diff --git a/packages/angular-cli/blueprints/ng2/files/__path__/app/shared/index.ts b/packages/angular-cli/blueprints/ng2/files/__path__/app/shared/index.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e69de29bb2d1..000000000000
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/generate-class.spec.js b/tests/acceptance/generate-class.spec.js
index 5ec94d056f30..1ba54b8b6ca9 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/generate-class.spec.js
+++ b/tests/acceptance/generate-class.spec.js
@@ -48,16 +48,4 @@ describe('Acceptance: ng generate class', function () {
       expect(existsSync(path.join(testPath, 'my-class.model.ts'))).to.equal(true);
     });
   });
-
-  it(`ng generate class shared${path.sep}my-class`, function () {
-    return ng(['generate', 'class', 'shared/my-class']).then(() => {
-      expect(existsSync(path.join(testPath, 'shared', 'my-class.ts'))).to.equal(true);
-    });
-  });
-
-  it(`ng generate class shared${path.sep}my-class model`, function () {
-    return ng(['generate', 'class', 'shared/my-class', 'model']).then(() => {
-      expect(existsSync(path.join(testPath, 'shared', 'my-class.model.ts'))).to.equal(true);
-    });
-  });
 });
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/generate-module.spec.js b/tests/acceptance/generate-module.spec.js
index 6d376330368d..aa3aeaa9b4b8 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/generate-module.spec.js
+++ b/tests/acceptance/generate-module.spec.js
@@ -43,18 +43,4 @@ describe('Acceptance: ng generate module', function () {
       expect(existsSync(path.join(testPath, 'my-module', 'my-module.module.spec.ts'))).to.equal(true);
     });
   });
-
-  it(`ng generate module shared${path.sep}my-module`, function () {
-    return ng(['generate', 'module', 'shared/my-module']).then(() => {
-      expect(existsSync(path.join(testPath, 'shared', 'my-module', 'my-module.module.ts'))).to.equal(true);
-      expect(existsSync(path.join(testPath, 'shared', 'my-module', 'my-module.module.spec.ts'))).to.equal(false);
-    });
-  });
-
-  it(`ng generate module shared${path.sep}my-module --spec`, function () {
-    return ng(['generate', 'module', 'shared/my-module', '--spec']).then(() => {
-      expect(existsSync(path.join(testPath, 'shared', 'my-module', 'my-module.module.ts'))).to.equal(true);
-      expect(existsSync(path.join(testPath, 'shared', 'my-module', 'my-module.module.spec.ts'))).to.equal(true);
-    });
-  });
 });