diff --git a/src/runtime/internal/app.ts b/src/runtime/internal/app.ts
index 66414ebbe0..9c330a89f1 100644
--- a/src/runtime/internal/app.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/internal/app.ts
@@ -121,10 +121,10 @@ function createNitroApp(): NitroApp {
       // Assign bound fetch to context
       event.fetch = (req, init) =>
         fetchWithEvent(event, req, init, { fetch: localFetch });
-      event.$fetch = ((req, init) =>
+      event.$fetch = (req, init) =>
         fetchWithEvent(event, req, init as RequestInit, {
           fetch: $fetch as any,
-        })) as $Fetch<unknown, NitroFetchRequest>;
+        });
 
       // https://github.com/nitrojs/nitro/issues/1420
       event.waitUntil = (promise) => {
diff --git a/src/runtime/internal/cache.ts b/src/runtime/internal/cache.ts
index 8d1bc93f51..838fafe969 100644
--- a/src/runtime/internal/cache.ts
+++ b/src/runtime/internal/cache.ts
@@ -369,10 +369,10 @@ export function defineCachedEventHandler<
         fetchWithEvent(event, url, fetchOptions, {
           fetch: useNitroApp().localFetch as any,
         });
-      event.$fetch = ((url, fetchOptions) =>
+      event.$fetch = (url, fetchOptions) =>
         fetchWithEvent(event, url, fetchOptions as RequestInit, {
           fetch: globalThis.$fetch as any,
-        })) as $Fetch<unknown, NitroFetchRequest>;
+        });
       event.context = incomingEvent.context;
       event.context.cache = {
         options: _opts,
diff --git a/src/types/fetch/fetch.ts b/src/types/fetch/fetch.ts
index 5ce97b4ba3..28751405b5 100644
--- a/src/types/fetch/fetch.ts
+++ b/src/types/fetch/fetch.ts
@@ -66,24 +66,28 @@ export type ExtractedRouteMethod<
     ? Lowercase<Exclude<O["method"], undefined>>
     : "get";
 
+export type Base$Fetch<
+  DefaultT = unknown,
+  DefaultR extends NitroFetchRequest = NitroFetchRequest,
+> = <
+  T = DefaultT,
+  R extends NitroFetchRequest = DefaultR,
+  O extends NitroFetchOptions<R> = NitroFetchOptions<R>,
+>(
+  request: R,
+  opts?: O
+) => Promise<
+  TypedInternalResponse<
+    R,
+    T,
+    NitroFetchOptions<R> extends O ? "get" : ExtractedRouteMethod<R, O>
+  >
+>;
+
 export interface $Fetch<
   DefaultT = unknown,
   DefaultR extends NitroFetchRequest = NitroFetchRequest,
-> {
-  <
-    T = DefaultT,
-    R extends NitroFetchRequest = DefaultR,
-    O extends NitroFetchOptions<R> = NitroFetchOptions<R>,
-  >(
-    request: R,
-    opts?: O
-  ): Promise<
-    TypedInternalResponse<
-      R,
-      T,
-      NitroFetchOptions<R> extends O ? "get" : ExtractedRouteMethod<R, O>
-    >
-  >;
+> extends Base$Fetch<DefaultT, DefaultR> {
   raw<
     T = DefaultT,
     R extends NitroFetchRequest = DefaultR,
diff --git a/src/types/h3.ts b/src/types/h3.ts
index 75ee342111..9316b93e79 100644
--- a/src/types/h3.ts
+++ b/src/types/h3.ts
@@ -3,14 +3,14 @@ import type {
   CaptureError,
   CapturedErrorContext,
 } from "nitropack/types";
-import type { $Fetch, NitroFetchRequest } from "./fetch/fetch";
+import type { Base$Fetch, NitroFetchRequest } from "./fetch/fetch";
 
 export type H3EventFetch = (
   request: NitroFetchRequest,
   init?: RequestInit
 ) => Promise<Response>;
 
-export type H3Event$Fetch = $Fetch<unknown, NitroFetchRequest>;
+export type H3Event$Fetch = Base$Fetch<unknown, NitroFetchRequest>;
 
 declare module "h3" {
   interface H3Event {