diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/migrations/update-8/drop-es6-polyfills.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/migrations/update-8/drop-es6-polyfills.ts
index 7ae0c08595fa..8d286d45e7c8 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/migrations/update-8/drop-es6-polyfills.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/migrations/update-8/drop-es6-polyfills.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.io/license
  */
 
-import { Rule, Tree } from '@angular-devkit/schematics';
+import { JsonParseMode, isJsonObject, join, normalize, parseJson } from '@angular-devkit/core';
+import { Rule, Tree, chain, noop } from '@angular-devkit/schematics';
 import * as ts from '../../third_party/github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/lib/typescript';
 
 const toDrop: {[importName: string]: true} = {
@@ -26,35 +27,52 @@ const toDrop: {[importName: string]: true} = {
 };
 
 const header = `/**
-*/
+ * This file includes polyfills needed by Angular and is loaded before the app.
+ * You can add your own extra polyfills to this file.
+ *
+ * This file is divided into 2 sections:
+ *   1. Browser polyfills. These are applied before loading ZoneJS and are sorted by browsers.
+ *   2. Application imports. Files imported after ZoneJS that should be loaded before your main
+ *      file.
+ *
+ * The current setup is for so-called "evergreen" browsers; the last versions of browsers that
+ * automatically update themselves. This includes Safari >= 10, Chrome >= 55 (including Opera),
+ * Edge >= 13 on the desktop, and iOS 10 and Chrome on mobile.
+ *
+ * Learn more in https://angular.io/guide/browser-support
+ */
 
 /***************************************************************************************************
 * BROWSER POLYFILLS
 */
 
 /** IE9, IE10 and IE11 requires all of the following polyfills. **/
-// import 'core-js/es6/weak-map';`;
+// import 'core-js/es6/weak-map';
+`;
 
 const applicationPolyfillsHeader = 'APPLICATION IMPORTS';
 
-export const dropES2015Polyfills = (): Rule => {
+function dropES2015PolyfillsFromFile(polyfillPath: string): Rule {
   return (tree: Tree) => {
-    const path = '/polyfills.ts';
-    const source = tree.read(path);
+    const source = tree.read(polyfillPath);
     if (!source) {
-      return;
+      return noop();
     }
 
     // Start the update of the file.
-    const recorder = tree.beginUpdate(path);
+    const recorder = tree.beginUpdate(polyfillPath);
 
-    const sourceFile = ts.createSourceFile(path, source.toString(), ts.ScriptTarget.Latest, true);
+    const sourceFile = ts.createSourceFile(polyfillPath,
+      source.toString(),
+      ts.ScriptTarget.Latest,
+      true,
+    );
     const imports = sourceFile.statements
-        .filter(s => s.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.ImportDeclaration) as ts.ImportDeclaration[];
+      .filter(s => s.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.ImportDeclaration) as ts.ImportDeclaration[];
 
     const applicationPolyfillsStart = sourceFile.getText().indexOf(applicationPolyfillsHeader);
 
-    if (imports.length === 0) { return; }
+    if (imports.length === 0) { return noop(); }
 
     for (const i of imports) {
       const module = ts.isStringLiteral(i.moduleSpecifier) && i.moduleSpecifier.text;
@@ -73,4 +91,43 @@ export const dropES2015Polyfills = (): Rule => {
 
     tree.commitUpdate(recorder);
   };
-};
+}
+
+/**
+ * Move the import reflect metadata polyfill from the polyfill file to the dev environment. This is
+ * not guaranteed to work, but if it doesn't it will result in no changes made.
+ */
+export function dropES2015Polyfills(): Rule {
+  return (tree) => {
+    // Simple. Take the ast of polyfills (if it exists) and find the import metadata. Remove it.
+    const angularConfigContent = tree.read('angular.json') || tree.read('.angular.json');
+    const rules: Rule[] = [];
+
+    if (!angularConfigContent) {
+      // Is this even an angular project?
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const angularJson = parseJson(angularConfigContent.toString(), JsonParseMode.Loose);
+
+    if (!isJsonObject(angularJson) || !isJsonObject(angularJson.projects)) {
+      // If that field isn't there, no use...
+      return;
+    }
+
+    // For all projects
+    for (const projectName of Object.keys(angularJson.projects)) {
+      const project = angularJson.projects[projectName];
+      if (!isJsonObject(project)) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (typeof project.sourceRoot != 'string' || project.projectType !== 'application') {
+        continue;
+      }
+
+      rules.push(dropES2015PolyfillsFromFile(join(normalize(project.sourceRoot), '/polyfills.ts')));
+    }
+
+    return chain(rules);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/migrations/update-8/drop-es6-polyfills_spec.ts b/packages/schematics/angular/migrations/update-8/drop-es6-polyfills_spec.ts
index 320847061ae1..a3ee61950904 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/migrations/update-8/drop-es6-polyfills_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/migrations/update-8/drop-es6-polyfills_spec.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ describe('Migration to version 8', () => {
   );
 
   let tree: UnitTestTree;
-  const polyfillsPath = '/polyfills.ts';
+  const polyfillsPath = '/src/polyfills.ts';
   const defaultOptions = {};
   const polyfills = `/**
  */
@@ -61,18 +61,19 @@ import 'zone.js/dist/zone'; // Included with Angular CLI.
  */
 `;
 
-  const packageJson = {
-    devDependencies: {
-      codelyzer: '^4.5.0',
-    },
-  };
-  const packageJsonPath = '/package.json';
-
   describe('Migration to differential polyfill loading', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
+    beforeEach(async () => {
       tree = new UnitTestTree(new EmptyTree());
-      tree.create(polyfillsPath, polyfills);
-      tree.create(packageJsonPath, JSON.stringify(packageJson, null, 2));
+      tree = await schematicRunner.runExternalSchematicAsync(
+        require.resolve('../../collection.json'), 'ng-new',
+        {
+          name: 'migration-test',
+          version: '1.2.3',
+          directory: '.',
+        },
+        tree,
+      ).toPromise();
+      tree.overwrite(polyfillsPath, polyfills);
     });
 
     it('should drop the es6 polyfills', () => {
@@ -89,5 +90,25 @@ import 'zone.js/dist/zone'; // Included with Angular CLI.
       expect(polyfills).toContain('BROWSER POLYFILLS');
       expect(polyfills).toContain('core-js/es6/weak-map');
     });
+
+    it('should work as expected for a project with a root', async () => {
+      const originalContent = JSON.parse(tree.readContent('angular.json'));
+      originalContent.projects['migration-test'].sourceRoot = 'foo/src';
+      tree.overwrite('angular.json', JSON.stringify(originalContent));
+      const polyfillPath = '/foo/src/polyfills.ts';
+      tree.create(polyfillPath, polyfills);
+      tree = schematicRunner.runSchematic('migration-07', defaultOptions, tree);
+      const newPolyfills = tree.readContent(polyfillPath);
+      expect(newPolyfills).not.toContain('core-js/es6/symbol');
+      expect(newPolyfills).not.toContain('core-js/es6/set');
+      expect(newPolyfills).toContain('zone.js');
+      expect(newPolyfills).toContain('Zone');
+
+      // We don't want to drop this commented import comments
+      expect(newPolyfills).toContain('core-js/es6/reflect');
+      expect(newPolyfills).toContain('core-js/es7/reflect');
+      expect(newPolyfills).toContain('BROWSER POLYFILLS');
+      expect(newPolyfills).toContain('core-js/es6/weak-map');
+    });
   });
 });