diff --git a/docs/generated/packages/react/generators/init.json b/docs/generated/packages/react/generators/init.json
index 1dc4ad03259eb..5122a0829ac2b 100644
--- a/docs/generated/packages/react/generators/init.json
+++ b/docs/generated/packages/react/generators/init.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
         "default": false
       },
       "skipHelperLibs": {
-        "description": "Do not install helpers libs (tslib, core-js, regenerator-runtime).",
+        "description": "Do not install  tslib.",
         "type": "boolean",
         "default": false,
         "hidden": true
diff --git a/docs/generated/packages/web/executors/webpack.json b/docs/generated/packages/web/executors/webpack.json
index d132d178304f8..b326f36f4bc41 100644
--- a/docs/generated/packages/web/executors/webpack.json
+++ b/docs/generated/packages/web/executors/webpack.json
@@ -300,10 +300,6 @@
         "description": "Extract CSS into a `.css` file.",
         "default": true
       },
-      "es2015Polyfills": {
-        "description": "Conditional polyfills loaded in browsers which do not support `ES2015`.",
-        "type": "string"
-      },
       "subresourceIntegrity": {
         "type": "boolean",
         "description": "Enables the use of subresource integrity validation.",
diff --git a/docs/generated/packages/webpack/executors/webpack.json b/docs/generated/packages/webpack/executors/webpack.json
index b5205f9307060..978e1a70b5f4b 100644
--- a/docs/generated/packages/webpack/executors/webpack.json
+++ b/docs/generated/packages/webpack/executors/webpack.json
@@ -307,10 +307,6 @@
         "description": "Extract CSS into a `.css` file.",
         "default": true
       },
-      "es2015Polyfills": {
-        "description": "Conditional polyfills loaded in browsers which do not support `ES2015`.",
-        "type": "string"
-      },
       "subresourceIntegrity": {
         "type": "boolean",
         "description": "Enables the use of subresource integrity validation.",
diff --git a/e2e/nx-run/src/affected-graph.test.ts b/e2e/nx-run/src/affected-graph.test.ts
index b34b5be8cf389..04afebbace74e 100644
--- a/e2e/nx-run/src/affected-graph.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/nx-run/src/affected-graph.test.ts
@@ -597,7 +597,6 @@ describe('Nx Affected and Graph Tests', () => {
       expect(() => checkFilesExist('project-graph.html')).not.toThrow();
       expect(() => checkFilesExist('static/styles.css')).not.toThrow();
       expect(() => checkFilesExist('static/runtime.js')).not.toThrow();
-      expect(() => checkFilesExist('static/polyfills.js')).not.toThrow();
       expect(() => checkFilesExist('static/main.js')).not.toThrow();
       expect(() => checkFilesExist('static/environment.js')).not.toThrow();
 
diff --git a/e2e/web/src/file-server.test.ts b/e2e/web/src/file-server.test.ts
index 902f58463dd18..369569cbbed69 100644
--- a/e2e/web/src/file-server.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/web/src/file-server.test.ts
@@ -26,10 +26,7 @@ describe('file-server', () => {
     const p = await runCommandUntil(
       `serve ${appName} --port=${port}`,
       (output) => {
-        return (
-          output.indexOf('webpack compiled') > -1 &&
-          output.indexOf(`localhost:${port}`) > -1
-        );
+        return output.indexOf(`localhost:${port}`) > -1;
       }
     );
 
@@ -39,5 +36,5 @@ describe('file-server', () => {
     } catch {
       // ignore
     }
-  }, 1000000);
+  }, 300_000);
 });
diff --git a/e2e/web/src/web.test.ts b/e2e/web/src/web.test.ts
index 2f7e345e6dfdb..c6857607704f6 100644
--- a/e2e/web/src/web.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/web/src/web.test.ts
@@ -112,23 +112,6 @@ describe('Web Components Applications', () => {
     checkFilesExist(`dist/libs/${libName}/_should_keep.txt`);
   }, 120000);
 
-  it('should do another build if differential loading is needed', async () => {
-    const appName = uniq('app');
-
-    runCLI(
-      `generate @nrwl/web:app ${appName} --bundler=webpack --no-interactive`
-    );
-
-    updateFile(`apps/${appName}/browserslist`, `IE 9-11`);
-
-    runCLI(`build ${appName} --outputHashing=none`);
-
-    checkFilesExist(
-      `dist/apps/${appName}/main.js`,
-      `dist/apps/${appName}/main.es5.js`
-    );
-  }, 120000);
-
   it('should emit decorator metadata when it is enabled in tsconfig', async () => {
     const appName = uniq('app');
     runCLI(
diff --git a/packages/react/plugins/component-testing/index.ts b/packages/react/plugins/component-testing/index.ts
index 7c1a226effdf7..a463049bea941 100644
--- a/packages/react/plugins/component-testing/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react/plugins/component-testing/index.ts
@@ -222,7 +222,6 @@ function buildTargetWebpack(
       const defaultWebpack = getWebpackConfig(
         context,
         options,
-        true,
         isScriptOptimizeOn,
         {
           root: ctProjectConfig.root,
diff --git a/packages/react/plugins/storybook/index.ts b/packages/react/plugins/storybook/index.ts
index e62db3befd13b..38f98ba9b6914 100644
--- a/packages/react/plugins/storybook/index.ts
+++ b/packages/react/plugins/storybook/index.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,7 @@
 import {
-  ExecutorContext,
   joinPathFragments,
   logger,
-  ProjectGraph,
   readJsonFile,
-  readNxJson,
-  TargetConfiguration,
   workspaceRoot,
 } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { getBaseWebpackPartial } from '@nrwl/webpack/src/utils/config';
@@ -17,7 +13,6 @@ import { gte } from 'semver';
 import { Configuration, DefinePlugin, WebpackPluginInstance } from 'webpack';
 import * as mergeWebpack from 'webpack-merge';
 import { mergePlugins } from './merge-plugins';
-import { readProjectsConfigurationFromProjectGraph } from 'nx/src/project-graph/project-graph';
 
 const reactWebpackConfig = require('../webpack');
 
@@ -119,14 +114,12 @@ export const webpack = async (
     target: 'web',
   };
 
-  const esm = true;
   const isScriptOptimizeOn = storybookWebpackConfig.mode !== 'development';
   const extractCss = storybookWebpackConfig.mode === 'production';
 
   // ESM build for modern browsers.
   const baseWebpackConfig = mergeWebpack.merge([
     getBaseWebpackPartial(builderOptions, {
-      esm,
       isScriptOptimizeOn,
       skipTypeCheck: true,
     }),
diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts b/packages/react/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
index 12c42801e930b..2c2cd18375d00 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
@@ -73,7 +73,6 @@ describe('app', () => {
       await applicationGenerator(appTree, schema);
 
       expect(appTree.exists('apps/my-app/.babelrc')).toBeTruthy();
-      expect(appTree.exists('apps/my-app/.browserslistrc')).toBeTruthy();
       expect(appTree.exists('apps/my-app/src/main.tsx')).toBeTruthy();
       expect(appTree.exists('apps/my-app/src/app/app.tsx')).toBeTruthy();
       expect(appTree.exists('apps/my-app/src/app/app.spec.tsx')).toBeTruthy();
@@ -312,7 +311,6 @@ describe('app', () => {
       main: 'apps/my-app/src/main.tsx',
       baseHref: '/',
       outputPath: 'dist/apps/my-app',
-      polyfills: 'apps/my-app/src/polyfills.ts',
       scripts: [],
       styles: ['apps/my-app/src/styles.css'],
       tsConfig: 'apps/my-app/tsconfig.app.json',
@@ -810,19 +808,6 @@ describe('app', () => {
     ).toBeUndefined();
   });
 
-  it('should add required polyfills for core-js and regenerator', async () => {
-    await applicationGenerator(appTree, {
-      ...schema,
-    });
-
-    const polyfillsSource = appTree
-      .read('apps/my-app/src/polyfills.ts')
-      .toString();
-
-    expect(polyfillsSource).toContain('regenerator');
-    expect(polyfillsSource).toContain('core-js');
-  });
-
   describe('--skipWorkspaceJson', () => {
     it('should update workspace with defaults when --skipWorkspaceJson=false', async () => {
       await applicationGenerator(appTree, {
diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/application/files/common/.browserslistrc__tmpl__ b/packages/react/src/generators/application/files/common/.browserslistrc__tmpl__
deleted file mode 100644
index f1d12df4faa25..0000000000000
--- a/packages/react/src/generators/application/files/common/.browserslistrc__tmpl__
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-# This file is used by:
-# 1. autoprefixer to adjust CSS to support the below specified browsers
-# 2. babel preset-env to adjust included polyfills
-#
-# For additional information regarding the format and rule options, please see:
-# https://github.com/browserslist/browserslist#queries
-#
-# If you need to support different browsers in production, you may tweak the list below.
-
-last 1 Chrome version
-last 1 Firefox version
-last 2 Edge major versions
-last 2 Safari major version
-last 2 iOS major versions
-Firefox ESR
-not IE 9-11 # For IE 9-11 support, remove 'not'.
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/application/files/common/src/polyfills.ts__tmpl__ b/packages/react/src/generators/application/files/common/src/polyfills.ts__tmpl__
deleted file mode 100644
index 2adf3d05b6fcf..0000000000000
--- a/packages/react/src/generators/application/files/common/src/polyfills.ts__tmpl__
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Polyfill stable language features. These imports will be optimized by `@babel/preset-env`.
- *
- * See: https://github.com/zloirock/core-js#babel
- */
-import 'core-js/stable';
-import 'regenerator-runtime/runtime';
diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/application/lib/add-project.ts b/packages/react/src/generators/application/lib/add-project.ts
index 804900447a4d1..384e0a84e34ca 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/generators/application/lib/add-project.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/generators/application/lib/add-project.ts
@@ -57,10 +57,6 @@ function createBuildTarget(options: NormalizedSchema): TargetConfiguration {
         options.appProjectRoot,
         maybeJs(options, `src/main.tsx`)
       ),
-      polyfills: joinPathFragments(
-        options.appProjectRoot,
-        maybeJs(options, 'src/polyfills.ts')
-      ),
       tsConfig: joinPathFragments(options.appProjectRoot, 'tsconfig.app.json'),
       assets: [
         joinPathFragments(options.appProjectRoot, 'src/favicon.ico'),
diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/init/init.ts b/packages/react/src/generators/init/init.ts
index 171384eca47c3..a50b41672a581 100755
--- a/packages/react/src/generators/init/init.ts
+++ b/packages/react/src/generators/init/init.ts
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ function updateDependencies(host: Tree, schema: InitSchema) {
   };
 
   if (!schema.skipHelperLibs) {
-    dependencies['core-js'] = '^3.6.5';
-    dependencies['regenerator-runtime'] = '0.13.7';
     dependencies['tslib'] = tsLibVersion;
   }
 
diff --git a/packages/react/src/generators/init/schema.json b/packages/react/src/generators/init/schema.json
index 1f907f6d25937..1c6800c0244a9 100644
--- a/packages/react/src/generators/init/schema.json
+++ b/packages/react/src/generators/init/schema.json
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
       "default": false
     },
     "skipHelperLibs": {
-      "description": "Do not install helpers libs (tslib, core-js, regenerator-runtime).",
+      "description": "Do not install  tslib.",
       "type": "boolean",
       "default": false,
       "hidden": true
diff --git a/packages/web/babel.ts b/packages/web/babel.ts
index 602b1b10c11a9..6ff992d615d0d 100644
--- a/packages/web/babel.ts
+++ b/packages/web/babel.ts
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@ module.exports = function (api: any, options: NxWebBabelPresetOptions = {}) {
           ? { targets: { node: 'current' }, loose: true }
           : {
               // Allow importing core-js in entrypoint and use browserlist to select polyfills.
-              // This is needed for differential loading as well.
               useBuiltIns: options.useBuiltIns ?? 'entry',
               corejs: 3,
               // Do not transform modules to CJS
diff --git a/packages/web/src/executors/webpack/schema.json b/packages/web/src/executors/webpack/schema.json
index 200624c469b83..51b7e81f9d6d2 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/executors/webpack/schema.json
+++ b/packages/web/src/executors/webpack/schema.json
@@ -176,10 +176,6 @@
       "description": "Extract CSS into a `.css` file.",
       "default": true
     },
-    "es2015Polyfills": {
-      "description": "Conditional polyfills loaded in browsers which do not support `ES2015`.",
-      "type": "string"
-    },
     "subresourceIntegrity": {
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "Enables the use of subresource integrity validation.",
diff --git a/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts b/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
index 23179043c18e0..55c939ebebaab 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.spec.ts
@@ -348,7 +348,6 @@ describe('app', () => {
       baseHref: '/',
       main: 'apps/my-app/src/main.ts',
       outputPath: 'dist/apps/my-app',
-      polyfills: 'apps/my-app/src/polyfills.ts',
       scripts: [],
       styles: ['apps/my-app/src/styles.css'],
       tsConfig: 'apps/my-app/tsconfig.app.json',
diff --git a/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.ts b/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.ts
index ba7e1899edec4..634f5bc130b54 100644
--- a/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.ts
+++ b/packages/web/src/generators/application/application.ts
@@ -91,10 +91,6 @@ async function setupBundler(tree: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
       'src/index.html'
     );
     buildOptions.baseHref = '/';
-    buildOptions.polyfills = joinPathFragments(
-      options.appProjectRoot,
-      'src/polyfills.ts'
-    );
     buildOptions.styles = [
       joinPathFragments(options.appProjectRoot, `src/styles.${options.style}`),
     ];
diff --git a/packages/web/src/generators/application/files/app/src/polyfills.ts__tmpl__ b/packages/web/src/generators/application/files/app/src/polyfills.ts__tmpl__
deleted file mode 100644
index 2adf3d05b6fcf..0000000000000
--- a/packages/web/src/generators/application/files/app/src/polyfills.ts__tmpl__
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Polyfill stable language features. These imports will be optimized by `@babel/preset-env`.
- *
- * See: https://github.com/zloirock/core-js#babel
- */
-import 'core-js/stable';
-import 'regenerator-runtime/runtime';
diff --git a/packages/webpack/migrations.json b/packages/webpack/migrations.json
index 75899c88e2055..f8d499c14cae9 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/migrations.json
+++ b/packages/webpack/migrations.json
@@ -7,5 +7,11 @@
       "factory": "./src/migrations/update-15-0-0/add-babel-inputs"
     }
   },
+  "remove-es2015-polyfills-option": {
+    "cli": "nx",
+    "version": "15.4.5-beta.0",
+    "description": "Removes es2015Polyfills option since legacy browsers are no longer supported.",
+    "factory": "./src/migrations/update-15-4-5/remove-es2015-polyfills-option"
+  },
   "packageJsonUpdates": {}
 }
diff --git a/packages/webpack/package.json b/packages/webpack/package.json
index cc257164bc849..b327f4ad9b52b 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/package.json
+++ b/packages/webpack/package.json
@@ -34,8 +34,6 @@
     "@nrwl/workspace": "file:../workspace",
     "autoprefixer": "^10.4.9",
     "babel-loader": "^8.2.2",
-    "browserslist": "^4.21.4",
-    "caniuse-lite": "^1.0.30001394",
     "chalk": "4.1.0",
     "chokidar": "^3.5.1",
     "copy-webpack-plugin": "^10.2.4",
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/executors/dev-server/lib/get-dev-server-config.ts b/packages/webpack/src/executors/dev-server/lib/get-dev-server-config.ts
index eae0b8b7a7605..cfbe56ca770af 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/executors/dev-server/lib/get-dev-server-config.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/executors/dev-server/lib/get-dev-server-config.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ export function getDevServerConfig(
   const webpackConfig = getWebpackConfig(
     context,
     buildOptions,
-    true,
     typeof buildOptions.optimization === 'boolean'
       ? buildOptions.optimization
       : buildOptions.optimization?.scripts
@@ -53,7 +52,6 @@ export function getDevServerConfig(
       deployUrl,
       sri: subresourceIntegrity,
       moduleEntrypoints: [],
-      noModuleEntrypoints: ['polyfills-es5'],
     })
   );
 
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/lib/get-webpack-config.ts b/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/lib/get-webpack-config.ts
index 10cdf2f3a50af..85c5d0c82e1e0 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/lib/get-webpack-config.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/lib/get-webpack-config.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { posix, resolve } from 'path';
 import { readTsConfig } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/utilities/typescript';
-import { ScriptTarget } from 'typescript';
 import { getHashDigest, interpolateName } from 'loader-utils';
 import type { Configuration } from 'webpack';
 
@@ -34,7 +33,6 @@ interface GetWebpackConfigOverrides {
 export function getWebpackConfig(
   context: ExecutorContext,
   options: NormalizedWebpackExecutorOptions,
-  esm?: boolean,
   isScriptOptimizeOn?: boolean,
   overrides?: GetWebpackConfigOverrides
 ): Configuration {
@@ -53,19 +51,11 @@ export function getWebpackConfig(
     sourceRoot = project.sourceRoot;
   }
 
-  if (isScriptOptimizeOn) {
-    // Angular CLI uses an environment variable (NG_BUILD_DIFFERENTIAL_FULL)
-    // to determine whether to use the scriptTargetOverride
-    // or the tsConfig target
-    // We want to force the target if overridden
-    tsConfig.options.target = ScriptTarget.ES5;
-  }
   const wco: any = {
     root: workspaceRoot,
     projectRoot: resolve(workspaceRoot, projectRoot),
     sourceRoot: resolve(workspaceRoot, sourceRoot),
     buildOptions: convertBuildOptions(options),
-    esm,
     console,
     tsConfig,
     tsConfigPath: options.tsConfig,
@@ -75,18 +65,12 @@ export function getWebpackConfig(
     _getBaseWebpackPartial(
       context,
       options,
-      esm,
       isScriptOptimizeOn,
       tsConfig.options.emitDecoratorMetadata,
       overrides
     ),
     options.target === 'web'
-      ? getPolyfillsPartial(
-          options.polyfills,
-          options.es2015Polyfills,
-          esm,
-          isScriptOptimizeOn
-        )
+      ? getPolyfillsPartial(options.polyfills, isScriptOptimizeOn)
       : {},
     options.target === 'web'
       ? getStylesPartial(
@@ -105,7 +89,6 @@ export function getWebpackConfig(
 function _getBaseWebpackPartial(
   context: ExecutorContext,
   options: NormalizedWebpackExecutorOptions,
-  esm: boolean,
   isScriptOptimizeOn: boolean,
   emitDecoratorMetadata: boolean,
   overrides?: GetWebpackConfigOverrides
@@ -113,7 +96,6 @@ function _getBaseWebpackPartial(
   let partial = getBaseWebpackPartial(
     options,
     {
-      esm,
       isScriptOptimizeOn,
       emitDecoratorMetadata,
       configuration: overrides?.configuration ?? context.configurationName,
@@ -271,33 +253,23 @@ export function getStylesPartial(
 
 export function getPolyfillsPartial(
   polyfills: string,
-  es2015Polyfills: string,
-  esm: boolean,
   isScriptOptimizeOn: boolean
 ): Configuration {
   const config = {
     entry: {} as { [key: string]: string[] },
   };
 
-  if (polyfills && esm && isScriptOptimizeOn) {
+  if (polyfills && isScriptOptimizeOn) {
     // Safari 10.1 supports <script type="module"> but not <script nomodule>.
     // Need to patch it up so the browser doesn't load both sets.
     config.entry.polyfills = [
       require.resolve('@nrwl/webpack/src/utils/webpack/safari-nomodule.js'),
       ...(polyfills ? [polyfills] : []),
     ];
-  } else if (es2015Polyfills && !esm && isScriptOptimizeOn) {
-    config.entry.polyfills = [
-      es2015Polyfills,
-      ...(polyfills ? [polyfills] : []),
-    ];
   } else {
     if (polyfills) {
       config.entry.polyfills = [polyfills];
     }
-    if (es2015Polyfills) {
-      config.entry['polyfills-es5'] = [es2015Polyfills];
-    }
   }
 
   return config;
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/lib/normalize-options.ts b/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/lib/normalize-options.ts
index 6f201bd2f491c..1e2ec1a3aa801 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/lib/normalize-options.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/lib/normalize-options.ts
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@ import { normalizePath } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import type {
   AssetGlobPattern,
   FileReplacement,
-  WebpackExecutorOptions,
   NormalizedWebpackExecutorOptions,
+  WebpackExecutorOptions,
 } from '../schema';
 
 export function normalizeOptions(
@@ -34,11 +34,9 @@ export function normalizeOptions(
           }
         : options.optimization,
     polyfills: options.polyfills ? resolve(root, options.polyfills) : undefined,
-    es2015Polyfills: options.es2015Polyfills
-      ? resolve(root, options.es2015Polyfills)
-      : undefined,
   };
 }
+
 function normalizeFileReplacements(
   root: string,
   fileReplacements: FileReplacement[]
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/schema.d.ts b/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/schema.d.ts
index edf7e477f08ec..5c0e97f920f64 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/schema.d.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/schema.d.ts
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ export interface WebpackExecutorOptions {
   crossOrigin?: CrossOriginValue;
   deleteOutputPath?: boolean;
   deployUrl?: string;
-  es2015Polyfills?: string;
   externalDependencies?: 'all' | 'none' | string[];
   extractCss?: boolean;
   extractLicenses?: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/schema.json b/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/schema.json
index 53e09f3804009..d0a6a58682710 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/schema.json
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/schema.json
@@ -228,10 +228,6 @@
       "description": "Extract CSS into a `.css` file.",
       "default": true
     },
-    "es2015Polyfills": {
-      "description": "Conditional polyfills loaded in browsers which do not support `ES2015`.",
-      "type": "string"
-    },
     "subresourceIntegrity": {
       "type": "boolean",
       "description": "Enables the use of subresource integrity validation.",
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/webpack.impl.ts b/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/webpack.impl.ts
index a12cf27c37f07..4039725cedbb9 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/webpack.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/executors/webpack/webpack.impl.ts
@@ -1,26 +1,18 @@
 import 'dotenv/config';
 import { ExecutorContext, logger } from '@nrwl/devkit';
 import { eachValueFrom } from '@nrwl/devkit/src/utils/rxjs-for-await';
-import type { Configuration, Stats } from 'webpack';
-import { from, of } from 'rxjs';
-import {
-  bufferCount,
-  mergeMap,
-  mergeScan,
-  switchMap,
-  tap,
-} from 'rxjs/operators';
+import type { Configuration } from 'webpack';
+import { of } from 'rxjs';
+import { switchMap, tap } from 'rxjs/operators';
 import { basename, join, resolve } from 'path';
 import {
   calculateProjectDependencies,
   createTmpTsConfig,
 } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/utilities/buildable-libs-utils';
-import { readTsConfig } from '@nrwl/workspace/src/utilities/typescript';
 
 import { getWebpackConfig } from './lib/get-webpack-config';
 import { getEmittedFiles } from './lib/get-emitted-files';
 import { runWebpack } from './lib/run-webpack';
-import { BuildBrowserFeatures } from '../../utils/webpack/build-browser-features';
 import { deleteOutputDir } from '../../utils/fs';
 import { writeIndexHtml } from '../../utils/webpack/write-index-html';
 import { resolveCustomWebpackConfig } from '../../utils/webpack/custom-webpack';
@@ -34,7 +26,7 @@ import { EmittedFile } from '../../utils/models';
 async function getWebpackConfigs(
   options: NormalizedWebpackExecutorOptions,
   context: ExecutorContext
-): Promise<Configuration[]> {
+): Promise<Configuration> {
   const metadata = context.projectsConfigurations.projects[context.projectName];
   const projectRoot = metadata.root;
   const isScriptOptimizeOn =
@@ -43,13 +35,6 @@ async function getWebpackConfigs(
       : options.optimization && options.optimization.scripts
       ? options.optimization.scripts
       : false;
-  const tsConfig = readTsConfig(options.tsConfig);
-  const scriptTarget = tsConfig.options.target;
-
-  const buildBrowserFeatures = new BuildBrowserFeatures(
-    projectRoot,
-    scriptTarget
-  );
 
   let customWebpack = null;
 
@@ -64,30 +49,17 @@ async function getWebpackConfigs(
     }
   }
 
-  return await Promise.all(
-    [
-      // ESM build for modern browsers.
-      getWebpackConfig(context, options, true, isScriptOptimizeOn),
-      // ES5 build for legacy browsers.
-      options.target === 'web' &&
-      isScriptOptimizeOn &&
-      buildBrowserFeatures.isDifferentialLoadingNeeded()
-        ? getWebpackConfig(context, options, false, isScriptOptimizeOn)
-        : undefined,
-    ]
-      .filter(Boolean)
-      .map(async (config) => {
-        if (customWebpack) {
-          return await customWebpack(config, {
-            options,
-            context,
-            configuration: context.configurationName, // backwards compat
-          });
-        } else {
-          return config;
-        }
-      })
-  );
+  const config = getWebpackConfig(context, options, isScriptOptimizeOn);
+
+  if (customWebpack) {
+    return await customWebpack(config, {
+      options,
+      context,
+      configuration: context.configurationName, // backwards compat
+    });
+  } else {
+    return config;
+  }
 }
 
 export type WebpackExecutorEvent =
@@ -162,40 +134,26 @@ export async function* webpackExecutor(
 
   const configs = await getWebpackConfigs(options, context);
   return yield* eachValueFrom(
-    from(configs).pipe(
-      mergeMap((config) => (Array.isArray(config) ? from(config) : of(config))),
-      // Run build sequentially and bail when first one fails.
-      mergeScan(
-        (acc, config) => {
-          if (!acc.hasErrors()) {
-            return runWebpack(config).pipe(
-              tap((stats) => {
-                console.info(stats.toString(config.stats));
-              })
-            );
-          } else {
-            return of();
-          }
-        },
-        { hasErrors: () => false } as Stats,
-        1
-      ),
-      // Collect build results as an array.
-      bufferCount(configs.length),
-      switchMap(async ([result1, result2]) => {
-        const success =
-          result1 && !result1.hasErrors() && (!result2 || !result2.hasErrors());
-        const emittedFiles1 = getEmittedFiles(result1);
-        const emittedFiles2 = result2 ? getEmittedFiles(result2) : [];
+    of(configs).pipe(
+      switchMap((config) => {
+        return runWebpack(config).pipe(
+          tap((stats) => {
+            console.info(stats.toString());
+          })
+        );
+      }),
+      switchMap(async (result) => {
+        const success = result && !result.hasErrors();
+        const emittedFiles = getEmittedFiles(result);
         if (options.index && options.generateIndexHtml) {
           await writeIndexHtml({
             crossOrigin: options.crossOrigin,
             sri: options.subresourceIntegrity,
             outputPath: join(options.outputPath, basename(options.index)),
             indexPath: join(context.root, options.index),
-            files: emittedFiles1.filter((x) => x.extension === '.css'),
-            noModuleFiles: emittedFiles2,
-            moduleFiles: emittedFiles1,
+            files: emittedFiles.filter((x) => x.extension === '.css'),
+            noModuleFiles: [],
+            moduleFiles: emittedFiles,
             baseHref: options.baseHref,
             deployUrl: options.deployUrl,
             scripts: options.scripts,
@@ -209,7 +167,7 @@ export async function* webpackExecutor(
             options.outputPath,
             options.outputFileName
           ),
-          emittedFiles: [...emittedFiles1, ...emittedFiles2],
+          emittedFiles,
           options,
         };
       })
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/migrations/update-15-4-5/remove-es2015-polyfills-option.spec.ts b/packages/webpack/src/migrations/update-15-4-5/remove-es2015-polyfills-option.spec.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..8396bfc987a13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/migrations/update-15-4-5/remove-es2015-polyfills-option.spec.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+import { createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace } from '@nrwl/devkit/testing';
+import {
+  addProjectConfiguration,
+  readProjectConfiguration,
+  Tree,
+} from '@nrwl/devkit';
+import update from './remove-es2015-polyfills-option';
+
+describe('15.4.5 migration (remove es2015-polyfills)', () => {
+  let tree: Tree;
+
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    tree = createTreeWithEmptyWorkspace();
+  });
+
+  it('should update all executors using @nrwl/webpack:webpack and es2015Polyfills option', async () => {
+    addProjectConfiguration(tree, 'app1', {
+      root: 'app1',
+      targets: {
+        build: {
+          executor: '@nrwl/webpack:webpack',
+          options: {
+            es2015Polyfills: 'app1/polyfills.ts',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    addProjectConfiguration(tree, 'app2', {
+      root: 'app2',
+      targets: {
+        custom: {
+          executor: '@nrwl/webpack:webpack',
+          options: {
+            es2016Polyfills: 'app2/polyfills.ts',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+    addProjectConfiguration(tree, 'app3', {
+      root: 'app3',
+      targets: {
+        custom: {
+          executor: '@foo/bar:faz',
+          options: {
+            es2015Polyfills: 'app3/polyfills.ts',
+          },
+        },
+      },
+    });
+
+    await update(tree);
+
+    expect(
+      readProjectConfiguration(tree, 'app1').targets.build.options
+        .es2015Polyfills
+    ).toBeUndefined();
+    expect(
+      readProjectConfiguration(tree, 'app2').targets.custom.options
+        .es2015Polyfills
+    ).toBeUndefined();
+    // Another executor, left intact.
+    expect(
+      readProjectConfiguration(tree, 'app3').targets.custom.options
+        .es2015Polyfills
+    ).toEqual('app3/polyfills.ts');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/migrations/update-15-4-5/remove-es2015-polyfills-option.ts b/packages/webpack/src/migrations/update-15-4-5/remove-es2015-polyfills-option.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..5b84820f201f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/migrations/update-15-4-5/remove-es2015-polyfills-option.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import { getProjects, Tree, updateProjectConfiguration } from '@nrwl/devkit';
+
+export default async function (tree: Tree) {
+  const projects = getProjects(tree);
+  projects.forEach((p) => {
+    let shouldUpdate = false;
+
+    Object.entries(p.targets).forEach(([name, config]) => {
+      if (
+        p.targets?.[name]?.executor === '@nrwl/webpack:webpack' &&
+        p.targets?.[name]?.options.es2015Polyfills
+      ) {
+        delete p.targets?.[name]?.options.es2015Polyfills;
+        shouldUpdate = true;
+      }
+    });
+
+    if (shouldUpdate) {
+      updateProjectConfiguration(tree, p.name, p);
+    }
+  });
+}
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/utils/config.ts b/packages/webpack/src/utils/config.ts
index 68a1525375ba3..d9c69f06c92d9 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/utils/config.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/utils/config.ts
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ const IGNORED_WEBPACK_WARNINGS = [
 ];
 
 export interface InternalBuildOptions {
-  esm?: boolean;
   isScriptOptimizeOn?: boolean;
   emitDecoratorMetadata?: boolean;
   configuration?: string;
@@ -40,18 +39,13 @@ export function getBaseWebpackPartial(
   // If the function is called directly and not through `@nrwl/webpack:webpack` then this target may not be set.
   options.target ??= 'web';
 
-  const mainFields = [
-    ...(internalOptions.esm ? ['es2015'] : []),
-    'module',
-    'main',
-  ];
+  const mainFields = ['es2015', 'module', 'main'];
   const hashFormat = getOutputHashFormat(options.outputHashing);
-  const suffixFormat = internalOptions.esm ? '' : '.es5';
   const filename = internalOptions.isScriptOptimizeOn
-    ? `[name]${hashFormat.script}${suffixFormat}.js`
+    ? `[name]${hashFormat.script}.js`
     : '[name].js';
   const chunkFilename = internalOptions.isScriptOptimizeOn
-    ? `[name]${hashFormat.chunk}${suffixFormat}.js`
+    ? `[name]${hashFormat.chunk}.js`
     : '[name].js';
   const mode = internalOptions.isScriptOptimizeOn
     ? 'production'
@@ -90,7 +84,7 @@ export function getBaseWebpackPartial(
       hashFunction: 'xxhash64',
       // Disabled for performance
       pathinfo: false,
-      scriptType: internalOptions.esm ? 'module' : undefined,
+      scriptType: 'module',
     },
     module: {
       // Enabled for performance
@@ -180,33 +174,39 @@ export function getBaseWebpackPartial(
     webpackConfig.plugins.push(
       new webpack.DefinePlugin(getClientEnvironment(mode).stringified)
     );
-    if (options.compiler !== 'swc' && internalOptions.isScriptOptimizeOn) {
-      webpackConfig.optimization = {
-        sideEffects: true,
-        minimizer: [
-          new TerserPlugin({
-            parallel: true,
-            terserOptions: {
-              ecma: (internalOptions.esm ? 2016 : 5) as TerserPlugin.TerserECMA,
-              safari10: true,
-              output: {
-                ascii_only: true,
-                comments: false,
-                webkit: true,
-              },
-            },
-          }),
-        ],
-        runtimeChunk: true,
-      };
-    }
     webpackConfig.optimization ??= {};
     webpackConfig.optimization.nodeEnv = process.env.NODE_ENV ?? mode;
+
+    if (internalOptions.isScriptOptimizeOn) {
+      // Always check sideEffects field in package.json for tree-shaking to work.
+      webpackConfig.optimization.sideEffects = true;
+
+      if (options.compiler !== 'swc') {
+        webpackConfig.optimization = {
+          sideEffects: true,
+          minimizer: [
+            new TerserPlugin({
+              parallel: true,
+              terserOptions: {
+                ecma: 2020,
+                safari10: true,
+                output: {
+                  ascii_only: true,
+                  comments: false,
+                  webkit: true,
+                },
+              },
+            }),
+          ],
+          runtimeChunk: true,
+        };
+      }
+    }
   }
 
   const extraPlugins: WebpackPluginInstance[] = [];
 
-  if (!internalOptions.skipTypeCheck && internalOptions.esm) {
+  if (!internalOptions.skipTypeCheck) {
     extraPlugins.push(
       new ForkTsCheckerWebpackPlugin({
         typescript: {
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ export function createLoaderFromCompiler(
           rootMode: 'upward',
           cwd: join(options.root, options.sourceRoot),
           emitDecoratorMetadata: extraOptions.emitDecoratorMetadata,
-          isModern: extraOptions.esm,
+          isModern: true,
           envName: extraOptions.isScriptOptimizeOn
             ? 'production'
             : extraOptions.configuration,
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/utils/models.ts b/packages/webpack/src/utils/models.ts
index 663f0d483f424..21c0e8c59fcef 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/utils/models.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/utils/models.ts
@@ -25,5 +25,4 @@ export interface CreateWebpackConfigOptions<T = any> {
   buildOptions: T;
   tsConfig: any;
   tsConfigPath: string;
-  supportES2015: boolean;
 }
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/build-browser-features.spec.ts b/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/build-browser-features.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ed5d7ba5a99b8..0000000000000
--- a/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/build-browser-features.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,161 +0,0 @@
-import { fs, vol } from 'memfs';
-jest.mock('fs', () => fs);
-import { ScriptTarget } from 'typescript';
-
-// Disable browserslist cache so that each test resolves a new config.
-process.env.BROWSERSLIST_DISABLE_CACHE = 'true';
-
-import { BuildBrowserFeatures } from './build-browser-features';
-
-describe('BuildBrowserFeatures', () => {
-  beforeEach(async () => {
-    vol.fromJSON(
-      {
-        '.browserslistrc': '',
-      },
-      '/root'
-    );
-  });
-
-  describe('isDifferentialLoadingNeeded', () => {
-    it('should be true for for IE 9-11 and ES2015', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync('/root/.browserslistrc', 'IE 9-11');
-
-      const buildBrowserFeatures = new BuildBrowserFeatures(
-        '/root',
-        ScriptTarget.ES2015
-      );
-      expect(buildBrowserFeatures.isDifferentialLoadingNeeded()).toBe(true);
-    });
-
-    it('should be false for Chrome and ES2015', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync('/root/.browserslistrc', 'last 1 chrome version');
-
-      const buildBrowserFeatures = new BuildBrowserFeatures(
-        '/root',
-        ScriptTarget.ES2015
-      );
-      expect(buildBrowserFeatures.isDifferentialLoadingNeeded()).toBe(false);
-    });
-
-    it('detects no need for differential loading for target is ES5', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync('/root/.browserslistrc', 'last 1 chrome version');
-
-      const buildBrowserFeatures = new BuildBrowserFeatures(
-        '/root',
-        ScriptTarget.ES5
-      );
-      expect(buildBrowserFeatures.isDifferentialLoadingNeeded()).toBe(false);
-    });
-
-    it('should be false for Safari 10.1 when target is ES2015', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync('/root/.browserslistrc', 'Safari 10.1');
-
-      const buildBrowserFeatures = new BuildBrowserFeatures(
-        '/root',
-        ScriptTarget.ES2015
-      );
-      expect(buildBrowserFeatures.isDifferentialLoadingNeeded()).toBe(false);
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('isFeatureSupported', () => {
-    it('should be true for es6-module and Safari 10.1', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync('/root/.browserslistrc', 'Safari 10.1');
-
-      const buildBrowserFeatures = new BuildBrowserFeatures(
-        '/root',
-        ScriptTarget.ES2015
-      );
-      expect(buildBrowserFeatures.isFeatureSupported('es6-module')).toBe(true);
-    });
-
-    it('should be false for es6-module and IE9', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync('/root/.browserslistrc', 'IE 9');
-
-      const buildBrowserFeatures = new BuildBrowserFeatures(
-        '/root',
-        ScriptTarget.ES2015
-      );
-      expect(buildBrowserFeatures.isFeatureSupported('es6-module')).toBe(false);
-    });
-
-    it('should be true for es6-module and last 1 chrome version', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync('/root/.browserslistrc', 'last 1 chrome version');
-
-      const buildBrowserFeatures = new BuildBrowserFeatures(
-        '/root',
-        ScriptTarget.ES2015
-      );
-      expect(buildBrowserFeatures.isFeatureSupported('es6-module')).toBe(true);
-    });
-
-    it('should be true for es6-module and Edge 18', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync('/root/.browserslistrc', 'Edge 18');
-
-      const buildBrowserFeatures = new BuildBrowserFeatures(
-        '/root',
-        ScriptTarget.ES2015
-      );
-      expect(buildBrowserFeatures.isFeatureSupported('es6-module')).toBe(true);
-    });
-  });
-
-  describe('isNoModulePolyfillNeeded', () => {
-    it('should be false for Safari 10.1 when target is ES5', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync('/root/.browserslistrc', 'Safari 10.1');
-
-      const buildBrowserFeatures = new BuildBrowserFeatures(
-        '/root',
-        ScriptTarget.ES5
-      );
-      expect(buildBrowserFeatures.isNoModulePolyfillNeeded()).toBe(false);
-    });
-
-    it('should be false for Safari 10.1 when target is ES2015', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync('/root/.browserslistrc', 'Safari 10.1');
-
-      const buildBrowserFeatures = new BuildBrowserFeatures(
-        '/root',
-        ScriptTarget.ES2015
-      );
-      expect(buildBrowserFeatures.isNoModulePolyfillNeeded()).toBe(false);
-    });
-
-    it('should be true for Safari 9+ when target is ES2015', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync('/root/.browserslistrc', 'Safari >= 9');
-
-      const buildBrowserFeatures = new BuildBrowserFeatures(
-        '/root',
-        ScriptTarget.ES2015
-      );
-      expect(buildBrowserFeatures.isNoModulePolyfillNeeded()).toBe(true);
-    });
-
-    it('should be false for Safari 9+ when target is ES5', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync('/root/.browserslistrc', 'Safari >= 9');
-
-      const buildBrowserFeatures = new BuildBrowserFeatures(
-        '/root',
-        ScriptTarget.ES5
-      );
-      expect(buildBrowserFeatures.isNoModulePolyfillNeeded()).toBe(false);
-    });
-
-    it('should be false when not supporting Safari 10.1 target is ES2015', () => {
-      fs.writeFileSync(
-        '/root/.browserslistrc',
-        `
-            Edge 18
-            IE 9
-          `
-      );
-
-      const buildBrowserFeatures = new BuildBrowserFeatures(
-        '/root',
-        ScriptTarget.ES2015
-      );
-      expect(buildBrowserFeatures.isNoModulePolyfillNeeded()).toBe(false);
-    });
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/build-browser-features.ts b/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/build-browser-features.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 790c31ffdf675..0000000000000
--- a/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/build-browser-features.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,78 +0,0 @@
-import * as browserslist from 'browserslist';
-import { feature, features } from 'caniuse-lite';
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
-
-export class BuildBrowserFeatures {
-  private readonly _supportedBrowsers: string[];
-  private readonly _es6TargetOrLater: boolean;
-
-  constructor(
-    private projectRoot: string,
-    private scriptTarget: ts.ScriptTarget
-  ) {
-    this._supportedBrowsers = browserslist(undefined, {
-      path: this.projectRoot,
-    });
-    this._es6TargetOrLater = this.scriptTarget > ts.ScriptTarget.ES5;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * True, when one or more browsers requires ES5
-   * support and the script target is ES2015 or greater.
-   */
-  isDifferentialLoadingNeeded(): boolean {
-    return this._es6TargetOrLater && this.isEs5SupportNeeded();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * True, when one or more browsers requires ES5 support
-   */
-  isEs5SupportNeeded(): boolean {
-    return !this.isFeatureSupported('es6-module');
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Safari 10.1 and iOS Safari 10.3 supports modules,
-   * but does not support the `nomodule` attribute.
-   * While return `true`, when support for Safari 10.1 and iOS Safari 10.3
-   * is required and in differential loading is enabled.
-   */
-  isNoModulePolyfillNeeded(): boolean {
-    if (!this.isDifferentialLoadingNeeded()) {
-      return false;
-    }
-
-    const safariBrowsers = ['safari 10.1', 'ios_saf 10.3'];
-
-    return this._supportedBrowsers.some((browser) =>
-      safariBrowsers.includes(browser)
-    );
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * True, when a browser feature is supported partially or fully.
-   */
-  isFeatureSupported(featureId: string): boolean {
-    // y: feature is fully available
-    // n: feature is unavailable
-    // a: feature is partially supported
-    // x: feature is prefixed
-    const criteria = ['y', 'a'];
-
-    const data = feature(features[featureId]);
-
-    return !this._supportedBrowsers.some((browser) => {
-      const [agentId, version] = browser.split(' ');
-
-      const browserData = data.stats[agentId];
-      const featureStatus = (browserData && browserData[version]) as
-        | string
-        | undefined;
-
-      // We are only interested in the first character
-      // Ex: when 'a #4 #5', we only need to check for 'a'
-      // as for such cases we should polyfill these features as needed
-      return !featureStatus || !criteria.includes(featureStatus.charAt(0));
-    });
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/package-chunk-sort.ts b/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/package-chunk-sort.ts
index 8f6565a62e164..55f2987a2f25b 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/package-chunk-sort.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/package-chunk-sort.ts
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ export function generateEntryPoints(appConfig: {
   };
 
   const entryPoints = [
-    'polyfills-nomodule-es5',
     'runtime',
-    'polyfills-es5',
     'polyfills',
     'sw-register',
     ...extraEntryPoints(appConfig.styles, 'styles'),
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/partials/browser.ts b/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/partials/browser.ts
index 5530da6345b9f..7c4ba8e3ae05d 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/partials/browser.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/partials/browser.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { CreateWebpackConfigOptions } from '../../models';
 import CssMinimizerPlugin = require('css-minimizer-webpack-plugin');
 
 export function getBrowserConfig(wco: CreateWebpackConfigOptions) {
-  const { buildOptions, supportES2015 } = wco;
+  const { buildOptions } = wco;
   const extraPlugins = [];
 
   const stylesOptimization =
@@ -41,12 +41,7 @@ export function getBrowserConfig(wco: CreateWebpackConfigOptions) {
 
   return {
     resolve: {
-      mainFields: [
-        ...(supportES2015 ? ['es2015'] : []),
-        'browser',
-        'module',
-        'main',
-      ],
+      mainFields: ['browser', 'module', 'main'],
     },
     output: {
       crossOriginLoading: buildOptions.subresourceIntegrity
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/partials/common.ts b/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/partials/common.ts
index 22578e29dad9a..f438992936057 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/partials/common.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/partials/common.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,17 @@
-import { basename, join, resolve } from 'path';
+import { basename, resolve } from 'path';
 import type { Compiler, Configuration } from 'webpack';
-import { ids, ProgressPlugin, sources } from 'webpack';
-import { ScriptTarget } from 'typescript';
+import { ProgressPlugin, sources } from 'webpack';
 
 import { normalizeExtraEntryPoints } from '../normalize-entry';
 import { ScriptsWebpackPlugin } from '../plugins/scripts-webpack-plugin';
-import { BuildBrowserFeatures } from '../build-browser-features';
 import { getOutputHashFormat } from '../../hash-format';
 import { findAllNodeModules, findUp } from '../../fs';
-import type { CreateWebpackConfigOptions, ExtraEntryPoint } from '../../models';
+import type { CreateWebpackConfigOptions } from '../../models';
 
 export function getCommonConfig(
   wco: CreateWebpackConfigOptions
 ): Configuration {
-  const { root, projectRoot, sourceRoot, buildOptions, tsConfig } = wco;
+  const { root, projectRoot, sourceRoot, buildOptions } = wco;
 
   let stylesOptimization: boolean;
   let scriptsOptimization: boolean;
@@ -37,48 +35,6 @@ export function getCommonConfig(
     entryPoints['main'] = [resolve(root, buildOptions.main)];
   }
 
-  const buildBrowserFeatures = new BuildBrowserFeatures(
-    projectRoot,
-    tsConfig.options.target || ScriptTarget.ES5
-  );
-
-  const differentialLoadingNeeded =
-    buildBrowserFeatures.isDifferentialLoadingNeeded();
-
-  if (tsConfig.options.target === ScriptTarget.ES5) {
-    if (buildBrowserFeatures.isEs5SupportNeeded()) {
-      // The nomodule polyfill needs to be inject prior to any script and be
-      // outside of webpack compilation because otherwise webpack will cause the
-      // script to be wrapped in window["webpackJsonp"] which causes this to fail.
-      if (buildBrowserFeatures.isNoModulePolyfillNeeded()) {
-        const noModuleScript: ExtraEntryPoint = {
-          bundleName: 'polyfills-nomodule-es5',
-          input: join(__dirname, '..', 'safari-nomodule.js'),
-        };
-        buildOptions.scripts = buildOptions.scripts
-          ? [...buildOptions.scripts, noModuleScript]
-          : [noModuleScript];
-      }
-
-      // For full build differential loading we don't need to generate a seperate polyfill file
-      // because they will be loaded exclusivly based on module and nomodule
-      const polyfillsChunkName = differentialLoadingNeeded
-        ? 'polyfills'
-        : 'polyfills-es5';
-
-      entryPoints[polyfillsChunkName] = [
-        join(__dirname, '..', 'es5-polyfills.js'),
-      ];
-
-      // If not performing a full differential build the polyfills need to be added to ES5 bundle
-      if (buildOptions.polyfills) {
-        entryPoints[polyfillsChunkName].push(
-          resolve(root, buildOptions.polyfills)
-        );
-      }
-    }
-  }
-
   if (buildOptions.polyfills) {
     entryPoints['polyfills'] = [
       ...(entryPoints['polyfills'] || []),
@@ -179,26 +135,12 @@ export function getCommonConfig(
   const loaderNodeModules = findAllNodeModules(__dirname, projectRoot);
   loaderNodeModules.unshift('node_modules');
 
-  // Load rxjs path aliases.
-  // https://github.com/ReactiveX/rxjs/blob/master/doc/pipeable-operators.md#build-and-treeshaking
-  let alias = {};
-  try {
-    const rxjsPathMappingImport = wco.supportES2015
-      ? 'rxjs/_esm2015/path-mapping'
-      : 'rxjs/_esm5/path-mapping';
-    const rxPaths = require(require.resolve(rxjsPathMappingImport, {
-      paths: [projectRoot],
-    }));
-    alias = rxPaths(nodeModules);
-  } catch {}
-
   return {
     profile: buildOptions.statsJson,
     resolve: {
       extensions: ['.ts', '.tsx', '.mjs', '.js'],
       symlinks: true,
       modules: [wco.tsConfig.options.baseUrl || projectRoot, 'node_modules'],
-      alias,
     },
     resolveLoader: {
       modules: loaderNodeModules,
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/plugins/index-file/index-html-generator.ts b/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/plugins/index-file/index-html-generator.ts
index 4aa1da59ef629..ffad62d96dc54 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/plugins/index-file/index-html-generator.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/plugins/index-file/index-html-generator.ts
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@ export interface IndexHtmlGeneratorProcessOptions {
   baseHref?: string | undefined;
   outputPath: string;
   files: FileInfo[];
-  noModuleFiles: FileInfo[];
   moduleFiles: FileInfo[];
 }
 
@@ -111,14 +110,7 @@ function augmentIndexHtmlPlugin(
   } = generator.options;
 
   return async (html, options) => {
-    const {
-      lang,
-      baseHref,
-      outputPath = '',
-      noModuleFiles,
-      files,
-      moduleFiles,
-    } = options;
+    const { lang, baseHref, outputPath = '', files, moduleFiles } = options;
 
     return augmentIndexHtml({
       html,
@@ -130,7 +122,6 @@ function augmentIndexHtmlPlugin(
       entrypoints,
       loadOutputFile: (filePath) =>
         generator.readAsset(join(outputPath, filePath)),
-      noModuleFiles,
       moduleFiles,
       files,
     });
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/plugins/index-html-webpack-plugin.ts b/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/plugins/index-html-webpack-plugin.ts
index 713d0346fc071..c77b4472d986d 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/plugins/index-html-webpack-plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/plugins/index-html-webpack-plugin.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ export interface IndexHtmlWebpackPluginOptions
       IndexHtmlGeneratorProcessOptions,
       'files' | 'noModuleFiles' | 'moduleFiles'
     > {
-  noModuleEntrypoints: string[];
   moduleEntrypoints: string[];
 }
 
@@ -59,7 +58,6 @@ export class IndexHtmlWebpackPlugin extends IndexHtmlGenerator {
     const callback = async (assets: Record<string, unknown>) => {
       // Get all files for selected entrypoints
       const files: FileInfo[] = [];
-      const noModuleFiles: FileInfo[] = [];
       const moduleFiles: FileInfo[] = [];
 
       try {
@@ -79,9 +77,7 @@ export class IndexHtmlWebpackPlugin extends IndexHtmlGenerator {
             continue;
           }
 
-          if (this.options.noModuleEntrypoints.includes(entryName)) {
-            noModuleFiles.push(...entryFiles);
-          } else if (this.options.moduleEntrypoints.includes(entryName)) {
+          if (this.options.moduleEntrypoints.includes(entryName)) {
             moduleFiles.push(...entryFiles);
           } else {
             files.push(...entryFiles);
@@ -90,7 +86,6 @@ export class IndexHtmlWebpackPlugin extends IndexHtmlGenerator {
 
         const { content, warnings, errors } = await this.process({
           files,
-          noModuleFiles,
           moduleFiles,
           outputPath: dirname(this.options.outputPath),
           baseHref: this.options.baseHref,
diff --git a/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/write-index-html.ts b/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/write-index-html.ts
index 3c86b8c2e2868..5f490381aabde 100644
--- a/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/write-index-html.ts
+++ b/packages/webpack/src/utils/webpack/write-index-html.ts
@@ -59,13 +59,7 @@ export interface FileInfo {
  * bundles for differential serving.
  */
 export function augmentIndexHtml(params: AugmentIndexHtmlOptions): string {
-  const {
-    loadOutputFile,
-    files,
-    noModuleFiles = [],
-    moduleFiles = [],
-    entrypoints,
-  } = params;
+  const { loadOutputFile, files, moduleFiles = [], entrypoints } = params;
 
   let { crossOrigin = 'none' } = params;
   if (params.sri && crossOrigin === 'none') {
@@ -76,7 +70,7 @@ export function augmentIndexHtml(params: AugmentIndexHtmlOptions): string {
   const scripts = new Set<string>();
 
   // Sort files in the order we want to insert them by entrypoint and dedupes duplicates
-  const mergedFiles = [...moduleFiles, ...noModuleFiles, ...files];
+  const mergedFiles = [...moduleFiles, ...files];
   for (const entrypoint of entrypoints) {
     for (const { extension, file, name } of mergedFiles) {
       if (name !== entrypoint) {
@@ -160,15 +154,9 @@ export function augmentIndexHtml(params: AugmentIndexHtmlOptions): string {
       // in some cases for differential loading file with the same name is avialable in both
       // nomodule and module such as scripts.js
       // we shall not add these attributes if that's the case
-      const isNoModuleType = noModuleFiles.some(scriptPredictor);
       const isModuleType = moduleFiles.some(scriptPredictor);
 
-      if (isNoModuleType && !isModuleType) {
-        attrs.push({ name: 'nomodule', value: null });
-        if (!script.startsWith('polyfills-nomodule-es5')) {
-          attrs.push({ name: 'defer', value: null });
-        }
-      } else if (isModuleType) {
+      if (isModuleType) {
         attrs.push({ name: 'type', value: 'module' });
       } else {
         attrs.push({ name: 'defer', value: null });
@@ -293,7 +281,6 @@ export async function writeIndexHtml({
   outputPath,
   indexPath,
   files = [],
-  noModuleFiles = [],
   moduleFiles = [],
   baseHref,
   deployUrl,
@@ -314,7 +301,6 @@ export async function writeIndexHtml({
     sri,
     entrypoints: generateEntryPoints({ scripts, styles }),
     files: filterAndMapBuildFiles(files, ['.js', '.css']),
-    noModuleFiles: filterAndMapBuildFiles(noModuleFiles, '.js'),
     moduleFiles: filterAndMapBuildFiles(moduleFiles, '.js'),
     loadOutputFile: (filePath) =>
       readFileSync(join(dirname(outputPath), filePath)).toString(),