diff --git a/packages/next/src/server/config.ts b/packages/next/src/server/config.ts
index 0436a63ad1863..a8abe04a1c835 100644
--- a/packages/next/src/server/config.ts
+++ b/packages/next/src/server/config.ts
@@ -22,87 +22,28 @@ import { setHttpClientAndAgentOptions } from './setup-http-agent-env'
 import { pathHasPrefix } from '../shared/lib/router/utils/path-has-prefix'
 import { matchRemotePattern } from '../shared/lib/match-remote-pattern'
 
-import { ZodParsedType, util as ZodUtil } from 'next/dist/compiled/zod'
-import type { ZodError, ZodIssue } from 'next/dist/compiled/zod'
+import type { ZodError } from 'next/dist/compiled/zod'
 import { hasNextSupport } from '../telemetry/ci-info'
 import { transpileConfig } from '../build/next-config-ts/transpile-config'
 import { dset } from '../shared/lib/dset'
+import { normalizeZodErrors } from '../shared/lib/zod'
 
 export { normalizeConfig } from './config-shared'
 export type { DomainLocale, NextConfig } from './config-shared'
 
-function processZodErrorMessage(issue: ZodIssue) {
-  let message = issue.message
-
-  let path = ''
-
-  if (issue.path.length > 0) {
-    if (issue.path.length === 1) {
-      const identifier = issue.path[0]
-      if (typeof identifier === 'number') {
-        // The first identifier inside path is a number
-        path = `index ${identifier}`
-      } else {
-        path = `"${identifier}"`
-      }
-    } else {
-      // joined path to be shown in the error message
-      path = `"${issue.path.reduce<string>((acc, cur) => {
-        if (typeof cur === 'number') {
-          // array index
-          return `${acc}[${cur}]`
-        }
-        if (cur.includes('"')) {
-          // escape quotes
-          return `${acc}["${cur.replaceAll('"', '\\"')}"]`
-        }
-        // dot notation
-        const separator = acc.length === 0 ? '' : '.'
-        return acc + separator + cur
-      }, '')}"`
-    }
-  }
-
-  if (
-    issue.code === 'invalid_type' &&
-    issue.received === ZodParsedType.undefined
-  ) {
-    // missing key in object
-    return `${path} is missing, expected ${issue.expected}`
-  }
-  if (issue.code === 'invalid_enum_value') {
-    // Remove "Invalid enum value" prefix from zod default error message
-    return `Expected ${ZodUtil.joinValues(issue.options)}, received '${
-      issue.received
-    }' at ${path}`
-  }
-
-  return message + (path ? ` at ${path}` : '')
-}
-
-function normalizeZodErrors(
+function normalizeNextConfigZodErrors(
   error: ZodError<NextConfig>
 ): [errorMessages: string[], shouldExit: boolean] {
   let shouldExit = false
+  const issues = normalizeZodErrors(error)
   return [
-    error.issues.flatMap((issue) => {
-      const messages = [processZodErrorMessage(issue)]
+    issues.flatMap(({ issue, message }) => {
       if (issue.path[0] === 'images') {
         // We exit the build when encountering an error in the images config
         shouldExit = true
       }
 
-      if ('unionErrors' in issue) {
-        issue.unionErrors
-          .map(normalizeZodErrors)
-          .forEach(([unionMessages, unionShouldExit]) => {
-            messages.push(...unionMessages)
-            // If any of the union results shows exit the build, we exit the build
-            shouldExit = shouldExit || unionShouldExit
-          })
-      }
-
-      return messages
+      return message
     }),
     shouldExit,
   ]
@@ -1085,7 +1026,9 @@ export default async function loadConfig(
         // error message header
         const messages = [`Invalid ${configFileName} options detected: `]
 
-        const [errorMessages, shouldExit] = normalizeZodErrors(state.error)
+        const [errorMessages, shouldExit] = normalizeNextConfigZodErrors(
+          state.error
+        )
         // ident list item
         for (const error of errorMessages) {
           messages.push(`    ${error}`)
diff --git a/packages/next/src/shared/lib/zod.ts b/packages/next/src/shared/lib/zod.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5070394672516
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/next/src/shared/lib/zod.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import type { ZodError } from 'next/dist/compiled/zod'
+import { ZodParsedType, util, type ZodIssue } from 'next/dist/compiled/zod'
+
+function processZodErrorMessage(issue: ZodIssue) {
+  let message = issue.message
+
+  let path: string
+
+  if (issue.path.length > 0) {
+    if (issue.path.length === 1) {
+      const identifier = issue.path[0]
+      if (typeof identifier === 'number') {
+        // The first identifier inside path is a number
+        path = `index ${identifier}`
+      } else {
+        path = `"${identifier}"`
+      }
+    } else {
+      // joined path to be shown in the error message
+      path = `"${issue.path.reduce<string>((acc, cur) => {
+        if (typeof cur === 'number') {
+          // array index
+          return `${acc}[${cur}]`
+        }
+        if (cur.includes('"')) {
+          // escape quotes
+          return `${acc}["${cur.replaceAll('"', '\\"')}"]`
+        }
+        // dot notation
+        const separator = acc.length === 0 ? '' : '.'
+        return acc + separator + cur
+      }, '')}"`
+    }
+  } else {
+    path = ''
+  }
+
+  if (
+    issue.code === 'invalid_type' &&
+    issue.received === ZodParsedType.undefined
+  ) {
+    // Missing key in object.
+    return `${path} is missing, expected ${issue.expected}`
+  }
+
+  if (issue.code === 'invalid_enum_value') {
+    // Remove "Invalid enum value" prefix from zod default error message
+    return `Expected ${util.joinValues(issue.options)}, received '${
+      issue.received
+    }' at ${path}`
+  }
+
+  return message + (path ? ` at ${path}` : '')
+}
+
+export function normalizeZodErrors(error: ZodError) {
+  return error.issues.flatMap((issue) => {
+    const issues = [{ issue, message: processZodErrorMessage(issue) }]
+    if ('unionErrors' in issue) {
+      for (const unionError of issue.unionErrors) {
+        issues.push(...normalizeZodErrors(unionError))
+      }
+    }
+
+    return issues
+  })
+}