diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/files/entry-module-files/entry.component.ts__tmpl__ b/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/files/entry-module-files/entry.component.ts__tmpl__
index 7e4e6ceef621e..05063986ac261 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/files/entry-module-files/entry.component.ts__tmpl__
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/files/entry-module-files/entry.component.ts__tmpl__
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { Component } from '@angular/core';
 
 @Component({
-  selector: '<%= npmScope %>-<%= appName %>-entry',
+  selector: '<%= appName %>-entry',
   template: `<div class="remote-entry"><h2><%= appName %>'s Remote Entry Component</h2></div>`,
   styles: [`
   .remote-entry {
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ import { Component } from '@angular/core';
     padding: 5px;
   }`]
 })
-export class RemoteEntryComponent {}
\ No newline at end of file
+export class RemoteEntryComponent {}
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/lib/add-entry-module.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/lib/add-entry-module.ts
index a2d2b7dec5291..81f539083480c 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/lib/add-entry-module.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/lib/add-entry-module.ts
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ export function addEntryModule(
   appRoot: string
 ) {
   if (mfeType === 'remote') {
-    const { npmScope } = readWorkspaceConfiguration(host);
     generateFiles(
       host,
       joinPathFragments(__dirname, '../files/entry-module-files'),
@@ -20,7 +19,6 @@ export function addEntryModule(
       {
         tmpl: '',
         appName,
-        npmScope,
         routing,
       }
     );
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/config/nx-json.ts b/packages/nx/src/config/nx-json.ts
index 0fedd594ca962..591aa93b179d5 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/config/nx-json.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/config/nx-json.ts
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ export interface NxJsonConfiguration<T = '*' | string[]> {
   /**
    * NPM Scope that the workspace uses
    */
-  npmScope: string;
+  npmScope?: string;
   /**
    * Default options for `nx affected`
    */
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/config/workspaces.ts b/packages/nx/src/config/workspaces.ts
index 4d682fed63e59..67213951b4567 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/config/workspaces.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/config/workspaces.ts
@@ -587,10 +587,12 @@ function buildProjectConfigurationFromPackageJson(
   nxJson: NxJsonConfiguration
 ): ProjectConfiguration & { name: string } {
   const directory = dirname(path).split('\\').join('/');
-  const npmPrefix = `@${nxJson.npmScope}/`;
   let name = packageJson.name ?? toProjectName(directory, nxJson);
-  if (name.startsWith(npmPrefix)) {
-    name = name.replace(npmPrefix, '');
+  if (nxJson.npmScope) {
+    const npmPrefix = `@${nxJson.npmScope}/`;
+    if (name.startsWith(npmPrefix)) {
+      name = name.replace(npmPrefix, '');
+    }
   }
   return {
     root: directory,
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/hasher/hasher.ts b/packages/nx/src/hasher/hasher.ts
index 00c13b4fb7be9..788e39952afc0 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/hasher/hasher.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/hasher/hasher.ts
@@ -490,7 +490,7 @@ class ProjectHasher {
       res.projects ??= {};
       return res;
     } catch {
-      return { npmScope: '' };
+      return {};
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-package-json-dependencies.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-package-json-dependencies.ts
index 3b60a92b22ac5..d833097bad755 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-package-json-dependencies.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/build-dependencies/explicit-package-json-dependencies.ts
@@ -38,7 +38,10 @@ function createPackageNameMap(w: Workspace) {
       const packageJson = parseJson(
         defaultFileRead(join(w.projects[projectName].root, 'package.json'))
       );
-      res[packageJson.name || `@${w.npmScope}/${projectName}`] = projectName;
+      res[
+        packageJson.name ??
+          (w.npmScope ? `@${w.npmScope}/${projectName}` : projectName)
+      ] = projectName;
     } catch (e) {}
   }
   return res;
diff --git a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/file-utils.ts b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/file-utils.ts
index 8b169ec91b647..f12207fbdbd0a 100644
--- a/packages/nx/src/project-graph/file-utils.ts
+++ b/packages/nx/src/project-graph/file-utils.ts
@@ -158,9 +158,6 @@ export function readNxJson(
   path: string = `${workspaceRoot}/nx.json`
 ): NxJsonConfiguration {
   let config = readJsonFile<NxJsonConfiguration>(path);
-  if (!config.npmScope) {
-    throw new Error(`nx.json must define the npmScope property.`);
-  }
 
   if (config.extends) {
     config = {