diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/jit-prod.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/jit-prod.ts
index 7d6e6e767736..2042b0a8c93d 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/jit-prod.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/jit-prod.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@ export default async function () {
   await updateJsonFile('angular.json', (configJson) => {
     const appArchitect = configJson.projects['test-project'].architect;
     appArchitect.build.configurations['production'].aot = false;
+
+    // JIT applications have significantly larger sizes
+    appArchitect.build.configurations['production'].budgets = [];
+
     if (!getGlobalVariable('argv')['esbuild']) {
+      // The build optimizer option does not exist with the application build system
       appArchitect.build.configurations['production'].buildOptimizer = false;
     }
   });