diff --git a/docs/generated/api-js/executors/swc.md b/docs/generated/api-js/executors/swc.md
index 9775d77ad8620..55d74347871b9 100644
--- a/docs/generated/api-js/executors/swc.md
+++ b/docs/generated/api-js/executors/swc.md
@@ -35,14 +35,6 @@ Type: `array`
 
 List of static assets.
 
-### dts
-
-Default: `true`
-
-Type: `boolean`
-
-Whether to emit Type Declarations using tsc.
-
 ### skipTypeCheck
 
 Default: `false`
diff --git a/packages/js/src/executors/swc/schema.json b/packages/js/src/executors/swc/schema.json
index b76dc703741f4..8914c39400f15 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/executors/swc/schema.json
+++ b/packages/js/src/executors/swc/schema.json
@@ -35,11 +35,6 @@
       "description": "Whether to skip TypeScript type checking.",
       "default": false
     },
-    "dts": {
-      "type": "boolean",
-      "description": "Whether to emit Type Declarations using tsc.",
-      "default": true
-    },
     "swcExclude": {
       "type": "array",
       "description": "List of SWC Glob/Regex to be excluded from compilation (https://swc.rs/docs/configuration/compilation#exclude)",
diff --git a/packages/js/src/executors/swc/swc.impl.ts b/packages/js/src/executors/swc/swc.impl.ts
index 4ff0c6d02232a..b44f2b4582ba9 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/executors/swc/swc.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/executors/swc/swc.impl.ts
@@ -25,10 +25,6 @@ function normalizeOptions(
 ): NormalizedSwcExecutorOptions {
   const outputPath = join(contextRoot, options.outputPath);
 
-  if (options.dts == null) {
-    options.dts = true;
-  }
-
   if (options.skipTypeCheck == null) {
     options.skipTypeCheck = false;
   }
@@ -43,11 +39,23 @@ function normalizeOptions(
     outputPath
   );
 
+  /**
+   * Reduce outputPath to root of layout dir (libsDir/appsDir)
+   * in desired build output dir (default is dist)
+   *
+   * dist/packages/lib-one -> dist/packages
+   * build/packages/lib-one -> build/packages
+   * dist/packages/lib-one/nested/nested-lib-one -> dist/packages
+   * dist/libs/lib-one -> dist/libs
+   * dist/apps/app-one -> dist/apps
+   */
+  const swcDestPath =
+    options.outputPath.substring(0, options.outputPath.indexOf(layoutDir)) +
+    layoutDir;
+
   const swcCliOptions = {
     srcPath: projectRoot,
-    destPath:
-      options.outputPath.substring(0, options.outputPath.indexOf(layoutDir)) +
-      layoutDir,
+    destPath: swcDestPath,
     swcrcPath: join(projectRoot, '.swcrc'),
   };
 
diff --git a/packages/js/src/utils/schema.d.ts b/packages/js/src/utils/schema.d.ts
index 0e66e5340b2e4..a53af157b39d5 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/utils/schema.d.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/utils/schema.d.ts
@@ -48,7 +48,6 @@ export interface NormalizedExecutorOptions extends ExecutorOptions {
 
 export interface SwcExecutorOptions extends ExecutorOptions {
   skipTypeCheck?: boolean;
-  dts?: boolean;
   swcExclude?: string[];
 }
 
@@ -62,7 +61,6 @@ export interface NormalizedSwcExecutorOptions
   extends NormalizedExecutorOptions {
   swcExclude: string[];
   skipTypeCheck: boolean;
-  dts: boolean;
   swcCliOptions: SwcCliOptions;
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/js/src/utils/swc/compile-swc.ts b/packages/js/src/utils/swc/compile-swc.ts
index 2014366f45245..0b222577a10d8 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/utils/swc/compile-swc.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/utils/swc/compile-swc.ts
@@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ function getSwcCmd(
 }
 
 function getTypeCheckOptions(normalizedOptions: NormalizedSwcExecutorOptions) {
-  const { projectRoot, watch, tsConfig, root, outputPath, dts } =
-    normalizedOptions;
+  const { projectRoot, watch, tsConfig, root, outputPath } = normalizedOptions;
 
   const typeCheckOptions: TypeCheckOptions = {
-    mode: dts ? 'emitDeclarationOnly' : 'noEmit',
+    mode: 'emitDeclarationOnly',
     tsConfigPath: tsConfig,
     outDir: outputPath.replace(`/${projectRoot}`, ''),
     workspaceRoot: root,