diff --git a/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/tsconfig.json.template b/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/tsconfig.json.template
index b1ce7545b64c..9eb43d31920f 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/tsconfig.json.template
+++ b/packages/schematics/angular/workspace/files/tsconfig.json.template
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     "noImplicitThis": true,
     "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,
     "strictNullChecks": true,<% } %>
-    "skipLibCheck": true,
     "sourceMap": true,
     "declaration": false,
     "downlevelIteration": true,