diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/application/index_spec.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/application/index_spec.ts
index 68d6403206..4fbd548467 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/application/index_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/application/index_spec.ts
@@ -289,23 +289,6 @@ describe('Application Schematic', () => {
     });
   });
 
-  it('sideEffects property should be true when strict mode', async () => {
-    const options = { ...defaultOptions, projectRoot: '', strict: true };
-
-    const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematicAsync('application', options, workspaceTree)
-      .toPromise();
-    const content = JSON.parse(tree.readContent('/src/app/package.json'));
-    expect(content.sideEffects).toBe(false);
-  });
-
-  it('sideEffects package.json should not exist when not in strict mode', async () => {
-    const options = { ...defaultOptions, projectRoot: '', strict: false };
-
-    const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematicAsync('application', options, workspaceTree)
-      .toPromise();
-    expect(tree.exists('/src/app/package.json')).toBeFalse();
-  });
-
   describe('custom projectRoot', () => {
     it('should put app files in the right spot', async () => {
       const options = { ...defaultOptions, projectRoot: '' };
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/application/other-files/package.json.template b/packages/schematics/angular/application/other-files/package.json.template
deleted file mode 100644
index e3bcc7c568..0000000000
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/application/other-files/package.json.template
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "name": "<%= utils.dasherize(name) %>",
-  "private": true,
-  "description_1": "This is a special package.json file that is not used by package managers.",
-  "description_2": "It is used to tell the tools and bundlers whether the code under this directory is free of code with non-local side-effect. Any code that does have non-local side-effects can't be well optimized (tree-shaken) and will result in unnecessary increased payload size.",
-  "description_3": "It should be safe to set this option to 'false' for new applications, but existing code bases could be broken when built with the production config if the application code does contain non-local side-effects that the application depends on.",
-  "description_4": "To learn more about this file see: https://angular.io/config/app-package-json.",
-  "sideEffects": <%= !strict %>
-}
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/application/schema.json b/packages/schematics/angular/application/schema.json
index 0809ecc1ac..431845b685 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/application/schema.json
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/application/schema.json
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
       "x-user-analytics": 15
     },
     "strict": {
-      "description": "Creates an application with stricter build optimization options.",
+      "description": "Creates an application with stricter bundle budgets settings.",
       "type": "boolean",
       "default": false
     },
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/ng-new/schema.json b/packages/schematics/angular/ng-new/schema.json
index 6d8899ec4b..2a3e65b525 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/ng-new/schema.json
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/ng-new/schema.json
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@
       "x-user-analytics": 14
     },
     "strict": {
-      "description": "Creates a workspace with stricter type checking and build optimization options.",
+      "description": "Creates a workspace with stricter type checking and stricter bundle budgets settings.",
       "type": "boolean",
       "default": false
     },
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/tslint.json.template b/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/tslint.json.template
index 52f376be16..733008b755 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/tslint.json.template
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/tslint.json.template
@@ -42,8 +42,7 @@
           "instance-method"
         ]
       }
-    ],<% if (strict) { %>
-    "no-any": true,<% } %>
+    ],
     "no-console": [
       true,
       "debug",
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/index_spec.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/index_spec.ts
index 2781fe7dba..5d8f7c97a7 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/index_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/index_spec.ts
@@ -90,16 +90,4 @@ describe('Workspace Schematic', () => {
     expect(compilerOptions.strict).toBe(true);
     expect(angularCompilerOptions.strictTemplates).toBe(true);
   });
-
-  it('should not add strict lint options when false', async () => {
-    const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematicAsync('workspace', { ...defaultOptions, strict: false }).toPromise();
-    const { rules } = JSON.parse(tree.readContent('/tslint.json'));
-    expect(rules['no-any']).toBeUndefined();
-  });
-
-  it('should add strict lint options when true', async () => {
-    const tree = await schematicRunner.runSchematicAsync('workspace', { ...defaultOptions, strict: true }).toPromise();
-    const { rules } = JSON.parse(tree.readContent('/tslint.json'));
-    expect(rules['no-any']).toBe(true);
-  });
 });