diff --git a/src/module.ts b/src/module.ts
index c3b739f9..e3fa2713 100644
--- a/src/module.ts
+++ b/src/module.ts
@@ -904,7 +904,6 @@ export default defineNuxtModule<ModuleOptions>({
           include: normalizeFilters(config.include) as (string | RegExp)[],
           exclude: normalizeFilters(config.exclude) as (string | RegExp)[],
         },
-        isI18nMicro: i18nModule === 'nuxt-i18n-micro',
         autoI18n: !!resolvedAutoI18n,
       })
       if (!pageSource.length) {
diff --git a/src/utils-internal/i18n.ts b/src/utils-internal/i18n.ts
index cc9f5979..b9c8f4d6 100644
--- a/src/utils-internal/i18n.ts
+++ b/src/utils-internal/i18n.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import type { AutoI18nConfig } from 'nuxtseo-shared/i18n'
 import type { FilterInput } from '../runtime/types'
 import { splitPathForI18nLocales as _splitPathForI18nLocales } from 'nuxtseo-shared/i18n'
 
-export { generatePathForI18nPages, normalizeLocales } from 'nuxtseo-shared/i18n'
+export { expandCompactLocaleRoute, generatePathForI18nPages, normalizeLocales } from 'nuxtseo-shared/i18n'
 export type { AutoI18nConfig, Strategies, StrategyProps } from 'nuxtseo-shared/i18n'
 
 export function splitPathForI18nLocales(path: FilterInput, autoI18n: AutoI18nConfig): FilterInput | FilterInput[] {
diff --git a/src/utils-internal/nuxtSitemap.ts b/src/utils-internal/nuxtSitemap.ts
index 257b1653..75df8b93 100644
--- a/src/utils-internal/nuxtSitemap.ts
+++ b/src/utils-internal/nuxtSitemap.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import { defu } from 'defu'
 import { extname } from 'pathe'
 import { withBase, withHttps } from 'ufo'
 import { createPathFilter } from '../runtime/utils-pure'
+import { expandCompactLocaleRoute } from './i18n'
 
 export async function resolveUrls(urls: Required<SitemapDefinition>['urls'], ctx: { logger: ConsolaInstance, path: string }): Promise<SitemapUrlInput[]> {
   try {
@@ -41,7 +42,6 @@ export interface NuxtPagesToSitemapEntriesOptions {
   defaultLocale: string
   strategy: 'no_prefix' | 'prefix_except_default' | 'prefix' | 'prefix_and_default'
   isI18nMapped: boolean
-  isI18nMicro: boolean
   filter: CreateFilterOptions
   autoI18n: boolean
 }
@@ -69,19 +69,16 @@ function deepForEachPage(
     }
 
     let didCallback = false
-    if (opts.isI18nMicro) {
-      const localePattern = /\/:locale\(([^)]+)\)/
-      const match = localePattern.exec(currentPath || '')
-      if (match && match[1]) {
-        const locales = match[1].split('|')
-        locales.forEach((locale) => {
-          const subPage = { ...page }
-          const localizedPath = (currentPath || '').replace(localePattern, `/${locale}`)
-          subPage.name += opts.routesNameSeparator + locale
-          subPage.path = localizedPath
-          callback(subPage, localizedPath || '', depth)
-          didCallback = true
-        })
+    // Expand compacted i18n routes (`/:locale(en|fr)/about`) back into one entry per
+    // locale. Used by `nuxt-i18n-micro` and by `@nuxtjs/i18n` experimental compactRoutes.
+    const compacted = expandCompactLocaleRoute(currentPath || '', opts.normalisedLocales.map(l => l.code))
+    if (compacted) {
+      for (const { locale, path: localizedPath } of compacted) {
+        const subPage = { ...page }
+        subPage.name = `${page.name || ''}${opts.routesNameSeparator}${locale}`
+        subPage.path = localizedPath
+        callback(subPage, localizedPath, depth)
+        didCallback = true
       }
     }
     if (!didCallback) {
diff --git a/test/unit/parsePages.test.ts b/test/unit/parsePages.test.ts
index e98b317d..08638e4c 100644
--- a/test/unit/parsePages.test.ts
+++ b/test/unit/parsePages.test.ts
@@ -203,7 +203,6 @@ describe('page parser', () => {
       defaultLocale: 'en',
       normalisedLocales: normalizeLocales({ locales: [{ code: 'en' }, { code: 'fr' }] }),
       strategy: 'no_prefix',
-      isI18nMicro: false,
       autoI18n: true,
     })).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       [
@@ -644,6 +643,110 @@ describe('page parser', () => {
     `)
   })
 
+  it('@nuxtjs/i18n compactRoutes (prefix_except_default)', () => {
+    // @nuxtjs/i18n experimental.compactRoutes emits an unprefixed default route plus a
+    // single compacted regex route for the non-default locales, keeping the base name.
+    expect(convertNuxtPagesToSitemapEntries([
+      {
+        name: 'about___en',
+        path: '/about',
+        file: 'pages/about.vue',
+        children: [],
+      },
+      {
+        name: 'about',
+        path: '/:locale(fr|de)/about',
+        file: 'pages/about.vue',
+        children: [],
+        meta: { __i18nCompact: true },
+      },
+    ], {
+      filter: {
+        include: [],
+        exclude: [],
+      },
+      isI18nMapped: true,
+      autoLastmod: false,
+      defaultLocale: 'en',
+      normalisedLocales: normalizeLocales({ locales: [
+        { code: 'en', iso: 'en_EN' },
+        { code: 'fr', iso: 'fr_FR' },
+        { code: 'de', iso: 'de_DE' },
+      ] }),
+      strategy: 'prefix_except_default',
+      autoI18n: true,
+    })).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
+      [
+        {
+          "_sitemap": "en_EN",
+          "alternatives": [
+            {
+              "href": "/about",
+              "hreflang": "en_EN",
+            },
+            {
+              "href": "/fr/about",
+              "hreflang": "fr_FR",
+            },
+            {
+              "href": "/de/about",
+              "hreflang": "de_DE",
+            },
+            {
+              "href": "/about",
+              "hreflang": "x-default",
+            },
+          ],
+          "loc": "/about",
+        },
+        {
+          "_sitemap": "fr_FR",
+          "alternatives": [
+            {
+              "href": "/about",
+              "hreflang": "en_EN",
+            },
+            {
+              "href": "/fr/about",
+              "hreflang": "fr_FR",
+            },
+            {
+              "href": "/de/about",
+              "hreflang": "de_DE",
+            },
+            {
+              "href": "/about",
+              "hreflang": "x-default",
+            },
+          ],
+          "loc": "/fr/about",
+        },
+        {
+          "_sitemap": "de_DE",
+          "alternatives": [
+            {
+              "href": "/about",
+              "hreflang": "en_EN",
+            },
+            {
+              "href": "/fr/about",
+              "hreflang": "fr_FR",
+            },
+            {
+              "href": "/de/about",
+              "hreflang": "de_DE",
+            },
+            {
+              "href": "/about",
+              "hreflang": "x-default",
+            },
+          ],
+          "loc": "/de/about",
+        },
+      ]
+    `)
+  })
+
   it ('i18n micro', () => {
     expect(convertNuxtPagesToSitemapEntries([
       {
@@ -666,7 +769,6 @@ describe('page parser', () => {
         { code: 'ru', iso: 'ru_RU' },
       ] }),
       strategy: 'prefix_except_default',
-      isI18nMicro: true,
       autoI18n: true,
     })).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`
       [
@@ -713,7 +815,6 @@ describe('page parser', () => {
       defaultLocale: 'en',
       normalisedLocales: normalizeLocales({ locales: [{ code: 'en' }, { code: 'fr' }] }),
       strategy: 'no_prefix',
-      isI18nMicro: false,
       autoI18n: false,
     })
     // no entry should have alternatives when autoI18n is false