diff --git a/specs/fixtures/issues/2758/pages/test-route.vue b/specs/fixtures/basic/pages/test-route.vue
similarity index 100%
rename from specs/fixtures/issues/2758/pages/test-route.vue
rename to specs/fixtures/basic/pages/test-route.vue
diff --git a/specs/fixtures/issues/2758/app.vue b/specs/fixtures/issues/2758/app.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index 6b95f8b2f..000000000
--- a/specs/fixtures/issues/2758/app.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<script setup lang="ts"></script>
-
-<template>
-  <div>
-    <NuxtPage />
-  </div>
-</template>
diff --git a/specs/fixtures/issues/2758/nuxt.config.ts b/specs/fixtures/issues/2758/nuxt.config.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a74d8086..000000000
--- a/specs/fixtures/issues/2758/nuxt.config.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-// https://nuxt.com/docs/guide/directory-structure/nuxt.config
-export default defineNuxtConfig({
-  modules: ['@nuxtjs/i18n'],
-  debug: false,
-  i18n: {
-    defaultLocale: 'en',
-    strategy: 'prefix',
-    rootRedirect: {
-      statusCode: 418,
-      path: 'test-route'
-    },
-    locales: [
-      {
-        code: 'en',
-        iso: 'en-US'
-      },
-      {
-        code: 'fr',
-        iso: 'fr-FR'
-      }
-    ]
-  }
-})
diff --git a/specs/fixtures/issues/2758/package.json b/specs/fixtures/issues/2758/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c151d99b2..000000000
--- a/specs/fixtures/issues/2758/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "nuxt3-test-basic-usage-layers",
-  "private": true,
-  "type": "module",
-  "scripts": {
-    "dev": "nuxi dev",
-    "build": "nuxt build",
-    "start": "node .output/server/index.mjs"
-  },
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "@nuxtjs/i18n": "latest",
-    "nuxt": "latest"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/specs/fixtures/issues/2758/pages/index.vue b/specs/fixtures/issues/2758/pages/index.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index bdd7d3e39..000000000
--- a/specs/fixtures/issues/2758/pages/index.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-<template>
-  <h1>Home</h1>
-</template>
diff --git a/specs/issues/2758.spec.ts b/specs/issues/2758.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ad95279c2..000000000
--- a/specs/issues/2758.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import { test, expect, describe } from 'vitest'
-import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
-import { setup, fetch, url } from '../utils'
-
-describe('#2758', async () => {
-  await setup({
-    rootDir: fileURLToPath(new URL(`../fixtures/issues/2758`, import.meta.url))
-  })
-
-  test('`statusCode` in `rootRedirect` should work with strategy "prefix"', async () => {
-    const res = await fetch(url('/'))
-    expect(res.status).toEqual(418)
-    expect(res.headers.get('location')).toEqual('/en/test-route')
-  })
-})
diff --git a/specs/routing_strategies/root_redirect.spec.ts b/specs/routing_strategies/root_redirect.spec.ts
index ea3423ac3..39bc1e0c2 100644
--- a/specs/routing_strategies/root_redirect.spec.ts
+++ b/specs/routing_strategies/root_redirect.spec.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { test, expect } from 'vitest'
 import { fileURLToPath } from 'node:url'
 import { setup, url, fetch } from '../utils'
+import { startServerWithRuntimeConfig } from '../helper'
 
 await setup({
   rootDir: fileURLToPath(new URL(`../fixtures/basic`, import.meta.url)),
@@ -10,12 +11,41 @@ await setup({
     i18n: {
       strategy: 'prefix',
       defaultLocale: 'en',
-      rootRedirect: 'fr'
+      // configure `rootDirect` to object so it can be overwritten by `runtimeConfig`
+      rootRedirect: { path: 'about', statusCode: 302 }
     }
   }
 })
 
-test('can redirect to rootRedirect option path', async () => {
-  const res = await fetch('/')
-  expect(res.url).toBe(url('/fr'))
+describe('rootRedirect', async () => {
+  test('can redirect to rootRedirect option path', async () => {
+    const restore = await startServerWithRuntimeConfig({
+      public: {
+        i18n: {
+          rootRedirect: 'fr'
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
+    const res = await fetch('/')
+    expect(res.url).toBe(url('/fr'))
+
+    await restore()
+  })
+
+  test('(#2758) `statusCode` in `rootRedirect` should work with strategy "prefix"', async () => {
+    const restore = await startServerWithRuntimeConfig({
+      public: {
+        i18n: {
+          rootRedirect: { statusCode: 418, path: 'test-route' }
+        }
+      }
+    })
+
+    const res = await fetch(url('/'))
+    expect(res.status).toEqual(418)
+    expect(res.headers.get('location')).toEqual('/en/test-route')
+
+    await restore()
+  })
 })