diff --git a/tests/e2e/setup/500-create-project.ts b/tests/e2e/setup/500-create-project.ts
index 4d343cfc9301..4e5f0bbe008b 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/setup/500-create-project.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/setup/500-create-project.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ export default function() {
             .filter(name => name.match(/^@angular\//))
             .forEach(name => {
               const pkgName = name.split(/\//)[1];
+              if (pkgName == 'cli') {
+                return;
+              }
               json['dependencies'][`@angular/${pkgName}`]
                 = `github:angular/${pkgName}-builds${label}`;
             });
@@ -53,6 +56,9 @@ export default function() {
             .filter(name => name.match(/^@angular\//))
             .forEach(name => {
               const pkgName = name.split(/\//)[1];
+              if (pkgName == 'cli') {
+                return;
+              }
               json['devDependencies'][`@angular/${pkgName}`]
                 = `github:angular/${pkgName}-builds${label}`;
             });
diff --git a/tests/e2e/utils/project.ts b/tests/e2e/utils/project.ts
index c5b2f0608150..f3b9376ec496 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/utils/project.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/utils/project.ts
@@ -51,6 +51,9 @@ export function createProject(name: string, ...args: string[]) {
             .filter(name => name.match(/^@angular\//))
             .forEach(name => {
               const pkgName = name.split(/\//)[1];
+              if (pkgName == 'cli') {
+                return;
+              }
               json['dependencies'][`@angular/${pkgName}`]
                 = `github:angular/${pkgName}-builds${label}`;
             });
@@ -59,6 +62,9 @@ export function createProject(name: string, ...args: string[]) {
             .filter(name => name.match(/^@angular\//))
             .forEach(name => {
               const pkgName = name.split(/\//)[1];
+              if (pkgName == 'cli') {
+                return;
+              }
               json['devDependencies'][`@angular/${pkgName}`]
                 = `github:angular/${pkgName}-builds${label}`;
             });