diff --git a/docs/design/analytics.md b/docs/design/analytics.md
index 5ec9c56adf29..a51d6a2f625f 100644
--- a/docs/design/analytics.md
+++ b/docs/design/analytics.md
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ Note: There's a limit of 20 custom dimensions.
 | 5 | `Flag: --style` | `string` |
 | 6 | `--collection` | `string` |
 | 7 | `--buildEventLog` | `boolean` |
-| 8 | `Flag: --enableIvy` | `boolean` |
 | 9 | `Flag: --inlineStyle` | `boolean` |
 | 10 | `Flag: --inlineTemplate` | `boolean` |
 | 11 | `Flag: --viewEncapsulation` | `string` |
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/application/files/tsconfig.app.json.template b/packages/schematics/angular/application/files/tsconfig.app.json.template
index 7f38e6593828..3b0c3645d228 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/application/files/tsconfig.app.json.template
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/application/files/tsconfig.app.json.template
@@ -7,18 +7,8 @@
   "files": [
     "src/main.ts",
     "src/polyfills.ts"
-  ],<% if (!enableIvy) { %>
-  "include": [
-    "src/**/*.ts"
   ],
-  "exclude": [
-    "src/test.ts",
-    "src/**/*.spec.ts"
-  ]<% } %><% if (enableIvy) { %>
   "include": [
     "src/**/*.d.ts"
-  ],
-  "angularCompilerOptions": {
-    "enableIvy": true
-  }<% } %>
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/application/files/tsconfig.spec.json.template b/packages/schematics/angular/application/files/tsconfig.spec.json.template
index df547643751e..72aa864c8732 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/application/files/tsconfig.spec.json.template
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/application/files/tsconfig.spec.json.template
@@ -14,8 +14,5 @@
   "include": [
     "src/**/*.spec.ts",
     "src/**/*.d.ts"
-  ]<% if (enableIvy) { %>,
-  "angularCompilerOptions": {
-    "enableIvy": true
-  }<% } %>
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/application/index.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/application/index.ts
index 0a29695765b2..1b70e7b468a3 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/application/index.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/application/index.ts
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ function addAppToWorkspaceFile(options: ApplicationOptions, appDir: string): Rul
           main: `${sourceRoot}/main.ts`,
           polyfills: `${sourceRoot}/polyfills.ts`,
           tsConfig: `${projectRoot}tsconfig.app.json`,
-          aot: !!options.enableIvy,
+          aot: true,
           assets: [
             `${sourceRoot}/favicon.ico`,
             `${sourceRoot}/assets`,
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/application/index_spec.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/application/index_spec.ts
index 8558116335d3..039c00b84d73 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/application/index_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/application/index_spec.ts
@@ -213,45 +213,6 @@ describe('Application Schematic', () => {
     ]));
   });
 
-  it('should set AOT option to false for VE projects', async () => {
-    const options = { ...defaultOptions };
-
-    const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematicAsync('application', options, workspaceTree)
-      .toPromise();
-    const workspace = JSON.parse(tree.readContent('/angular.json'));
-    expect(workspace.projects.foo.architect.build.options.aot).toEqual(false);
-  });
-
-  it('should set AOT option to true for Ivy projects', async () => {
-    const options = { ...defaultOptions, enableIvy: true };
-
-    const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematicAsync('application', options, workspaceTree)
-      .toPromise();
-    const workspace = JSON.parse(tree.readContent('/angular.json'));
-    expect(workspace.projects.foo.architect.build.options.aot).toEqual(true);
-  });
-
-  it('should set the right files, exclude, include in the tsconfig for VE projects', async () => {
-    const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematicAsync('application', defaultOptions, workspaceTree)
-      .toPromise();
-    const path = '/projects/foo/tsconfig.app.json';
-    const tsConfig = JSON.parse(tree.readContent(path));
-    expect(tsConfig.files).toEqual(['src/main.ts', 'src/polyfills.ts']);
-    expect(tsConfig.exclude).toEqual(['src/test.ts', 'src/**/*.spec.ts']);
-    expect(tsConfig.include).toEqual(['src/**/*.ts']);
-  });
-
-  it('should set the right files, exclude, include in the tsconfig for Ivy projects', async () => {
-    const options = { ...defaultOptions, enableIvy: true };
-    const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematicAsync('application', options, workspaceTree)
-      .toPromise();
-    const path = '/projects/foo/tsconfig.app.json';
-    const tsConfig = JSON.parse(tree.readContent(path));
-    expect(tsConfig.files).toEqual(['src/main.ts', 'src/polyfills.ts']);
-    expect(tsConfig.exclude).toBeUndefined();
-    expect(tsConfig.include).toEqual(['src/**/*.d.ts']);
-  });
-
   describe(`update package.json`, () => {
     it(`should add build-angular to devDependencies`, async () => {
       const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematicAsync('application', defaultOptions, workspaceTree)
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/application/schema.json b/packages/schematics/angular/application/schema.json
index 7b73fa9b6eba..467cb82693ee 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/application/schema.json
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/application/schema.json
@@ -19,12 +19,6 @@
       },
       "x-prompt": "What name would you like to use for the application?"
     },
-    "enableIvy": {
-      "description": "**EXPERIMENTAL** True to create a new app that uses the Ivy rendering engine.",
-      "type": "boolean",
-      "default": false,
-      "x-user-analytics": 8
-    },
     "inlineStyle": {
       "description": "When true, includes styles inline in the root component.ts file. Only CSS styles can be included inline. Default is false, meaning that an external styles file is created and referenced in the root component.ts file.",
       "type": "boolean",
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/library/files/tsconfig.lib.json.template b/packages/schematics/angular/library/files/tsconfig.lib.json.template
index e40a3d9124bf..a7e7b5665f58 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/library/files/tsconfig.lib.json.template
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/library/files/tsconfig.lib.json.template
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
     "annotateForClosureCompiler": true,
     "skipTemplateCodegen": true,
     "strictMetadataEmit": true,
-    "fullTemplateTypeCheck": true,
-    "strictInjectionParameters": true,
     "enableResourceInlining": true
   },
   "exclude": [
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/library/files/tsconfig.lib.prod.json.template b/packages/schematics/angular/library/files/tsconfig.lib.prod.json.template
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..cbae79422480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/library/files/tsconfig.lib.prod.json.template
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.lib.json",
+  "angularCompilerOptions": {
+    "enableIvy": false
+  }
+}
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/library/index.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/library/index.ts
index 9082711dc62f..01ce622698c9 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/library/index.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/library/index.ts
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ function addDependenciesToPackageJson() {
   };
 }
 
-function addAppToWorkspaceFile(
+function addLibToWorkspaceFile(
   options: LibraryOptions,
   projectRoot: string,
   projectName: string,
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ function addAppToWorkspaceFile(
             tsConfig: `${projectRoot}/tsconfig.lib.json`,
             project: `${projectRoot}/ng-package.json`,
           },
+          configurations: {
+            production: {
+              tsConfig: `${projectRoot}/tsconfig.lib.prod.json`,
+            },
+          },
         },
         test: {
           builder: Builders.Karma,
@@ -199,7 +204,6 @@ export default function (options: LibraryOptions): Rule {
     const folderName = `${scopeFolder}${strings.dasherize(options.name)}`;
     const projectRoot = join(normalize(newProjectRoot), folderName);
     const distRoot = `dist/${folderName}`;
-
     const sourceDir = `${projectRoot}/src/lib`;
 
     const templateSource = apply(url('./files'), [
@@ -219,7 +223,7 @@ export default function (options: LibraryOptions): Rule {
 
     return chain([
       mergeWith(templateSource),
-      addAppToWorkspaceFile(options, projectRoot, projectName),
+      addLibToWorkspaceFile(options, projectRoot, projectName),
       options.skipPackageJson ? noop() : addDependenciesToPackageJson(),
       options.skipTsConfig ? noop() : updateTsConfig(packageName, distRoot),
       schematic('module', {
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/library/index_spec.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/library/index_spec.ts
index b4b9bd81f87c..f22ac7ef275f 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/library/index_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/library/index_spec.ts
@@ -49,6 +49,8 @@ describe('Library Schematic', () => {
       '/projects/foo/package.json',
       '/projects/foo/README.md',
       '/projects/foo/tslint.json',
+      '/projects/foo/tsconfig.lib.json',
+      '/projects/foo/tsconfig.lib.prod.json',
       '/projects/foo/src/test.ts',
       '/projects/foo/src/my-index.ts',
       '/projects/foo/src/lib/foo.module.ts',
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ describe('Library Schematic', () => {
   });
 
   it('should handle a pascalCasedName', async () => {
-    const options = {...defaultOptions, name: 'pascalCasedName'};
+    const options = { ...defaultOptions, name: 'pascalCasedName' };
     const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematicAsync('library', options, workspaceTree).toPromise();
     const config = getJsonFileContent(tree, '/angular.json');
     const project = config.projects.pascalCasedName;
@@ -317,4 +319,12 @@ describe('Library Schematic', () => {
     const specTsConfig = JSON.parse(tree.readContent('/foo/tsconfig.spec.json'));
     expect(specTsConfig.extends).toEqual('../tsconfig.json');
   });
+
+  it(`should add 'production' configuration`, async () => {
+    const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematicAsync('library', defaultOptions, workspaceTree)
+      .toPromise();
+
+    const workspace = JSON.parse(tree.readContent('/angular.json'));
+    expect(workspace.projects.foo.architect.build.configurations.production).toBeDefined();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/ng-new/index.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/ng-new/index.ts
index af8ac134c3f3..e02a4303571d 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/ng-new/index.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/ng-new/index.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ export default function (options: NgNewOptions): Rule {
   const applicationOptions: ApplicationOptions = {
     projectRoot: '',
     name: options.name,
-    enableIvy: options.enableIvy,
     inlineStyle: options.inlineStyle,
     inlineTemplate: options.inlineTemplate,
     prefix: options.prefix,
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/ng-new/schema.json b/packages/schematics/angular/ng-new/schema.json
index 033923fcd4a3..cd80048417eb 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/ng-new/schema.json
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/ng-new/schema.json
@@ -18,11 +18,6 @@
       },
       "x-prompt": "What name would you like to use for the new workspace and initial project?"
     },
-    "enableIvy": {
-      "description": "When true, creates a new app that uses the Ivy rendering engine.",
-      "type": "boolean",
-      "default": false
-    },
     "skipInstall": {
       "description": "When true, does not install dependency packages.",
       "type": "boolean",
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/web-worker/index_spec.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/web-worker/index_spec.ts
index d1f40ea94476..6e4409029f15 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/web-worker/index_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/web-worker/index_spec.ts
@@ -72,6 +72,18 @@ describe('Web Worker Schematic', () => {
   });
 
   it('should add exclusions to tsconfig.app.json', async () => {
+    const oldTsConfig = {
+      extends: '../../tsconfig.json',
+      include: [
+        'src/**/*.ts',
+      ],
+      exclude: [
+        'src/test.ts',
+        'src/**/*.spec.ts',
+      ],
+    };
+    appTree.overwrite('projects/bar/tsconfig.app.json', JSON.stringify(oldTsConfig, undefined, 2));
+
     const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematicAsync('web-worker', defaultOptions, appTree)
       .toPromise();
     const { exclude } = JSON.parse(tree.readContent('/projects/bar/tsconfig.app.json'));
@@ -120,7 +132,18 @@ describe('Web Worker Schematic', () => {
     const tsConfigPath = '/projects/bar/src/tsconfig.app.json';
     workspace.projects.bar.architect.build.options.tsConfig = tsConfigPath;
     appTree.overwrite('/angular.json', JSON.stringify(workspace));
-    appTree.rename('projects/bar/tsconfig.app.json', tsConfigPath);
+
+    const oldTsConfig = {
+      extends: '../../../tsconfig.json',
+      include: [
+        '**/*.ts',
+      ],
+      exclude: [
+        'test.ts',
+        '**/*.spec.ts',
+      ],
+    };
+    appTree.create('projects/bar/src/tsconfig.app.json', JSON.stringify(oldTsConfig, undefined, 2));
 
     const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematicAsync('web-worker', defaultOptions, appTree)
       .toPromise();
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/tsconfig.json.template b/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/tsconfig.json.template
index 30956ae7ea26..3c044080d66f 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/tsconfig.json.template
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/tsconfig.json.template
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     ]
   },
   "angularCompilerOptions": {
+    "enableIvy": true,
     "fullTemplateTypeCheck": true,
     "strictInjectionParameters": true
   }
diff --git a/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app-ivy/src/tsconfig.app.json b/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app-ivy/src/tsconfig.app.json
index 572dee5c7f13..f761e8b2c4fc 100644
--- a/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app-ivy/src/tsconfig.app.json
+++ b/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app-ivy/src/tsconfig.app.json
@@ -10,8 +10,5 @@
   ],
   "include": [
     "**/*.d.ts"
-  ],
-  "angularCompilerOptions": {
-    "enableIvy": true
-  }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app-ivy/src/tsconfig.server.json b/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app-ivy/src/tsconfig.server.json
index 8d960ce360c1..eb321efe8f51 100644
--- a/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app-ivy/src/tsconfig.server.json
+++ b/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app-ivy/src/tsconfig.server.json
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     "main.server.ts"
   ],
   "angularCompilerOptions": {
-    "entryModule": "app/app.server.module#AppServerModule",
-    "enableIvy": true
+    "entryModule": "app/app.server.module#AppServerModule"
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app-ivy/src/tsconfig.spec.json b/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app-ivy/src/tsconfig.spec.json
index a55f430af829..de7733630eb2 100644
--- a/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app-ivy/src/tsconfig.spec.json
+++ b/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app-ivy/src/tsconfig.spec.json
@@ -14,8 +14,5 @@
   "include": [
     "**/*.spec.ts",
     "**/*.d.ts"
-  ],
-  "angularCompilerOptions": {
-    "enableIvy": true
-  }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app-ivy/tsconfig.json b/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app-ivy/tsconfig.json
index 944d93dc8215..02f96816e085 100644
--- a/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app-ivy/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app-ivy/tsconfig.json
@@ -17,5 +17,8 @@
       "es2017",
       "dom"
     ]
+  },
+  "angularCompilerOptions": {
+    "enableIvy": true
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app/tsconfig.json b/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app/tsconfig.json
index 944d93dc8215..e47a98ffb98a 100644
--- a/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tests/angular_devkit/build_angular/hello-world-app/tsconfig.json
@@ -17,5 +17,8 @@
       "es2017",
       "dom"
     ]
+  },
+  "angularCompilerOptions": {
+    "enableIvy": false
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/angular_devkit/build_ng_packagr/ng-packaged/tsconfig.json b/tests/angular_devkit/build_ng_packagr/ng-packaged/tsconfig.json
index ef44e2862b04..a85aeb5a0fa8 100644
--- a/tests/angular_devkit/build_ng_packagr/ng-packaged/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tests/angular_devkit/build_ng_packagr/ng-packaged/tsconfig.json
@@ -16,5 +16,8 @@
       "es2017",
       "dom"
     ]
+  },
+  "angularCompilerOptions": {
+    "enableIvy": false
   }
 }
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/setup/500-create-project.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/setup/500-create-project.ts
index d8d25d906b7e..76f5e8bd1649 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/setup/500-create-project.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/setup/500-create-project.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import { getGlobalVariable } from '../utils/env';
 import { expectFileToExist } from '../utils/fs';
 import { gitClean } from '../utils/git';
 import { ng } from '../utils/process';
-import { prepareProjectForE2e } from '../utils/project';
+import { prepareProjectForE2e, updateJsonFile } from '../utils/project';
 
 export default async function() {
   const argv = getGlobalVariable('argv');
@@ -18,13 +18,20 @@ export default async function() {
   } else {
     const extraArgs = [];
 
-    if (argv['ivy']) {
-      extraArgs.push('--enable-ivy');
-    }
-
     await ng('new', 'test-project', '--skip-install', ...extraArgs);
     await expectFileToExist(join(process.cwd(), 'test-project'));
     process.chdir('./test-project');
+
+    if (!argv['ivy']) {
+      await updateJsonFile('tsconfig.json', config => {
+        config.angularCompilerOptions.enableIvy = false;
+      });
+
+      // In VE non prod builds are non AOT by default
+      await updateJsonFile('angular.json', config => {
+        config.projects['test-project'].architect.build.options.aot = false;
+      });
+    }
   }
 
   await prepareProjectForE2e('test-project');
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/lazy-load-syntax.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/lazy-load-syntax.ts
index ffed461c4f7f..e04587e4c67c 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/lazy-load-syntax.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/lazy-load-syntax.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,8 @@ import { getGlobalVariable } from '../../utils/env';
 import { appendToFile, prependToFile, readFile, replaceInFile, writeFile } from '../../utils/fs';
 import { ng } from '../../utils/process';
 import { updateJsonFile } from '../../utils/project';
-import { expectToFail } from '../../utils/utils';
 
 export default async function () {
-  const argv = getGlobalVariable('argv');
-  const ivyProject = argv['ivy'];
   const projectName = 'test-project';
   const appRoutingModulePath = 'src/app/app-routing.module.ts';
 
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/generate/library/library-consumption.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/generate/library/library-consumption.ts
index 8486a1549f27..ff222d77cda4 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/generate/library/library-consumption.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/generate/library/library-consumption.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ import { ng } from '../../../utils/process';
 
 export default async function () {
   await ng('generate', 'library', 'my-lib');
-  await ng('build', 'my-lib');
-
   await writeFile('./src/app/app.module.ts', `
       import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
       import { NgModule } from '@angular/core';
@@ -69,6 +67,18 @@ export default async function () {
     });
   `);
 
+  await runLibraryTests();
+  await runLibraryTests(true);
+}
+
+async function runLibraryTests(prodMode = false): Promise<void> {
+  const args = ['build', 'my-lib'];
+  if (prodMode) {
+    args.push('--prod');
+  }
+
+  await ng(...args);
+
   // Check that the tests succeeds both with named project, unnammed (should test app), and prod.
   await ng('e2e');
   await ng('e2e', 'test-project', '--devServerTarget=test-project:serve:production');
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/ivy/ivy-opt-out.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/ivy/ivy-opt-out.ts
index bd8c5d3d01b1..f9736035d5b6 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/ivy/ivy-opt-out.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/ivy/ivy-opt-out.ts
@@ -5,19 +5,20 @@
  * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
-import { replaceInFile } from '../../utils/fs';
 import { request } from '../../utils/http';
 import { killAllProcesses, ng } from '../../utils/process';
-import { createProject, ngServe } from '../../utils/project';
+import { createProject, ngServe, updateJsonFile } from '../../utils/project';
 
 export default async function() {
   try {
-    await createProject('ivy-project-opt-out', '--enable-ivy');
+    await createProject('ivy-project-opt-out');
     // trigger an Ivy builds to process packages with NGCC
     await ng('e2e', '--prod');
 
     // View Engine (NGC) compilation should work after running NGCC from Webpack
-    await replaceInFile('tsconfig.app.json', '"enableIvy": true', '"enableIvy": false');
+    await updateJsonFile('tsconfig.json', config => {
+      config.angularCompilerOptions.enableIvy = false;
+    });
 
     // verify that VE compilation works during runtime
     await ng('e2e', '--prod');
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/ivy/ivy.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/ivy/ivy.ts
index dcdf9ecb952a..13a7867f1767 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/ivy/ivy.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/ivy/ivy.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import { createProject, ngServe } from '../../utils/project';
 
 export default async function() {
   try {
-    await createProject('ivy-project', '--enable-ivy');
+    await createProject('ivy-project');
 
     // Add in a reference to a secondary entry-point to check that ngcc processes it correctly
     await replaceInFile(
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/ivy/ngcc-es2015-only.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/ivy/ngcc-es2015-only.ts
index 0a7b62dc175a..0f9ee1e03b03 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/ivy/ngcc-es2015-only.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/ivy/ngcc-es2015-only.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { createProject } from '../../utils/project';
 
 export default async function() {
   // Create a new project to avoid polluting node modules for other tests
-  await createProject('ivy-project-ngcc', '--enable-ivy');
+  await createProject('ivy-project-ngcc');
 
   const { stderr, stdout } = await ng('build', '--prod');
 
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/project.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/project.ts
index c25c368c3704..0d1720b765e9 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/project.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/utils/project.ts
@@ -33,16 +33,12 @@ export function ngServe(...args: string[]) {
 
 
 export async function createProject(name: string, ...args: string[]) {
-  const argv: string[] = getGlobalVariable('argv');
   const extraArgs = [];
 
-  if (argv['ivy']) {
-    extraArgs.push('--enableIvy');
-  }
-
   process.chdir(getGlobalVariable('tmp-root'));
   await ng('new', name, '--skip-install', ...extraArgs, ...args);
   process.chdir(name);
+
   await prepareProjectForE2e(name);
 }