diff --git a/code/frameworks/nextjs/src/config/webpack.ts b/code/frameworks/nextjs/src/config/webpack.ts
index 2bd4ba751691..1bc86473fe56 100644
--- a/code/frameworks/nextjs/src/config/webpack.ts
+++ b/code/frameworks/nextjs/src/config/webpack.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 import type { Configuration as WebpackConfig } from 'webpack';
-import { PHASE_DEVELOPMENT_SERVER } from 'next/constants';
-import findUp from 'find-up';
-import { pathExists } from 'fs-extra';
+import semver from 'semver';
+
 import type { NextConfig } from 'next';
-import dedent from 'ts-dedent';
 import { DefinePlugin } from 'webpack';
-import { addScopedAlias } from '../utils';
+import { addScopedAlias, getNextjsVersion, resolveNextConfig } from '../utils';
 
 export const configureConfig = async ({
   baseConfig,
@@ -24,63 +22,21 @@ export const configureConfig = async ({
   return nextConfig;
 };
 
-const findNextConfigFile = async (configDir: string) => {
-  const supportedExtensions = ['mjs', 'js'];
-  return supportedExtensions.reduce<Promise<undefined | string>>(
-    async (acc, ext: string | undefined) => {
-      const resolved = await acc;
-      if (!resolved) {
-        acc = findUp(`next.config.${ext}`, { cwd: configDir });
-      }
-
-      return acc;
-    },
-    Promise.resolve(undefined)
-  );
-};
-
-const resolveNextConfig = async ({
-  baseConfig,
-  nextConfigPath,
-  configDir,
-}: {
-  baseConfig: WebpackConfig;
-  nextConfigPath?: string;
-  configDir: string;
-}): Promise<NextConfig> => {
-  const nextConfigFile = nextConfigPath || (await findNextConfigFile(configDir));
-
-  if (!nextConfigFile || (await pathExists(nextConfigFile)) === false) {
-    throw new Error(
-      dedent`
-        Could not find or resolve your Next config file. Please provide the next config file path as a framework option.
+const version = getNextjsVersion();
 
-        More info: https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/blob/next/code/frameworks/nextjs/README.md#options
-      `
-    );
+const setupRuntimeConfig = (baseConfig: WebpackConfig, nextConfig: NextConfig): void => {
+  const definePluginConfig: Record<string, any> = {
+    // this mimics what nextjs does client side
+    // https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/57702cb2a9a9dba4b552e0007c16449cf36cfb44/packages/next/client/index.tsx#L101
+    'process.env.__NEXT_RUNTIME_CONFIG': JSON.stringify({
+      serverRuntimeConfig: {},
+      publicRuntimeConfig: nextConfig.publicRuntimeConfig,
+    }),
+  };
+
+  if (semver.gte(version, '13.0.0') || nextConfig.experimental?.newNextLinkBehavior) {
+    definePluginConfig['process.env.__NEXT_NEW_LINK_BEHAVIOR'] = true;
   }
 
-  const nextConfigExport = await import(nextConfigFile);
-
-  const nextConfig =
-    typeof nextConfigExport === 'function'
-      ? nextConfigExport(PHASE_DEVELOPMENT_SERVER, {
-          defaultConfig: baseConfig,
-        })
-      : nextConfigExport;
-
-  return nextConfig;
-};
-
-const setupRuntimeConfig = (baseConfig: WebpackConfig, nextConfig: NextConfig): void => {
-  baseConfig.plugins?.push(
-    new DefinePlugin({
-      // this mimics what nextjs does client side
-      // https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/57702cb2a9a9dba4b552e0007c16449cf36cfb44/packages/next/client/index.tsx#L101
-      'process.env.__NEXT_RUNTIME_CONFIG': JSON.stringify({
-        serverRuntimeConfig: {},
-        publicRuntimeConfig: nextConfig.publicRuntimeConfig,
-      }),
-    })
-  );
+  baseConfig.plugins?.push(new DefinePlugin(definePluginConfig));
 };
diff --git a/code/frameworks/nextjs/src/preset.ts b/code/frameworks/nextjs/src/preset.ts
index a40204593c60..2833d9c5752f 100644
--- a/code/frameworks/nextjs/src/preset.ts
+++ b/code/frameworks/nextjs/src/preset.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 // https://storybook.js.org/docs/react/addons/writing-presets
 import { dirname, join } from 'path';
-import semver from 'semver';
 import type { Options, PresetProperty } from '@storybook/types';
 import type { TransformOptions } from '@babel/core';
 import { configureConfig } from './config/webpack';
@@ -10,7 +9,7 @@ import { configureRouting } from './routing/webpack';
 import { configureStyledJsx } from './styledJsx/webpack';
 import { configureStyledJsxTransforms } from './styledJsx/babel';
 import { configureImages } from './images/webpack';
-import { configureRuntimeNextjsVersionResolution, getNextjsVersion } from './utils';
+import { configureRuntimeNextjsVersionResolution } from './utils';
 import type { FrameworkOptions, StorybookConfig } from './types';
 import { configureTypescript } from './config/babel';
 
@@ -19,8 +18,6 @@ export const addons: PresetProperty<'addons', StorybookConfig> = [
   dirname(require.resolve(join('@storybook/builder-webpack5', 'package.json'))),
 ];
 
-const version = getNextjsVersion();
-
 const defaultFrameworkOptions: FrameworkOptions = {};
 
 export const frameworkOptions = async (
@@ -71,17 +68,6 @@ export const config: StorybookConfig['previewAnnotations'] = (entry = []) => [
   require.resolve('@storybook/nextjs/preview.js'),
 ];
 
-export const env = (envConfig: PresetProperty<'env', StorybookConfig>) => {
-  return {
-    ...envConfig,
-    // Can be removed if https://github.com/vercel/next.js/issues/42621 is resolved
-    ...(semver.gte(version, '13.0.0') && {
-      // TODO: This should also respect `newNextLinkBehavior`: https://github.com/vercel/next.js/blob/07d3da102dfef65be9c13fd4b754a12eda7eded1/packages/next/server/config-shared.ts#L88
-      __NEXT_NEW_LINK_BEHAVIOR: 'true',
-    }),
-  };
-};
-
 // Not even sb init - automigrate - running dev
 // You're using a version of Nextjs prior to v10, which is unsupported by this framework.
 
diff --git a/code/frameworks/nextjs/src/utils.ts b/code/frameworks/nextjs/src/utils.ts
index 289fe4acd724..38607adee0ef 100644
--- a/code/frameworks/nextjs/src/utils.ts
+++ b/code/frameworks/nextjs/src/utils.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
 import path from 'path';
-import type { Configuration as WebpackConfig } from 'webpack';
 import { DefinePlugin } from 'webpack';
+import { PHASE_DEVELOPMENT_SERVER } from 'next/constants';
+import findUp from 'find-up';
+import { pathExists } from 'fs-extra';
+import dedent from 'ts-dedent';
+import type { Configuration as WebpackConfig } from 'webpack';
+import type { NextConfig } from 'next';
 
 export const configureRuntimeNextjsVersionResolution = (baseConfig: WebpackConfig): void => {
   baseConfig.plugins?.push(
@@ -12,6 +17,54 @@ export const configureRuntimeNextjsVersionResolution = (baseConfig: WebpackConfi
 
 export const getNextjsVersion = (): string => require(scopedResolve('next/package.json')).version;
 
+const findNextConfigFile = async (configDir: string) => {
+  const supportedExtensions = ['mjs', 'js'];
+  return supportedExtensions.reduce<Promise<undefined | string>>(
+    async (acc, ext: string | undefined) => {
+      const resolved = await acc;
+      if (!resolved) {
+        acc = findUp(`next.config.${ext}`, { cwd: configDir });
+      }
+
+      return acc;
+    },
+    Promise.resolve(undefined)
+  );
+};
+
+export const resolveNextConfig = async ({
+  baseConfig = {},
+  nextConfigPath,
+  configDir,
+}: {
+  baseConfig?: WebpackConfig;
+  nextConfigPath?: string;
+  configDir: string;
+}): Promise<NextConfig> => {
+  const nextConfigFile = nextConfigPath || (await findNextConfigFile(configDir));
+
+  if (!nextConfigFile || (await pathExists(nextConfigFile)) === false) {
+    throw new Error(
+      dedent`
+        Could not find or resolve your Next config file. Please provide the next config file path as a framework option.
+
+        More info: https://github.com/storybookjs/storybook/blob/next/code/frameworks/nextjs/README.md#options
+      `
+    );
+  }
+
+  const nextConfigExport = await import(nextConfigFile);
+
+  const nextConfig =
+    typeof nextConfigExport === 'function'
+      ? nextConfigExport(PHASE_DEVELOPMENT_SERVER, {
+          defaultConfig: baseConfig,
+        })
+      : nextConfigExport;
+
+  return nextConfig.default || nextConfig;
+};
+
 // This is to help the addon in development
 // Without it, webpack resolves packages in its node_modules instead of the example's node_modules
 export const addScopedAlias = (baseConfig: WebpackConfig, name: string, alias?: string): void => {