diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/build-explicit-typescript-and-package-json-dependencies.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/build-explicit-typescript-and-package-json-dependencies.ts
index 287d15fc82bb9f..2d76a886f5cc54 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/build-explicit-typescript-and-package-json-dependencies.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/build-explicit-typescript-and-package-json-dependencies.ts
@@ -18,9 +18,17 @@ export function buildExplicitTypescriptAndPackageJsonDependencies(
   filesToProcess: ProjectFileMap
 ) {
   let res: ExplicitDependency[] = [];
+
+  let typescriptExists = false;
+
+  try {
+    require.resolve('typescript');
+    typescriptExists = true;
+  } catch {}
   if (
-    jsPluginConfig.analyzeSourceFiles === undefined ||
-    jsPluginConfig.analyzeSourceFiles === true
+    typescriptExists &&
+    (jsPluginConfig.analyzeSourceFiles === undefined ||
+      jsPluginConfig.analyzeSourceFiles === true)
   ) {
     res = res.concat(
       buildExplicitTypeScriptDependencies(projectGraph, filesToProcess)
diff --git a/packages/vite/src/utils/vite-config-edit-utils.ts b/packages/vite/src/utils/vite-config-edit-utils.ts
index 0d38b3e33c0938..9fcc5cb7e03ac0 100644
--- a/packages/vite/src/utils/vite-config-edit-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/vite/src/utils/vite-config-edit-utils.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 import { applyChangesToString, ChangeType, Tree } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { findNodes } from 'nx/src/utils/typescript';
-import ts = require('typescript');
-import { tsquery } from '@phenomnomnominal/tsquery';
 import { TargetFlags } from './generator-utils';
+import type { Node, ReturnStatement } from 'typescript';
 
 export function ensureViteConfigIsCorrect(
   tree: Tree,
@@ -66,17 +65,20 @@ function handleBuildOrTestNode(
   configContentObject: {},
   name: 'build' | 'test'
 ): string | undefined {
-  const buildNode = tsquery.query(
+  const buildNode = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
     updatedFileContent,
     `PropertyAssignment:has(Identifier[name="${name}"])`
   );
 
   if (buildNode.length) {
-    return tsquery.replace(
+    return require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').replace(
       updatedFileContent,
       `PropertyAssignment:has(Identifier[name="${name}"])`,
-      (node: ts.Node) => {
-        const found = tsquery.query(node, 'ObjectLiteralExpression');
+      (node: Node) => {
+        const found = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
+          node,
+          'ObjectLiteralExpression'
+        );
         return `${name}: {
                   ...${found?.[0].getText()},
                   ...${JSON.stringify(configContentObject)}
@@ -84,13 +86,13 @@ function handleBuildOrTestNode(
       }
     );
   } else {
-    const foundDefineConfig = tsquery.query(
+    const foundDefineConfig = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
       updatedFileContent,
       'CallExpression:has(Identifier[name="defineConfig"])'
     );
 
     if (foundDefineConfig.length) {
-      const conditionalConfig = tsquery.query(
+      const conditionalConfig = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
         foundDefineConfig[0],
         'ArrowFunction'
       );
@@ -107,7 +109,7 @@ function handleBuildOrTestNode(
           return updatedFileContent;
         }
       } else {
-        const propertyAssignments = tsquery.query(
+        const propertyAssignments = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
           foundDefineConfig[0],
           'PropertyAssignment'
         );
@@ -134,11 +136,11 @@ function handleBuildOrTestNode(
       // build config does not exist and defineConfig is not used
       // could also potentially be invalid syntax, so try-catch
       try {
-        const defaultExport = tsquery.query(
+        const defaultExport = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
           updatedFileContent,
           'ExportAssignment'
         );
-        const found = tsquery.query(
+        const found = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
           defaultExport?.[0],
           'ObjectLiteralExpression'
         );
@@ -159,24 +161,24 @@ function handleBuildOrTestNode(
 
 function transformCurrentBuildObject(
   index: number,
-  returnStatements: ts.ReturnStatement[],
+  returnStatements: ReturnStatement[],
   appFileContent: string,
   buildConfigObject: {}
 ): string | undefined {
   if (!returnStatements?.[index]) {
     return undefined;
   }
-  const currentBuildObject = tsquery
+  const currentBuildObject = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery')
     .query(returnStatements[index], 'ObjectLiteralExpression')?.[0]
     .getText();
 
   const currentBuildObjectStart = returnStatements[index].getStart();
   const currentBuildObjectEnd = returnStatements[index].getEnd();
 
-  const newReturnObject = tsquery.replace(
+  const newReturnObject = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').replace(
     returnStatements[index].getText(),
     'ObjectLiteralExpression',
-    (_node: ts.Node) => {
+    (_node: Node) => {
       return `{
         ...${currentBuildObject},
         ...${JSON.stringify(buildConfigObject)}
@@ -201,15 +203,24 @@ function transformCurrentBuildObject(
 }
 
 function transformConditionalConfig(
-  conditionalConfig: ts.Node[],
+  conditionalConfig: Node[],
   appFileContent: string,
   buildConfigObject: {}
 ): string | undefined {
-  const functionBlock = tsquery.query(conditionalConfig[0], 'Block');
+  const functionBlock = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
+    conditionalConfig[0],
+    'Block'
+  );
 
-  const ifStatement = tsquery.query(functionBlock?.[0], 'IfStatement');
+  const ifStatement = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
+    functionBlock?.[0],
+    'IfStatement'
+  );
 
-  const binaryExpressions = tsquery.query(ifStatement?.[0], 'BinaryExpression');
+  const binaryExpressions = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
+    ifStatement?.[0],
+    'BinaryExpression'
+  );
 
   const buildExists = binaryExpressions?.find(
     (binaryExpression) => binaryExpression.getText() === `command === 'build'`
@@ -225,12 +236,13 @@ function transformConditionalConfig(
 
   const elseKeywordExists = findNodes(
     ifStatement?.[0],
-    ts.SyntaxKind.ElseKeyword
-  );
-  const returnStatements: ts.ReturnStatement[] = tsquery.query(
-    ifStatement[0],
-    'ReturnStatement'
+    require('typescript').SyntaxKind.ElseKeyword
   );
+  const returnStatements: ReturnStatement[] =
+    require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
+      ifStatement[0],
+      'ReturnStatement'
+    );
 
   if (!buildExists) {
     if (serveExists && elseKeywordExists) {
@@ -282,8 +294,8 @@ function handlePluginNode(
   dtsImportLine: string,
   pluginOption: string
 ): string | undefined {
-  const file = tsquery.ast(appFileContent);
-  const pluginsNode = tsquery.query(
+  const file = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').ast(appFileContent);
+  const pluginsNode = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
     file,
     'PropertyAssignment:has(Identifier[name="plugins"])'
   );
@@ -291,11 +303,14 @@ function handlePluginNode(
   let writeFile = false;
 
   if (pluginsNode.length) {
-    appFileContent = tsquery.replace(
+    appFileContent = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').replace(
       file.getText(),
       'PropertyAssignment:has(Identifier[name="plugins"])',
-      (node: ts.Node) => {
-        const found = tsquery.query(node, 'ArrayLiteralExpression');
+      (node: Node) => {
+        const found = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
+          node,
+          'ArrayLiteralExpression'
+        );
         return `plugins: [
                     ...${found?.[0].getText()},
                     ${dtsPlugin}
@@ -307,13 +322,13 @@ function handlePluginNode(
     // Plugins node does not exist yet
     // So make one from scratch
 
-    const foundDefineConfig = tsquery.query(
+    const foundDefineConfig = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
       file,
       'CallExpression:has(Identifier[name="defineConfig"])'
     );
 
     if (foundDefineConfig.length) {
-      const conditionalConfig = tsquery.query(
+      const conditionalConfig = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
         foundDefineConfig[0],
         'ArrowFunction'
       );
@@ -323,7 +338,7 @@ function handlePluginNode(
         // with plugins
         writeFile = false;
       } else {
-        const propertyAssignments = tsquery.query(
+        const propertyAssignments = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
           foundDefineConfig[0],
           'PropertyAssignment'
         );
@@ -352,8 +367,11 @@ function handlePluginNode(
       // Plugins option does not exist and defineConfig is not used
       // could also potentially be invalid syntax, so try-catch
       try {
-        const defaultExport = tsquery.query(file, 'ExportAssignment');
-        const found = tsquery?.query(
+        const defaultExport = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
+          file,
+          'ExportAssignment'
+        );
+        const found = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery')?.query(
           defaultExport?.[0],
           'ObjectLiteralExpression'
         );
@@ -382,8 +400,8 @@ function handlePluginNode(
 }
 
 function handleCacheDirNode(appFileContent: string, cacheDir: string): string {
-  const file = tsquery.ast(appFileContent);
-  const cacheDirNode = tsquery.query(
+  const file = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').ast(appFileContent);
+  const cacheDirNode = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
     file,
     'PropertyAssignment:has(Identifier[name="cacheDir"])'
   );
@@ -392,13 +410,13 @@ function handleCacheDirNode(appFileContent: string, cacheDir: string): string {
     // cacheDir node does not exist yet
     // So make one from scratch
 
-    const foundDefineConfig = tsquery.query(
+    const foundDefineConfig = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
       file,
       'CallExpression:has(Identifier[name="defineConfig"])'
     );
 
     if (foundDefineConfig.length) {
-      const conditionalConfig = tsquery.query(
+      const conditionalConfig = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
         foundDefineConfig[0],
         'ArrowFunction'
       );
@@ -407,7 +425,7 @@ function handleCacheDirNode(appFileContent: string, cacheDir: string): string {
         // We are NOT transforming the conditional config
         // with cacheDir
       } else {
-        const propertyAssignments = tsquery.query(
+        const propertyAssignments = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
           foundDefineConfig[0],
           'PropertyAssignment'
         );
@@ -434,8 +452,11 @@ function handleCacheDirNode(appFileContent: string, cacheDir: string): string {
       // cacheDir option does not exist and defineConfig is not used
       // could also potentially be invalid syntax, so try-catch
       try {
-        const defaultExport = tsquery.query(file, 'ExportAssignment');
-        const found = tsquery?.query(
+        const defaultExport = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery').query(
+          file,
+          'ExportAssignment'
+        );
+        const found = require('@phenomnomnominal/tsquery')?.query(
           defaultExport?.[0],
           'ObjectLiteralExpression'
         );
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/generators/new/files-integrated-repo/package.json__tmpl__ b/packages/workspace/src/generators/new/files-integrated-repo/package.json__tmpl__
index 2d8496b0bd0c74..35be3530247aa6 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/generators/new/files-integrated-repo/package.json__tmpl__
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/generators/new/files-integrated-repo/package.json__tmpl__
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "nx": "<%= nxVersion %>",
     "@nrwl/workspace": "<%= nxVersion %>",
-    "typescript": "<%= typescriptVersion %>",
     "prettier": "<%= prettierVersion %>"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/generators/new/files-root-app/package.json__tmpl__ b/packages/workspace/src/generators/new/files-root-app/package.json__tmpl__
index 8a64a50fdfe1ab..592e9f5150fa60 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/generators/new/files-root-app/package.json__tmpl__
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/generators/new/files-root-app/package.json__tmpl__
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@nrwl/workspace": "<%= nxVersion %>",
     "nx": "<%= nxVersion %>",
-    "prettier": "<%= prettierVersion %>",
-    "typescript": "<%= typescriptVersion %>"
+    "prettier": "<%= prettierVersion %>"
   }
 }