diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/architect_cli/BUILD.bazel b/packages/angular_devkit/architect_cli/BUILD.bazel
index c20782d4f9..7e047aa101 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/architect_cli/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/architect_cli/BUILD.bazel
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ ts_library(
         "@npm//@types/progress",
         "@npm//@types/yargs-parser",
         "@npm//ansi-colors",
-        "@npm//rxjs",
     ],
 )
 
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/architect_cli/bin/architect.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/architect_cli/bin/architect.ts
index cbc5f4ca9a..105c1d159d 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/architect_cli/bin/architect.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/architect_cli/bin/architect.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ import { NodeJsSyncHost, createConsoleLogger } from '@angular-devkit/core/node';
 import * as ansiColors from 'ansi-colors';
 import { existsSync } from 'fs';
 import * as path from 'path';
-import { tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import yargsParser, { camelCase, decamelize } from 'yargs-parser';
 import { MultiProgressBar } from '../src/progress';
 
@@ -151,27 +150,22 @@ async function _executeTarget(
 
   // Wait for full completion of the builder.
   try {
-    const { success } = await run.output
-      .pipe(
-        tap((result) => {
-          if (result.success) {
-            parentLogger.info(colors.green('SUCCESS'));
-          } else {
-            parentLogger.info(colors.red('FAILURE'));
-          }
-          parentLogger.info('Result: ' + JSON.stringify({ ...result, info: undefined }, null, 4));
+    const result = await run.output.toPromise();
+    if (result.success) {
+      parentLogger.info(colors.green('SUCCESS'));
+    } else {
+      parentLogger.info(colors.red('FAILURE'));
+    }
+    parentLogger.info('Result: ' + JSON.stringify({ ...result, info: undefined }, null, 4));
 
-          parentLogger.info('\nLogs:');
-          logs.forEach((l) => parentLogger.next(l));
-          logs.splice(0);
-        }),
-      )
-      .toPromise();
+    parentLogger.info('\nLogs:');
+    logs.forEach((l) => parentLogger.next(l));
+    logs.splice(0);
 
     await run.stop();
     bars.terminate();
 
-    return success ? 0 : 1;
+    return result.success ? 0 : 1;
   } catch (err) {
     parentLogger.info(colors.red('ERROR'));
     parentLogger.info('\nLogs:');
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/architect_cli/package.json b/packages/angular_devkit/architect_cli/package.json
index a2d8f83216..330b0f971c 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/architect_cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/architect_cli/package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
     "@angular-devkit/core": "0.0.0-PLACEHOLDER",
     "ansi-colors": "4.1.3",
     "progress": "2.0.3",
-    "rxjs": "6.6.7",
     "symbol-observable": "4.0.0",
     "yargs-parser": "21.0.1"
   },