diff --git a/e2e/nx-plugin/src/nx-plugin.test.ts b/e2e/nx-plugin/src/nx-plugin.test.ts
index 1a28894e94b116..93917c8b999d05 100644
--- a/e2e/nx-plugin/src/nx-plugin.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/nx-plugin/src/nx-plugin.test.ts
@@ -48,21 +48,6 @@ describe('Nx Plugin', () => {
     });
   }, 90000);
 
-  // the test invoke ensureNxProject, which points to @nrwl/workspace collection
-  // which walks up the directory to find it in the next repo itself, so it
-  // doesn't use the collection we are building
-  // we should change it to point to the right collection using relative path
-  // TODO: Re-enable this to work with pnpm
-  it(`should run the plugin's e2e tests`, async () => {
-    const plugin = uniq('plugin-name');
-    runCLI(
-      `generate @nrwl/nx-plugin:plugin ${plugin} --linter=eslint --e2eTestRunner jest`
-    );
-    const e2eResults = runCLI(`e2e ${plugin}-e2e`);
-    expect(e2eResults).toContain('Successfully ran target e2e');
-    expect(await killPorts()).toBeTruthy();
-  }, 250000);
-
   it('should be able to generate a migration', async () => {
     const plugin = uniq('plugin');
     const version = '1.0.0';
diff --git a/e2e/utils/create-project-utils.ts b/e2e/utils/create-project-utils.ts
index 706edbc3a957e4..d60ac9e50e352d 100644
--- a/e2e/utils/create-project-utils.ts
+++ b/e2e/utils/create-project-utils.ts
@@ -215,12 +215,10 @@ export function runCreateWorkspace(
 export function runCreatePlugin(
   name: string,
   {
-    pluginName,
     packageManager,
     extraArgs,
     useDetectedPm = false,
   }: {
-    pluginName?: string;
     packageManager?: 'npm' | 'yarn' | 'pnpm';
     extraArgs?: string;
     useDetectedPm?: boolean;
@@ -232,11 +230,7 @@ export function runCreatePlugin(
 
   let command = `${
     pm.runUninstalledPackage
-  } create-nx-plugin@${getPublishedVersion()} ${name}`;
-
-  if (pluginName) {
-    command += ` --pluginName=${pluginName} --no-nxCloud`;
-  }
+  } create-nx-plugin@${getPublishedVersion()} ${name} --no-nxCloud`;
 
   if (packageManager && !useDetectedPm) {
     command += ` --package-manager=${packageManager}`;
diff --git a/e2e/workspace-create/src/create-nx-plugin.test.ts b/e2e/workspace-create/src/create-nx-plugin.test.ts
index 4611479b83609a..6ffb3b967eee84 100644
--- a/e2e/workspace-create/src/create-nx-plugin.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/workspace-create/src/create-nx-plugin.test.ts
@@ -14,13 +14,11 @@ describe('create-nx-plugin', () => {
 
   afterEach(() => cleanupProject());
 
-  it('should be able to create a plugin repo and run plugin e2e', () => {
-    const wsName = uniq('ws-plugin');
+  it('should be able to create a plugin repo build a plugin', () => {
     const pluginName = uniq('plugin');
 
-    runCreatePlugin(wsName, {
+    runCreatePlugin(pluginName, {
       packageManager,
-      pluginName,
     });
 
     checkFilesExist(
@@ -31,6 +29,12 @@ describe('create-nx-plugin', () => {
       `executors.json`
     );
 
-    expect(() => runCLI(`e2e e2e`)).not.toThrow();
+    runCLI(`build ${pluginName}`);
+
+    checkFilesExist(
+      `dist/package.json`,
+      `dist/generators.json`,
+      `dist/executors.json`
+    );
   });
 });
diff --git a/packages/nx-plugin/src/generators/lint-checks/generator.ts b/packages/nx-plugin/src/generators/lint-checks/generator.ts
index 880e5bb82fefe1..783aea3dc0d27c 100644
--- a/packages/nx-plugin/src/generators/lint-checks/generator.ts
+++ b/packages/nx-plugin/src/generators/lint-checks/generator.ts
@@ -186,27 +186,35 @@ function updateProjectEslintConfig(
   const eslintPath = `${options.root}/.eslintrc.json`;
   const eslintConfig = readJson<ESLint.Config>(host, eslintPath);
   eslintConfig.overrides ??= [];
-  if (
-    !eslintConfig.overrides.some(
+  let entry: ESLint.ConfigOverride<ESLint.RulesRecord> =
+    eslintConfig.overrides.find(
       (x) =>
         Object.keys(x.rules ?? {}).includes('@nx/nx/nx-plugin-checks') ||
         Object.keys(x.rules ?? {}).includes('@nrwl/nx/nx-plugin-checks')
-    )
-  ) {
-    eslintConfig.overrides.push({
-      files: [
+    );
+  const newentry = !entry;
+  entry ??= { files: [] };
+  entry.files = [
+    ...new Set([
+      ...(entry.files ?? []),
+      ...[
         './package.json',
         packageJson.generators,
         packageJson.executors,
         packageJson.schematics,
         packageJson.builders,
       ].filter((f) => !!f),
-      parser: 'jsonc-eslint-parser',
-      rules: {
-        '@nrwl/nx/nx-plugin-checks': 'error',
-      },
-    });
+    ]),
+  ];
+  entry.parser = 'jsonc-eslint-parser';
+  entry.rules ??= {
+    '@nrwl/nx/nx-plugin-checks': 'error',
+  };
+
+  if (newentry) {
+    eslintConfig.overrides.push(entry);
   }
+
   writeJson(host, eslintPath, eslintConfig);
 }
 
diff --git a/packages/nx-plugin/src/generators/migration/files/migration/__name__/__name__.spec.ts__tmpl__ b/packages/nx-plugin/src/generators/migration/files/migration/__name__/__name__.spec.ts__tmpl__
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..70e86d21509628
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nx-plugin/src/generators/migration/files/migration/__name__/__name__.spec.ts__tmpl__
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+import { createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace } from '@nx/devkit/testing';
+import { Tree } from '@nx/devkit';
+
+import update from './<%= name %>';
+
+describe('<%= name %> migration', () => {
+  let tree: Tree;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    tree = createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace({layout: 'apps-libs'});
+  });
+
+  it('should run successfully', async () => {
+    await update(tree);
+    // ... expect changes made
+  });
+});