diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/no-implicit-any.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/no-implicit-any.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 08927a4146..0000000000
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/no-implicit-any.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-import {updateTsConfig} from '../../utils/project';
-import {ng} from '../../utils/process';
-
-
-export default function() {
-  return updateTsConfig(json => {
-    json['compilerOptions']['noImplicitAny'] = true;
-  })
-  .then(() => ng('build'));
-}
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/strict-workspace.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/strict-workspace.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..26780a6c62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/strict-workspace.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import {ng} from '../../utils/process';
+import { createProject } from '../../utils/project';
+
+export default async function() {
+  await createProject('strict-workspace-test-project', '--strict');
+  await ng('build');
+}