diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/test/hello-world-app/src/tsconfig.server.json b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/test/hello-world-app/src/tsconfig.server.json
index 314d4221c2..3b71d541f5 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/test/hello-world-app/src/tsconfig.server.json
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/test/hello-world-app/src/tsconfig.server.json
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
   "extends": "./tsconfig.app.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "outDir": "../dist-server",
-    "target": "es2016",
     "baseUrl": "./",
     "types": ["@angular/localize"]
   },