ERROR in ./.nuxt/axios.js Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'axios' in '.nuxt'

[learntheropes]

Suddenly I get this error when I deploy on Vercel:

[log]  ----------------- Nuxt build ----------------- 
[log] Running nuxt build --standalone --no-lock --config-file "nuxt.config.js" /vercel/path0
[fatal] Nuxt build error
  ERROR in ./.nuxt/axios.js
  Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'axios' in '.nuxt'
  @ ./.nuxt/axios.js 25:0-26 111:14-19 112:22-27 113:19-24 203:8-13
  @ ./.nuxt/index.js
  @ ./.nuxt/client.js
  @ multi ./node_modules_dev/@nuxt/components/lib/installComponents.js ./.nuxt/client.js
  
  ERROR in ./plugins/imagekit.js
  Module not found: Error: Can't resolve 'axios' in 'plugins'
  @ ./plugins/imagekit.js 6:0-26 44:23-28
  @ ./.nuxt/index.js
  @ ./.nuxt/client.js
  @ multi ./node_modules_dev/@nuxt/components/lib/installComponents.js ./.nuxt/client.js
   ╭─────────────────────────────╮
   │                                                                          │
   │   ✖ Nuxt Fatal Error                                          │
   │                                                                          │
   │   Error: Nuxt build error                                    │
   │                                                                          │
   ╰─────────────────────────────╯
Error! Command failed with exit code 1: npx nuxt build --standalone --no-lock --config-file "nuxt.config.js" /vercel/path0

I tried to remove the node_modules folder and package-lock.json file and npm install, however the problem is not locally but only on build on deployment.

To fix it, I had to install axios on top of @nuxtjs/axios

What can be the issue?

My package.json

{
  "name": "promotoras-paraguay",
  "scripts": {
    "dev": "nuxt",
    "build": "nuxt build",
    "start": "nuxt start"
  },
  "dependencies": {
    "@aws-sdk/client-rekognition": "^3.127.0",
    "@mdi/font": "^6.7.96",
    "@nuxt/content": "^1.15.1",
    "@nuxtjs/auth-next": "^5.0.0-1648802546.c9880dc",
    "@nuxtjs/axios": "^5.13.6",
    "@nuxtjs/device": "^2.1.0",
    "@nuxtjs/i18n": "^7.2.2",
    "@nuxtjs/moment": "^1.6.1",
    "@nuxtjs/sitemap": "^2.4.0",
    "axios": "^0.27.2",
    "body-parser": "^1.20.0",
    "express": "^4.18.1",
    "express-async-handler": "^1.2.0",
    "faunadb": "^4.5.4",
    "i18n-iso-countries": "^7.4.0",
    "imagekit": "^3.2.5",
    "jsonwebtoken": "^8.5.1",
    "lodash.clonedeep": "^4.5.0",
    "lodash.filter": "^4.6.0",
    "lodash.find": "^4.6.0",
    "lodash.findindex": "^4.6.0",
    "lodash.indexof": "^4.0.5",
    "lodash.maxby": "^4.6.0",
    "lodash.merge": "^4.6.2",
    "lodash.minby": "^4.6.0",
    "lodash.remove": "^4.7.0",
    "lodash.shuffle": "^4.2.0",
    "lodash.sortby": "^4.7.0",
    "lodash.uniqby": "^4.7.0",
    "nodemailer": "^6.7.8",
    "nuxt": "^2.15.8",
    "nuxt-buefy": "^0.4.23",
    "nuxt-validate": "^1.0.1",
    "uuid": "^8.3.2",
    "vue-auth-image": "^0.0.3",
    "vue-shortkey": "^3.1.7",
    "vue2-hammer": "^2.1.2"
  },
  "devDependencies": {
    "@nuxtjs/google-analytics": "^2.4.0",
    "sass": "^1.52.1",
    "sass-loader": "^10.2.1"
  }
}

and my nuxt.config.js

import { locales, validate, getRoutes } from './assets/js/locales'
import dotenv from 'dotenv'
dotenv.config()

export default {

  target: "server",
  ssr: "true",

  head() {
    const i18nHead = this.$nuxtI18nHead ? this.$nuxtI18nHead({ addSeoAttributes: true }) : {}
    return {
      htmlAttrs: {
        ...i18nHead.htmlAttrs
      },
      meta: [
        {
          charset: 'utf-8'
        },
        {
          hid: 'viewport',
          name: 'viewport',
          content: 'width=device-width, initial-scale=1'
        },
        {
          hid: 'title',
          name: 'title',
          content: 'Promotoras Paraguay'
        },
        // {
        //   hid: 'geo.region',
        //   name: 'geo.region',
        //   content: 'Paraguay'
        // },
        // {
        //   hid: 'geo.placename',
        //   name: 'geo.placename',
        //   content: 'Asunción'
        // },
        {
          hid: 'googlebot',
          name: 'googlebot',
          content: 'notranslate'
        },
        ...i18nHead.meta
      ],
      link: [
        {
          rel: 'icon',
          type: 'image/x-icon',
          href: '/favicon.ico'
        },
        ...i18nHead.link
      ]
    }
  },

  env: {
    WA_BOT_URL: process.env.WA_BOT_URL,
    AUTH0_URL: process.env.AUTH0_URL,
    IMAGEKIT_PUBLIC_KEY: process.env.IMAGEKIT_PUBLIC_KEY
  },

  loading: { color: '#fff' },

  css: [
    '~/assets/scss/main.scss',
    "@mdi/font/css/materialdesignicons.css"
  ],

  components: {
    dirs: [
      '~/components',
      {
        path  : '~/components/layout',
        prefix: 'Layout'
      },
      {
        path  : '~/components/index',
        prefix: 'Index'
      },
      {
        path  : '~/components/hostess',
        prefix: 'Hostess'
      },
      {
        path  : '~/components/emojis',
        prefix: 'Emojis'
      },
      {
        path  : '~/components/account',
        prefix: 'Account'
      }
    ]
  },

  buildModules: [
    ['@nuxtjs/google-analytics', {
      id: process.env.GOOGLE_ANALYTICS_ID
    }]
  ],

  modules: [
    ['nuxt-buefy', {
      defaultIconPack: 'mdi',
      materialDesignIcons: false,
      materialDesignIconsHRef: '/',
      css: false
    }],

    ['@nuxt/content'],

    ['@nuxtjs/auth-next', {
      redirect: {
        callback: '/cb/',
        login: '/',
        home: '/account'
      },
      strategies: {
        auth0: {
          domain: process.env.AUTH0_URL,
          clientId: process.env.AUTH0_CLIENT_ID,
          audience: `https://${process.env.AUTH0_URL}/api/v2/`,
          scope: ['offline'],
          accessType: 'offline',
          responseType: 'code',
          grantType: 'authorization_code',
          codeChallengeMethod: 'S256',
          rewriteRedirects: true,
          logoutRedirectUri: (process.env.URL) ? `https://${process.env.URL}/` : 'http://localhost:3000/'
        }
      },
      plugins: [
        '~/plugins/auth.js'
      ]
    }],

    ['@nuxtjs/axios', {
      debug: (process.env.URL) ? false : true,
      baseURL:  (process.env.URL) ? `https://${process.env.URL}` : 'http://localhost:3000',
      proxyHeaders: true
    }],

    ['nuxt-validate',{
      lang: 'es',
      nuxti18n: {
        locale: validate
      }
    }],

    ['@nuxtjs/i18n', {
      baseUrl: (process.env.URL) ? `https://${process.env.URL}` : 'http://localhost:3000',
      locales: locales,
      detectBrowserLanguage: {
        useCookie: true,
        cookieKey: 'i18n_lang',
        fallbackLocale: 'es',
      },
      strategy: 'prefix',
      defaultLocale: 'es',
      lazy: true,
      langDir: 'lang/',
    }],

    ['@nuxtjs/moment', {
      timezone: true,
      locales: ['es', 'pt']
    }],

    ['@nuxtjs/sitemap', {
      hostname: (process.env.URL) ? `https://${process.env.URL}` : 'http://localhost:3000',
      defaults: {
        changefreq: 'daily',
        priority: 1,
        lastmod: new Date()
      },
      routes () {
        return getRoutes()
      },
      exclude: [
        '/cb',,
        '**/bookmarks',
        '**/login-disabled',
        '**/account',
        '**/account/**'
      ],        
    }],

    ['@nuxtjs/device']
  ],
      
  plugins: [
    { src: '@/plugins/vue-shortkey.js', mode: 'client' },
    { src: '@/plugins/vue-hammer.js', mode: 'client' },
    '~/plugins/moment.js',
    '~/plugins/validate.js',
    '~/plugins/imagekit.js',
    '~/plugins/country-codes.js',
    '~/plugins/utils.js',
    '~/plugins/pre-cache.js'
  ],

  serverMiddleware: process.env.URL ? [
    '~/middleware/response-header.js'
  ] : [
    '~/rest/admin/auth',
    '~/rest/admin/hostess/age',
    '~/rest/admin/approve',
    '~/rest/admin/payments.js',
    '~/rest/admin/payment.js',
    '~/rest/rekognition/compare.js',
    '~/rest/vision/ocr.js',
    '~/rest/translation/detect.js',
    '~/rest/translation/translate.js',
    '~/rest/account/age.js',
    '~/rest/account/publication.js',
    '~/rest/account/payments.js',
    '~/rest/account/payment.js',
    '~/rest/image/signature.js',
    '~/rest/wa/status.js',
    '~/rest/wa/code/send.js',
    '~/rest/wa/code/verify.js',
    '~/rest/wa/ip.js',
    '~/img/preview.js',
    '~/img/modal.js',
    '~/img/thumbnail.js',
    '~/img/video.js',
    '~/img/account.js',
    '~/img/clean.js'
  ],

  // build: {
  //   quiet: false,
  //   analyze: true
  // }
}

What can be the issue?