diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/browser/index.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/browser/index.ts
index c0dc9ce147b3..4c86673fcfb5 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/browser/index.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/browser/index.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ import {
 } from '../../utils/index-file/index-html-generator';
 import { ensureOutputPaths } from '../../utils/output-paths';
 import { generateEntryPoints } from '../../utils/package-chunk-sort';
-import { readTsconfig } from '../../utils/read-tsconfig';
 import { augmentAppWithServiceWorker } from '../../utils/service-worker';
 import { Spinner } from '../../utils/spinner';
 import { assertCompatibleAngularVersion } from '../../utils/version';
@@ -86,13 +85,14 @@ async function initialize(
   projectRoot: string;
   projectSourceRoot?: string;
   i18n: I18nOptions;
+  target: ScriptTarget;
 }> {
   const originalOutputPath = options.outputPath;
 
   // Assets are processed directly by the builder except when watching
   const adjustedOptions = options.watch ? options : { ...options, assets: [] };
 
-  const { config, projectRoot, projectSourceRoot, i18n } =
+  const { config, projectRoot, projectSourceRoot, i18n, target } =
     await generateI18nBrowserWebpackConfigFromContext(adjustedOptions, context, (wco) => [
       getCommonConfig(wco),
       getBrowserConfig(wco),
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ async function initialize(
     deleteOutputDir(context.workspaceRoot, originalOutputPath);
   }
 
-  return { config: transformedConfig || config, projectRoot, projectSourceRoot, i18n };
+  return { config: transformedConfig || config, projectRoot, projectSourceRoot, i18n, target };
 }
 
 /**
@@ -164,16 +164,11 @@ export function buildWebpackBrowser(
         ),
       );
 
-      const { options: compilerOptions } = readTsconfig(options.tsConfig, context.workspaceRoot);
-      const target = compilerOptions.target || ScriptTarget.ES5;
       const buildBrowserFeatures = new BuildBrowserFeatures(sysProjectRoot);
 
       checkInternetExplorerSupport(buildBrowserFeatures.supportedBrowsers, context.logger);
 
-      return {
-        ...(await initialize(options, context, transforms.webpackConfiguration)),
-        target,
-      };
+      return initialize(options, context, transforms.webpackConfiguration);
     }),
     switchMap(
       // eslint-disable-next-line max-lines-per-function
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/index.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/index.ts
index 683d7bb6ce27..a352e6299898 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/index.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import { colors } from '../../utils/color';
 import { I18nOptions } from '../../utils/i18n-options';
 import { IndexHtmlTransform } from '../../utils/index-file/index-html-generator';
 import { generateEntryPoints } from '../../utils/package-chunk-sort';
-import { readTsconfig } from '../../utils/read-tsconfig';
 import { assertCompatibleAngularVersion } from '../../utils/version';
 import {
   generateI18nBrowserWebpackConfigFromContext,
@@ -276,17 +275,13 @@ export function serveWebpackBrowser(
 
     // If a locale is defined, setup localization
     if (locale) {
-      // Only supported with Ivy
-      const tsConfig = readTsconfig(browserOptions.tsConfig, workspaceRoot);
-      if (tsConfig.options.enableIvy !== false) {
-        if (i18n.inlineLocales.size > 1) {
-          throw new Error(
-            'The development server only supports localizing a single locale per build.',
-          );
-        }
-
-        await setupLocalize(locale, i18n, browserOptions, webpackConfig);
+      if (i18n.inlineLocales.size > 1) {
+        throw new Error(
+          'The development server only supports localizing a single locale per build.',
+        );
       }
+
+      await setupLocalize(locale, i18n, browserOptions, webpackConfig);
     }
 
     if (transforms.webpackConfiguration) {
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/extract-i18n/index.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/extract-i18n/index.ts
index 3b3e7ab085c3..a82ada953fc2 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/extract-i18n/index.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/extract-i18n/index.ts
@@ -200,12 +200,6 @@ export async function execute(
     builderOptions,
     context,
     (wco) => {
-      if (wco.tsConfig.options.enableIvy === false) {
-        context.logger.warn(
-          'Ivy extraction enabled but application is not Ivy enabled. Extraction may fail.',
-        );
-      }
-
       // Default value for legacy message ids is currently true
       useLegacyIds = wco.tsConfig.options.enableI18nLegacyMessageIdFormat ?? true;
 
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/server/index.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/server/index.ts
index ea60869d840f..266ff9ea2eec 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/server/index.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/server/index.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ import { NormalizedBrowserBuilderSchema, deleteOutputDir } from '../../utils';
 import { i18nInlineEmittedFiles } from '../../utils/i18n-inlining';
 import { I18nOptions } from '../../utils/i18n-options';
 import { ensureOutputPaths } from '../../utils/output-paths';
-import { readTsconfig } from '../../utils/read-tsconfig';
 import { assertCompatibleAngularVersion } from '../../utils/version';
 import { generateI18nBrowserWebpackConfigFromContext } from '../../utils/webpack-browser-config';
 import {
@@ -62,8 +61,6 @@ export function execute(
   // Check Angular version.
   assertCompatibleAngularVersion(root);
 
-  const tsConfig = readTsconfig(options.tsConfig, root);
-  const target = tsConfig.options.target || ScriptTarget.ES5;
   const baseOutputPath = path.resolve(root, options.outputPath);
   let outputPaths: undefined | Map<string, string>;
 
@@ -74,7 +71,7 @@ export function execute(
     );
   }
 
-  if (!options.bundleDependencies && tsConfig.options.enableIvy) {
+  if (!options.bundleDependencies) {
     // eslint-disable-next-line import/no-extraneous-dependencies
     const { __processed_by_ivy_ngcc__, main = '' } = require('@angular/core/package.json');
     if (
@@ -91,7 +88,7 @@ export function execute(
   }
 
   return from(initialize(options, context, transforms.webpackConfiguration)).pipe(
-    concatMap(({ config, i18n }) => {
+    concatMap(({ config, i18n, target }) => {
       return runWebpack(config, context, {
         webpackFactory: require('webpack') as typeof webpack,
         logging: (stats, config) => {
@@ -153,9 +150,10 @@ async function initialize(
 ): Promise<{
   config: webpack.Configuration;
   i18n: I18nOptions;
+  target: ScriptTarget;
 }> {
   const originalOutputPath = options.outputPath;
-  const { config, i18n } = await generateI18nBrowserWebpackConfigFromContext(
+  const { config, i18n, target } = await generateI18nBrowserWebpackConfigFromContext(
     {
       ...options,
       buildOptimizer: false,
@@ -181,5 +179,5 @@ async function initialize(
     deleteOutputDir(context.workspaceRoot, originalOutputPath);
   }
 
-  return { config: transformedConfig || config, i18n };
+  return { config: transformedConfig || config, i18n, target };
 }
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/webpack-browser-config.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/webpack-browser-config.ts
index 677ca500a336..4d9bcb83c624 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/webpack-browser-config.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/utils/webpack-browser-config.ts
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 import { BuilderContext } from '@angular-devkit/architect';
 import { getSystemPath, logging, normalize, resolve } from '@angular-devkit/core';
 import * as path from 'path';
+import { ScriptTarget } from 'typescript';
 import { Configuration, javascript } from 'webpack';
 import { merge as webpackMerge } from 'webpack-merge';
 import { Schema as BrowserBuilderSchema } from '../builders/browser/schema';
@@ -69,12 +70,18 @@ export async function generateI18nBrowserWebpackConfigFromContext(
   projectRoot: string;
   projectSourceRoot?: string;
   i18n: I18nOptions;
+  target: ScriptTarget;
 }> {
   const { buildOptions, i18n } = await configureI18nBuild(context, options);
+  let target = ScriptTarget.ES5;
   const result = await generateBrowserWebpackConfigFromContext(
     buildOptions,
     context,
-    webpackPartialGenerator,
+    (wco) => {
+      target = wco.scriptTarget;
+
+      return webpackPartialGenerator(wco);
+    },
     extraBuildOptions,
   );
   const config = result.config;
@@ -119,7 +126,7 @@ export async function generateI18nBrowserWebpackConfigFromContext(
     });
   }
 
-  return { ...result, i18n };
+  return { ...result, i18n, target };
 }
 export async function generateBrowserWebpackConfigFromContext(
   options: BrowserBuilderSchema,
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/webpack/configs/analytics.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/webpack/configs/analytics.ts
index 38996af2ee67..e640c5221a8c 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/webpack/configs/analytics.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/webpack/configs/analytics.ts
@@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ export function getAnalyticsConfig(
 
   // The category is the builder name if it's an angular builder.
   return {
-    plugins: [
-      new NgBuildAnalyticsPlugin(
-        wco.projectRoot,
-        context.analytics,
-        category,
-        !!wco.tsConfig.options.enableIvy,
-      ),
-    ],
+    plugins: [new NgBuildAnalyticsPlugin(wco.projectRoot, context.analytics, category, true)],
   };
 }
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/i18n/extract-ivy.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/i18n/extract-ivy.ts
index a64eb2604e0f..8dde1f1bdfd1 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/i18n/extract-ivy.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/i18n/extract-ivy.ts
@@ -7,13 +7,10 @@ import { updateJsonFile } from '../../utils/project';
 import { expectToFail } from '../../utils/utils';
 import { readNgVersion } from '../../utils/version';
 
-export default async function() {
+export default async function () {
   // Setup an i18n enabled component
   await ng('generate', 'component', 'i18n-test');
-  await writeFile(
-    join('src/app/i18n-test', 'i18n-test.component.html'),
-    '<p i18n>Hello world</p>',
-  );
+  await writeFile(join('src/app/i18n-test', 'i18n-test.component.html'), '<p i18n>Hello world</p>');
 
   // Should fail if `@angular/localize` is missing
   const { message: message1 } = await expectToFail(() => ng('extract-i18n'));
@@ -34,18 +31,5 @@ export default async function() {
     throw new Error('Expected no warnings to be shown');
   }
 
-  // Disable Ivy
-  await updateJsonFile('tsconfig.json', config => {
-    const { angularCompilerOptions = {} } = config;
-    angularCompilerOptions.enableIvy = false;
-    config.angularCompilerOptions = angularCompilerOptions;
-  });
-
-  // Should show ivy disabled application warning with enableIvy false
-  const { stderr: message4 } = await ng('extract-i18n');
-  if (!message4.includes(`Ivy extraction enabled but application is not Ivy enabled.`)) {
-    throw new Error('Expected ivy disabled application warning');
-  }
-
   await uninstallPackage('@angular/localize');
 }