diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/__snapshots__/application.spec.ts.snap b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/__snapshots__/application.spec.ts.snap
index 98ac6c5cf45be..92e1fd7704d66 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/application/__snapshots__/application.spec.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/application/__snapshots__/application.spec.ts.snap
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ exports[`app at the root should accept numbers in the path 1`] = `"src/9-website
 
 exports[`app nested should create project configs 1`] = `
 Object {
-  "$schema": "../node_modules/nx/schemas/project-schema.json",
+  "$schema": "../../../node_modules/nx/schemas/project-schema.json",
   "name": "my-dir-my-app",
   "prefix": "proj",
   "projectType": "application",
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ Object {
 
 exports[`app not nested should create project configs 1`] = `
 Object {
-  "$schema": "../node_modules/nx/schemas/project-schema.json",
+  "$schema": "../../node_modules/nx/schemas/project-schema.json",
   "name": "my-app",
   "prefix": "proj",
   "projectType": "application",
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/generators/utils/project-configuration.ts b/packages/nx/src/generators/utils/project-configuration.ts
index 1e54cb119edf5..df125c5c442b9 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/generators/utils/project-configuration.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/generators/utils/project-configuration.ts
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ export function addProjectConfiguration(
     );
   }
 
+  delete (projectConfiguration as any).$schema;
   writeJson(tree, projectConfigFile, {
     name: projectName,
     $schema: getRelativeProjectJsonSchemaPath(tree, projectConfiguration),