diff --git a/packages/next/src/utilities/meta.ts b/packages/next/src/utilities/meta.ts
index 7cfdb8224d..49e030d86d 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/utilities/meta.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/utilities/meta.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import type { Metadata } from 'next'
 import type { SanitizedConfig } from 'payload/types'
 
-import { payloadFavicon, payloadOgImage } from '@payloadcms/ui'
+import { payloadFavicon, payloadOgImage } from '@payloadcms/ui/assets'
 
 export const meta = async (args: {
   config: SanitizedConfig
diff --git a/packages/next/src/withPayload.js b/packages/next/src/withPayload.js
index f640caf0bf..5d38bf6aec 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/withPayload.js
+++ b/packages/next/src/withPayload.js
@@ -1,11 +1,5 @@
-const path = require('path')
-
 /** @type {import('next').NextConfig} */
 const withPayload = (nextConfig = {}) => {
-  const aliases = {
-    'payload-config': path.resolve(process.cwd(), process.env.PAYLOAD_CONFIG_PATH),
-  }
-
   return {
     ...nextConfig,
     experimental: {
@@ -24,13 +18,6 @@ const withPayload = (nextConfig = {}) => {
         'pino',
         'pino-pretty',
       ],
-      turbo: {
-        ...(nextConfig?.experimental?.turbo || {}),
-        resolveAlias: {
-          ...(nextConfig?.experimental?.turbo?.resolveAlias || {}),
-          ...aliases,
-        },
-      },
     },
     webpack: (webpackConfig, webpackOptions) => {
       const incomingWebpackConfig =
@@ -59,7 +46,6 @@ const withPayload = (nextConfig = {}) => {
           ...(incomingWebpackConfig?.resolve || {}),
           alias: {
             ...(incomingWebpackConfig?.resolve?.alias || {}),
-            ...aliases,
           },
           fallback: {
             ...(incomingWebpackConfig?.resolve?.fallback || {}),
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/@types/assets.d.ts b/packages/ui/src/@types/assets.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7cca990e90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/ui/src/@types/assets.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+declare module '*.svg' {
+  import React = require('react')
+
+  export const ReactComponent: React.SFC<React.SVGProps<SVGSVGElement>>
+  const src: string
+  export default src
+}
+
+declare module '*.jpg' {
+  const content: string
+  export default content
+}
+
+declare module '*.png' {
+  const content: string
+  export default content
+}
+
+declare module '*.json' {
+  const content: string
+  export default content
+}
diff --git a/packages/ui/src/exports/index.ts b/packages/ui/src/exports/index.ts
index 197177e0d4..110029ee74 100644
--- a/packages/ui/src/exports/index.ts
+++ b/packages/ui/src/exports/index.ts
@@ -7,4 +7,3 @@ export * from './templates'
 export * from './graphics'
 export * from './icons'
 export * from './types'
-export * from './assets'