diff --git a/packages/rspack/src/executors/rspack/lib/config.ts b/packages/rspack/src/executors/rspack/lib/config.ts
index 97ca2f3004..99195cbf52 100644
--- a/packages/rspack/src/executors/rspack/lib/config.ts
+++ b/packages/rspack/src/executors/rspack/lib/config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import { join } from 'path';
 import { ExecutorContext } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { type Configuration } from '@rspack/core';
 import {
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ export async function getRspackConfigs(
   options: NormalizedRspackExecutorSchema & { devServer?: any },
   context: ExecutorContext
 ): Promise<Configuration | Configuration[]> {
-  let userDefinedConfig = resolveUserDefinedRspackConfig(
+  let userDefinedConfig = await resolveUserDefinedRspackConfig(
     options.rspackConfig,
     options.tsConfig
   );
diff --git a/packages/rspack/src/plugins/plugin.ts b/packages/rspack/src/plugins/plugin.ts
index 10605b38c2..a3b5c9d63b 100644
--- a/packages/rspack/src/plugins/plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/rspack/src/plugins/plugin.ts
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ async function createRspackTargets(
 ): Promise<RspackTargets> {
   const namedInputs = getNamedInputs(projectRoot, context);
 
-  const rspackConfig = resolveUserDefinedRspackConfig(
+  const rspackConfig = await resolveUserDefinedRspackConfig(
     join(context.workspaceRoot, configFilePath),
     getRootTsConfigPath(),
     true
diff --git a/packages/rspack/src/utils/resolve-user-defined-rspack-config.ts b/packages/rspack/src/utils/resolve-user-defined-rspack-config.ts
index 24c612296a..41cfef4541 100644
--- a/packages/rspack/src/utils/resolve-user-defined-rspack-config.ts
+++ b/packages/rspack/src/utils/resolve-user-defined-rspack-config.ts
@@ -1,44 +1,10 @@
-import { clearRequireCache } from '@nx/devkit/src/utils/config-utils';
-import { registerTsProject } from '@nx/js/src/internal';
+import { loadConfigFile } from '@nx/devkit/src/utils/config-utils';
 
-export function resolveUserDefinedRspackConfig(
+export async function resolveUserDefinedRspackConfig(
   path: string,
   tsConfig: string,
   /** Skip require cache and return latest content */
   reload = false
 ) {
-  if (reload) {
-    // Clear cache if the path is in the cache
-    if (require.cache[path]) {
-      // Clear all entries because config may import other modules
-      clearRequireCache();
-    }
-  }
-
-  // Don't transpile non-TS files. This prevents workspaces libs from being registered via tsconfig-paths.
-  // There's an issue here with Nx workspace where loading plugins from source (via tsconfig-paths) can lead to errors.
-  if (!/\.(ts|mts|cts)$/.test(path)) {
-    return require(path);
-  }
-
-  const cleanupTranspiler = registerTsProject(tsConfig);
-  // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/no-var-requires
-  const maybeCustomRspackConfig = require(path);
-  cleanupTranspiler();
-
-  // If the user provides a configuration in TS file
-  // then there are 3 cases for exploring an object. The first one is:
-  // `module.exports = { ... }`. And the second one is:
-  // `export default { ... }`. The ESM format is compiled into:
-  // `{ default: { ... } }`
-  // There is also a case of
-  // `{ default: { default: { ... } }`
-  const customRspackConfig =
-    'default' in maybeCustomRspackConfig
-      ? 'default' in maybeCustomRspackConfig.default
-        ? maybeCustomRspackConfig.default.default
-        : maybeCustomRspackConfig.default
-      : maybeCustomRspackConfig;
-
-  return customRspackConfig;
+  return await loadConfigFile(path);
 }