diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/generators/remove/lib/check-project-is-safe-to-remove.spec.ts b/packages/workspace/src/generators/remove/lib/check-project-is-safe-to-remove.spec.ts
index 4d5d031680dc2..0aefc97af3c5d 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/generators/remove/lib/check-project-is-safe-to-remove.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/generators/remove/lib/check-project-is-safe-to-remove.spec.ts
@@ -49,4 +49,25 @@ describe('checkProjectIsSafeToRemove', () => {
       );
     }).toThrow();
   });
+
+  it('should be able to remove e2e project in standalone', () => {
+    addProjectConfiguration(tree, 'e2e', {
+      root: 'e2e',
+    });
+    addProjectConfiguration(tree, 'root', {
+      root: '.',
+    });
+
+    expect(() => {
+      checkProjectIsSafeToRemove(
+        tree,
+        {
+          projectName: 'e2e',
+          forceRemove: false,
+          skipFormat: false,
+        },
+        readProjectConfiguration(tree, 'e2e')
+      );
+    }).not.toThrow();
+  });
 });
diff --git a/packages/workspace/src/generators/remove/lib/check-project-is-safe-to-remove.ts b/packages/workspace/src/generators/remove/lib/check-project-is-safe-to-remove.ts
index 67f51dcd803d0..fa77d3ddfc5e1 100644
--- a/packages/workspace/src/generators/remove/lib/check-project-is-safe-to-remove.ts
+++ b/packages/workspace/src/generators/remove/lib/check-project-is-safe-to-remove.ts
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export function checkProjectIsSafeToRemove(
   for (const [_, p] of getProjects(tree)) {
     if (
       project.name !== p.name &&
-      !normalizePath(relative(project.root, p.root)).startsWith('../')
+      !normalizePath(relative(project.root, p.root)).startsWith('..')
     ) {
       containedProjects.push(p.name);
     }