diff --git a/build/config.ts b/build/config.ts
index dca0da8283..dca749aa95 100644
--- a/build/config.ts
+++ b/build/config.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export interface Config {
   scope: string;
 }
 
-export const modulesDir = './modules/';
+const modulesDir = './modules/';
 export const packages: PackageDescription[] = fs
   .readdirSync(modulesDir)
   .filter(path => {
diff --git a/build/copy-schematics-core.ts b/build/copy-schematics-core.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 73d57be872..0000000000
--- a/build/copy-schematics-core.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import * as tasks from './tasks';
-import { createBuilder } from './util';
-import { packages } from './config';
-
-const copySchematics = createBuilder([
-  ['Copy Schematics Core Files', tasks.copySchematicsCore],
-]);
-
-copySchematics({
-  scope: '@ngrx',
-  packages,
-}).catch(err => {
-  console.error(err);
-  process.exit(1);
-});
diff --git a/build/tasks.ts b/build/tasks.ts
index ec6eb00238..57ef68fb11 100644
--- a/build/tasks.ts
+++ b/build/tasks.ts
@@ -1,34 +1,5 @@
-import { Config, modulesDir } from './config';
+import { Config } from './config';
 import * as util from './util';
-import * as fs from 'fs';
-import { ncp } from 'ncp';
-
-/**
- *
- * Copies the schematics-core package into any package that provides
- * schematics or migrations
- */
-export async function copySchematicsCore(config: Config) {
-  (ncp as any).limit = 1;
-  for (let pkg of util.getTopLevelPackages(config)) {
-    const packageJson = fs
-      .readFileSync(`${modulesDir}${pkg}/package.json`)
-      .toString('utf-8');
-    const pkgConfig = JSON.parse(packageJson);
-
-    if (pkgConfig.schematics || pkgConfig['ng-update'].migrations) {
-      ncp(
-        `${modulesDir}/schematics-core`,
-        `${modulesDir}/${pkg}/src/schematics-core`,
-        function(err: any) {
-          if (err) {
-            return console.error(err);
-          }
-        }
-      );
-    }
-  }
-}
 
 /**
  * Deploy build artifacts to repos
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 60add756c4..0db640dcab 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
   "scripts": {
     "precommit": "lint-staged",
     "bootstrap": "lerna bootstrap",
-    "prebuild": "yarn copy:schematics",
     "build": "bazel build ...",
     "deploy:builds": "ts-node ./build/deploy-build.ts",
     "test:unit": "node ./tests.js",
@@ -27,7 +26,7 @@
     "codegen": "ts-node modules/codegen/src/index.ts",
     "prebuildifier": "bazel build --noshow_progress @com_github_bazelbuild_buildtools//buildifier",
     "buildifier": "find . -type f \\( -name BUILD -or -name BUILD.bazel \\) ! -path \"*/node_modules/*\" | xargs $(bazel info bazel-bin)/external/com_github_bazelbuild_buildtools/buildifier/buildifier",
-    "copy:schematics": "ts-node ./build/copy-schematics-core.ts"
+    "copy:schematics": "ncp modules/schematics-core/ modules/schematics/src/schematics-core/"
   },
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=8.9.0",
@@ -95,7 +94,6 @@
     "@types/jasminewd2": "^2.0.2",
     "@types/jest": "^20.0.2",
     "@types/lodash": "^4.14.80",
-    "@types/ncp": "^2.0.1",
     "@types/node": "^7.0.5",
     "@types/ora": "^1.3.1",
     "@types/rimraf": "^0.0.28",
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index b4eedd0df9..0c270cbd72 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -279,12 +279,6 @@
   version "3.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.3.tgz#3dca0e3f33b200fc7d1139c0cd96c1268cadfd9d"
 
-"@types/ncp@^2.0.1":
-  version "2.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/ncp/-/ncp-2.0.1.tgz#749432511f6ad747d04e98837b18cca9045567fb"
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/node" "*"
-
 "@types/node@*":
   version "10.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node/-/node-10.0.6.tgz#c0bce8e539bf34c1b850c13ff46bead2fecc2e58"