LinkImport
 
 import { Button } from '@payloadcms/ui'
 
diff --git a/test/admin/components/views/CustomViewNested/index.tsx b/test/admin/components/views/CustomViewNested/index.tsx
index d77e92a326..662b1142ab 100644
--- a/test/admin/components/views/CustomViewNested/index.tsx
+++ b/test/admin/components/views/CustomViewNested/index.tsx
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import React from 'react'
 
 import { customNestedViewTitle, customViewPath } from '../../../shared.js'
 
-const Link = (LinkImport.default || LinkImport) as unknown as typeof LinkImport.default
+const Link = 'default' in LinkImport ? LinkImport.default : LinkImport
 
 export function CustomNestedView({ initPageResult }: AdminViewServerProps) {
   const {
diff --git a/test/admin/components/views/CustomViewWithParam/index.tsx b/test/admin/components/views/CustomViewWithParam/index.tsx
index bca77e334d..893f908083 100644
--- a/test/admin/components/views/CustomViewWithParam/index.tsx
+++ b/test/admin/components/views/CustomViewWithParam/index.tsx
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { Button } from '@payloadcms/ui'
 import LinkImport from 'next/link.js'
 import React from 'react'
 
-const Link = (LinkImport.default || LinkImport) as unknown as typeof LinkImport.default
+const Link = 'default' in LinkImport ? LinkImport.default : LinkImport
 
 import type { AdminViewServerProps } from 'payload'
 
diff --git a/test/fields/components/AfterNavLinks.tsx b/test/fields/components/AfterNavLinks.tsx
index c3ea7a6185..f053ae5db3 100644
--- a/test/fields/components/AfterNavLinks.tsx
+++ b/test/fields/components/AfterNavLinks.tsx
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { PayloadClientReactComponent, SanitizedConfig } from 'payload'
 
 import { NavGroup, useConfig } from '@payloadcms/ui'
 import LinkImport from 'next/link.js'
-const Link = (LinkImport.default || LinkImport) as unknown as typeof LinkImport.default
+const Link = 'default' in LinkImport ? LinkImport.default : LinkImport
 import React from 'react'
 
 const baseClass = 'after-nav-links'