diff --git a/packages/next/src/build/webpack/loaders/next-app-loader.ts b/packages/next/src/build/webpack/loaders/next-app-loader.ts
index 7fa1a623c1810..761170cde069a 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/build/webpack/loaders/next-app-loader.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/build/webpack/loaders/next-app-loader.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import {
   PAGE_SEGMENT_KEY,
 } from '../../../shared/lib/segment'
 import { getFilesInDir } from '../../../lib/get-files-in-dir'
-import { normalizeAppPath } from '../../../shared/lib/router/utils/app-paths'
 import type { PageExtensions } from '../../page-extensions-type'
 import { PARALLEL_ROUTE_DEFAULT_PATH } from '../../../client/components/parallel-route-default'
 
@@ -450,22 +449,12 @@ async function createTreeCodeFromPath(
           adjacentParallelSegment === 'children'
             ? ''
             : `/${adjacentParallelSegment}`
-        let defaultPath = await resolver(
-          `${appDirPrefix}${segmentPath}${actualSegment}/default`
-        )
 
-        if (!defaultPath) {
-          // no default was found at this segment. Check if the normalized segment resolves a default
-          // for example: /(level1)/(level2)/default doesn't exist, but /default does
-          const normalizedDefault = await resolver(
-            `${appDirPrefix}${normalizeAppPath(
-              segmentPath
-            )}/${actualSegment}/default`
-          )
-
-          // if a default is found, use that. Otherwise use the fallback, which will trigger a `notFound()`
-          defaultPath = normalizedDefault ?? PARALLEL_ROUTE_DEFAULT_PATH
-        }
+        // if a default is found, use that. Otherwise use the fallback, which will trigger a `notFound()`
+        const defaultPath =
+          (await resolver(
+            `${appDirPrefix}${segmentPath}${actualSegment}/default`
+          )) ?? PARALLEL_ROUTE_DEFAULT_PATH
 
         nestedCollectedAsyncImports.push(defaultPath)
         props[normalizeParallelKey(adjacentParallelSegment)] = `[
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/(level1)/(level2)/(level3)/@slot/(...)photos/[id]/page.tsx b/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/(level1)/(level2)/(level3)/@slot/(...)photos/[id]/page.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index dbb0e12147f4b..0000000000000
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/(level1)/(level2)/(level3)/@slot/(...)photos/[id]/page.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react'
-
-export default function Page({ params }: { params: { id: string } }) {
-  return <div>Intercepted Photo Page {params.id}</div>
-}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/(level1)/(level2)/(level3)/@slot/default.tsx b/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/(level1)/(level2)/(level3)/@slot/default.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index a51a27b2c700d..0000000000000
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/(level1)/(level2)/(level3)/@slot/default.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-export default function Default() {
-  return <div>@slot default</div>
-}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/(level1)/(level2)/(level3)/layout.tsx b/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/(level1)/(level2)/(level3)/layout.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 48e24fca9c8eb..0000000000000
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/(level1)/(level2)/(level3)/layout.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-export default function Layout(props: {
-  children: React.ReactNode
-  slot: React.ReactNode
-}) {
-  return (
-    <div>
-      <div id="children">{props.children}</div>
-      <div id="slot">{props.slot}</div>
-    </div>
-  )
-}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/(level1)/(level2)/(level3)/photos/[id]/page.tsx b/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/(level1)/(level2)/(level3)/photos/[id]/page.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b7f2063df421..0000000000000
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/(level1)/(level2)/(level3)/photos/[id]/page.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-import Link from 'next/link'
-
-export default function Page({ params }: { params: { id: string } }) {
-  return (
-    <div>
-      Photo Page (non-intercepted) {params.id} <Link href="/">Back Home</Link>
-    </div>
-  )
-}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/layout.tsx b/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/layout.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 3784e3e71e6f6..0000000000000
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/layout.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-export default function Layout(props: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
-  return (
-    <html>
-      <body>
-        <div id="children">{props.children}</div>
-      </body>
-    </html>
-  )
-}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/nested/(level1)/(level2)/@intercepted/(.)photos/[id]/page.tsx b/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/nested/(level1)/(level2)/@intercepted/(.)photos/[id]/page.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index dbb0e12147f4b..0000000000000
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/nested/(level1)/(level2)/@intercepted/(.)photos/[id]/page.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react'
-
-export default function Page({ params }: { params: { id: string } }) {
-  return <div>Intercepted Photo Page {params.id}</div>
-}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/nested/(level1)/(level2)/@intercepted/default.tsx b/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/nested/(level1)/(level2)/@intercepted/default.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 3c0f010f6d7ae..0000000000000
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/nested/(level1)/(level2)/@intercepted/default.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-export default function Page() {
-  return <div>@intercepted default</div>
-}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/nested/(level1)/(level2)/layout.tsx b/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/nested/(level1)/(level2)/layout.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fd2b98c1e124..0000000000000
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/nested/(level1)/(level2)/layout.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-export default function Layout(props: {
-  children: React.ReactNode
-  intercepted: React.ReactNode
-}) {
-  return (
-    <div>
-      <div id="children">{props.children}</div>
-      <div id="slot">{props.intercepted}</div>
-    </div>
-  )
-}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/nested/(level1)/(level2)/photos/[id]/page.tsx b/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/nested/(level1)/(level2)/photos/[id]/page.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 463b480b0955d..0000000000000
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/nested/(level1)/(level2)/photos/[id]/page.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import Link from 'next/link'
-
-export default function Page({ params }: { params: { id: string } }) {
-  return (
-    <div>
-      Photo Page (non-intercepted) {params.id}{' '}
-      <Link href="/nested">Back to /nested</Link>
-    </div>
-  )
-}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/nested/default.tsx b/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/nested/default.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index fd94c8f307054..0000000000000
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/nested/default.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-export default function Default() {
-  return <div>Default Children (nested)</div>
-}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/nested/page.tsx b/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/nested/page.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index b5499fd55ed54..0000000000000
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/nested/page.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import Link from 'next/link'
-
-export default function Page() {
-  return (
-    <div>
-      <Link href="/nested/photos/1">Photo 1</Link>{' '}
-      <Link href="/nested/photos/2">Photo 2</Link>
-    </div>
-  )
-}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/page.tsx b/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/page.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 4417311cca46e..0000000000000
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/app/page.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-import Link from 'next/link'
-
-export default function Page() {
-  return (
-    <div>
-      <Link href="/photos/1">Photo 1</Link>{' '}
-      <Link href="/photos/2">Photo 2</Link>
-      <hr />
-      <Link href="/nested">To /nested</Link>
-    </div>
-  )
-}
diff --git a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/interception-route-groups.test.ts b/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/interception-route-groups.test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 548af8faa8f68..0000000000000
--- a/test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/interception-route-groups.test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,138 +0,0 @@
-import { createNextDescribe } from 'e2e-utils'
-import { check } from 'next-test-utils'
-import { FileRef } from 'e2e-utils'
-import path from 'path'
-
-createNextDescribe(
-  'interception route groups (with default)',
-  {
-    files: {
-      app: new FileRef(path.join(__dirname, 'app')),
-      'app/default.tsx': `
-        export default function Default() {
-          return <div>Default Children (Root)</div>
-        }
-      `,
-    },
-  },
-  ({ next }) => {
-    it("should render the root default when a route group doesn't have a default", async () => {
-      const browser = await next.browser('/')
-
-      await browser.elementByCss('[href="/photos/1"]').click()
-      // this route was intercepted, so we should see the slot contain the page content
-      await check(
-        () => browser.elementById('slot').text(),
-        /Intercepted Photo Page 1/
-      )
-
-      // and the children slot should be whatever is specified by default (in this case, default is defined at the root of the app)
-      await check(
-        () => browser.elementById('children').text(),
-        /Default Children \(Root\)/
-      )
-
-      await browser.refresh()
-
-      // once we reload, the route is no longer intercepted. The slot will fallback to the default
-      // and the children slot will be whatever is specified by the corresponding page component
-      await check(() => browser.elementById('slot').text(), /@slot default/)
-      await check(
-        () => browser.elementById('children').text(),
-        /Photo Page \(non-intercepted\) 1/
-      )
-
-      await browser.elementByCss('[href="/"]').click()
-
-      // perform the same checks as above, but with the other page
-      await browser.elementByCss('[href="/photos/2"]').click()
-      await check(
-        () => browser.elementById('slot').text(),
-        /Intercepted Photo Page 2/
-      )
-      await check(
-        () => browser.elementById('children').text(),
-        /Default Children \(Root\)/
-      )
-
-      await browser.refresh()
-
-      await check(() => browser.elementById('slot').text(), /@slot default/)
-      await check(
-        () => browser.elementById('children').text(),
-        /Photo Page \(non-intercepted\) 2/
-      )
-    })
-
-    it('should work when nested a level deeper', async () => {
-      const browser = await next.browser('/nested')
-      await browser.elementByCss('[href="/nested/photos/1"]').click()
-
-      // this route was intercepted, so we should see the slot contain the page content
-      await check(
-        () => browser.elementById('slot').text(),
-        /Intercepted Photo Page 1/
-      )
-
-      // and the children slot should be whatever is specified by default (in this case, default is defined at `/nested/default`)
-      await check(
-        () => browser.elementById('children').text(),
-        /Default Children \(nested\)/
-      )
-
-      await browser.refresh()
-
-      // once we reload, the route is no longer intercepted. The slot will fallback to the default
-      // and the children slot will be whatever is specified by the corresponding page component
-      await check(
-        () => browser.elementById('slot').text(),
-        /@intercepted default/
-      )
-      await check(
-        () => browser.elementById('children').text(),
-        /Photo Page \(non-intercepted\) 1/
-      )
-
-      await browser.elementByCss('[href="/nested"]').click()
-
-      // perform the same checks as above, but with the other page
-      await browser.elementByCss('[href="/nested/photos/2"]').click()
-      await check(
-        () => browser.elementById('slot').text(),
-        /Intercepted Photo Page 2/
-      )
-      await check(
-        () => browser.elementById('children').text(),
-        /Default Children \(nested\)/
-      )
-
-      await browser.refresh()
-
-      await check(
-        () => browser.elementById('slot').text(),
-        /@intercepted default/
-      )
-      await check(
-        () => browser.elementById('children').text(),
-        /Photo Page \(non-intercepted\) 2/
-      )
-    })
-  }
-)
-
-createNextDescribe(
-  'interception route groups (no default)',
-  {
-    files: {
-      app: new FileRef(path.join(__dirname, 'app')),
-    },
-  },
-  ({ next }) => {
-    it('should use the default fallback (a 404) if there is no custom default page', async () => {
-      const browser = await next.browser('/')
-
-      await browser.elementByCss('[href="/photos/1"]').click()
-      await check(() => browser.elementByCss('body').text(), /404/)
-    })
-  }
-)
diff --git a/test/turbopack-tests-manifest.json b/test/turbopack-tests-manifest.json
index e07b04d83931c..3c68653e11a15 100644
--- a/test/turbopack-tests-manifest.json
+++ b/test/turbopack-tests-manifest.json
@@ -3563,18 +3563,6 @@
     "flakey": [],
     "runtimeError": false
   },
-  "test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-groups/interception-route-groups.test.ts": {
-    "passed": [
-      "interception route groups (no default) should use the default fallback (a 404) if there is no custom default page"
-    ],
-    "failed": [
-      "interception route groups (with default) should render the root default when a route group doesn't have a default",
-      "interception route groups (with default) should work when nested a level deeper"
-    ],
-    "pending": [],
-    "flakey": [],
-    "runtimeError": false
-  },
   "test/e2e/app-dir/interception-route-prefetch-cache/interception-route-prefetch-cache.test.ts": {
     "passed": [
       "interception-route-prefetch-cache runtime = edge should render the correct interception when two distinct layouts share the same path structure",