diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/lib/add-implicit-deps.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/lib/add-implicit-deps.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index bcb6d87ee05dc..0000000000000
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/lib/add-implicit-deps.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-import type { Tree } from '@nrwl/devkit';
-import type { Schema } from '../schema';
-
-import {
-  readProjectConfiguration,
-  updateProjectConfiguration,
-} from '@nrwl/devkit';
-
-export function addImplicitDeps(host: Tree, options: Schema) {
-  if (
-    options.mfeType === 'host' &&
-    Array.isArray(options.remotes) &&
-    options.remotes.length > 0
-  ) {
-    const appConfig = readProjectConfiguration(host, options.appName);
-    appConfig.implicitDependencies = Array.isArray(
-      appConfig.implicitDependencies
-    )
-      ? [...appConfig.implicitDependencies, ...options.remotes]
-      : [...options.remotes];
-    updateProjectConfiguration(host, options.appName, appConfig);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/lib/index.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/lib/index.ts
index b584f8d7a47e6..2340fe40f9a04 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/lib/index.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/lib/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 export * from './add-cypress-workaround';
 export * from './add-entry-module';
-export * from './add-implicit-deps';
 export * from './add-remote-to-host';
 export * from './change-build-target';
 export * from './fix-bootstrap';
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/setup-mfe.spec.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/setup-mfe.spec.ts
index dd280acc10c64..1941aaf2c7100 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/setup-mfe.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/setup-mfe.spec.ts
@@ -135,22 +135,6 @@ describe('Init MFE', () => {
 
     expect(mfeConfigContents).toContain(`'remote1'`);
   });
-  it('should update the implicit dependencies of the host when --remotes flag supplied', async () => {
-    // ACT
-    await setupMfe(tree, {
-      appName: 'app1',
-      mfeType: 'host',
-      remotes: ['remote1'],
-    });
-
-    // ASSERT
-    const projectConfig: ProjectConfiguration = readProjectConfiguration(
-      tree,
-      'app1'
-    );
-
-    expect(projectConfig.implicitDependencies).toContain('remote1');
-  });
 
   it('should add a remote application and add it to a specified host applications webpack config when no other remote has been added to it', async () => {
     // ARRANGE
diff --git a/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/setup-mfe.ts b/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/setup-mfe.ts
index b2054874b4e89..91708c9347b40 100644
--- a/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/setup-mfe.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/src/generators/setup-mfe/setup-mfe.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import { readProjectConfiguration, formatFiles } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import {
   addCypressOnErrorWorkaround,
   addEntryModule,
-  addImplicitDeps,
   addRemoteToHost,
   changeBuildTarget,
   fixBootstrap,
@@ -30,7 +29,6 @@ export async function setupMfe(tree: Tree, options: Schema) {
   generateWebpackConfig(tree, options, projectConfig.root, remotesWithPorts);
 
   addEntryModule(tree, options, projectConfig.root);
-  addImplicitDeps(tree, options);
   changeBuildTarget(tree, options);
   updateTsConfigTarget(tree, options);
   setupServeTarget(tree, options);