diff --git a/packages/angular/ng-package.json b/packages/angular/ng-package.json
index c5e38aed2a4c2..436468c0e9360 100644
--- a/packages/angular/ng-package.json
+++ b/packages/angular/ng-package.json
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@
     "ts-node",
     "tsconfig-paths",
     "semver",
-    "webpack"
+    "webpack",
+    "http-server"
   ],
   "keepLifecycleScripts": true
 }
diff --git a/packages/angular/package.json b/packages/angular/package.json
index f202433db7512..45ac88b8fe232 100644
--- a/packages/angular/package.json
+++ b/packages/angular/package.json
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@
     "ts-node": "~9.1.1",
     "tsconfig-paths": "^3.9.0",
     "semver": "7.3.4",
-    "webpack": "^5.58.1"
+    "webpack": "^5.58.1",
+    "http-server": "^14.1.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/builders/module-federation-dev-server/module-federation-dev-server.impl.ts b/packages/angular/src/builders/module-federation-dev-server/module-federation-dev-server.impl.ts
index c8460f621514d..685d17c48f885 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/builders/module-federation-dev-server/module-federation-dev-server.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/builders/module-federation-dev-server/module-federation-dev-server.impl.ts
@@ -5,51 +5,6 @@ import { BuilderContext, createBuilder } from '@angular-devkit/architect';
 import { JsonObject } from '@angular-devkit/core';
 import { join } from 'path';
 import { webpackServer } from '../webpack-server/webpack-server.impl';
-import { exec, execSync } from 'child_process';
-
-/**
- * Inline kill-port to prevent adding a new dependency
- */
-function killPort(port, method = 'tcp') {
-  port = Number.parseInt(port);
-
-  if (!port) {
-    throw new Error('Invalid argument provided for port');
-  }
-
-  if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-    return exec('netstat -nao', (error, stdout, stderr) => {
-      if (!stdout) return;
-
-      const lines = stdout.split('\n');
-      // The second white-space delimited column of netstat output is the local port,
-      // which is the only port we care about.
-      // The regex here will match only the local port column of the output
-      const lineWithLocalPortRegEx = new RegExp(
-        `^ *${method.toUpperCase()} *[^ ]*:${port}`,
-        'gm'
-      );
-      const linesWithLocalPort = lines.filter((line) =>
-        line.match(lineWithLocalPortRegEx)
-      );
-
-      const pids = linesWithLocalPort.reduce((acc, line) => {
-        const match = line.match(/(\d*)\w*(\n|$)/gm);
-        return match && match[0] && !acc.includes(match[0])
-          ? acc.concat(match[0])
-          : acc;
-      }, []);
-
-      return execSync(`TaskKill /F /PID ${pids.join(' /PID ')}`);
-    });
-  }
-
-  return execSync(
-    `lsof -ni ${method === 'udp' ? 'udp' : 'tcp'}:${port} | grep ${
-      method === 'udp' ? 'UDP' : 'LISTEN'
-    } | awk '{print $2}' | xargs kill -9`
-  );
-}
 
 export function moduleFederationDevServer(
   schema: Schema,
@@ -107,11 +62,6 @@ export function moduleFederationDevServer(
     );
   }
 
-  // Cleanup ports on kill
-  process.on('exit', () => {
-    remotePorts.forEach((port) => killPort(port));
-  });
-
   return webpackServer(options, context);
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts b/packages/angular/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts
index bff7c510e788d..695133717c7e3 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { execFile, execFileSync } from 'child_process';
+import { execFileSync, fork } from 'child_process';
 import {
   ExecutorContext,
   joinPathFragments,
+  readJsonFile,
   workspaceLayout,
 } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import ignore from 'ignore';
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { Schema } from './schema';
 import { watch } from 'chokidar';
 import { platform } from 'os';
+import { resolve } from 'path';
 
 // platform specific command name
 const pmCmd = platform() === 'win32' ? `npx.cmd` : 'npx';
@@ -147,13 +149,24 @@ export default async function* fileServerExecutor(
   const outputPath = getBuildTargetOutputPath(options, context);
   const args = getHttpServerArgs(options);
 
-  const serve = execFile(pmCmd, ['http-server', outputPath, ...args], {
+  const pathToHttpServerPkgJson = require.resolve('http-server/package.json');
+  const pathToHttpServerBin = readJsonFile(pathToHttpServerPkgJson).bin[
+    'http-server'
+  ];
+  const pathToHttpServer = resolve(
+    pathToHttpServerPkgJson.replace('package.json', ''),
+    pathToHttpServerBin
+  );
+
+  const serve = fork(pathToHttpServer, [outputPath, ...args], {
+    stdio: 'pipe',
     cwd: context.root,
     env: {
       FORCE_COLOR: 'true',
       ...process.env,
     },
   });
+
   const processExitListener = () => {
     serve.kill();
     if (disposeWatch) {
diff --git a/packages/web/package.json b/packages/web/package.json
index 97283cd019607..f4e51eb074dbd 100644
--- a/packages/web/package.json
+++ b/packages/web/package.json
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
     "file-loader": "^6.2.0",
     "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin": "6.2.10",
     "fs-extra": "^9.1.0",
+    "http-server": "^14.1.0",
     "identity-obj-proxy": "3.0.0",
     "less": "3.12.2",
     "less-loader": "^10.1.0",
diff --git a/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts b/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts
index a7cde8d4b31cf..2d452d8f7e491 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/executors/file-server/file-server.impl.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-import { execFile, execFileSync } from 'child_process';
+import { execFileSync, fork } from 'child_process';
 import {
   ExecutorContext,
   joinPathFragments,
+  readJsonFile,
   workspaceLayout,
 } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import ignore from 'ignore';
@@ -9,6 +10,7 @@ import { readFileSync } from 'fs';
 import { Schema } from './schema';
 import { watch } from 'chokidar';
 import { platform } from 'os';
+import { resolve } from 'path';
 
 // platform specific command name
 const pmCmd = platform() === 'win32' ? `npx.cmd` : 'npx';
@@ -145,13 +147,24 @@ export default async function* fileServerExecutor(
   const outputPath = getBuildTargetOutputPath(options, context);
   const args = getHttpServerArgs(options);
 
-  const serve = execFile(pmCmd, ['http-server', outputPath, ...args], {
+  const pathToHttpServerPkgJson = require.resolve('http-server/package.json');
+  const pathToHttpServerBin = readJsonFile(pathToHttpServerPkgJson).bin[
+    'http-server'
+  ];
+  const pathToHttpServer = resolve(
+    pathToHttpServerPkgJson.replace('package.json', ''),
+    pathToHttpServerBin
+  );
+
+  const serve = fork(pathToHttpServer, [outputPath, ...args], {
+    stdio: 'pipe',
     cwd: context.root,
     env: {
       FORCE_COLOR: 'true',
       ...process.env,
     },
   });
+
   const processExitListener = () => {
     serve.kill();
     if (disposeWatch) {