diff --git a/docs/generated/packages/plugin/generators/create-package.json b/docs/generated/packages/plugin/generators/create-package.json
index d226f73bee..31d0171dbd 100644
--- a/docs/generated/packages/plugin/generators/create-package.json
+++ b/docs/generated/packages/plugin/generators/create-package.json
@@ -57,11 +57,12 @@
         "default": "tsc",
         "description": "The compiler used by the build and test targets."
       },
-      "e2eTestRunner": {
+      "e2eProject": {
         "type": "string",
-        "enum": ["jest", "none"],
-        "description": "Test runner to use for end to end (E2E) tests.",
-        "default": "jest"
+        "description": "The name of the e2e project.",
+        "alias": "p",
+        "$default": { "$source": "projectName" },
+        "x-prompt": "What is the name of the e2e project?"
       }
     },
     "required": ["name", "project"],
diff --git a/e2e/utils/global-setup.ts b/e2e/utils/global-setup.ts
index 10039a96f3..979043a19f 100644
--- a/e2e/utils/global-setup.ts
+++ b/e2e/utils/global-setup.ts
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export default async function (globalConfig: Config.ConfigGlobals) {
         { stdio: 'pipe' }
       );
 
-      childProcess?.stdout?.on('data', (data) => {
+      const listener = (data) => {
         if (data.toString().includes('http://localhost:')) {
           const port = parseInt(
             data.toString().match(/localhost:(?<port>\d+)/)?.groups?.port
@@ -35,11 +35,12 @@ export default async function (globalConfig: Config.ConfigGlobals) {
           console.log('Set npm and yarn config registry to ' + registry);
 
           resolve(childProcess);
+          childProcess.stdout?.off('data', listener);
         }
-      });
+      };
+      childProcess?.stdout?.on('data', listener);
       childProcess?.stderr?.on('data', (data) => {
         process.stderr.write(data);
-        reject(data);
       });
       childProcess.on('error', (err) => {
         console.log('local registry error', err);
diff --git a/e2e/workspace-create/src/create-nx-plugin.test.ts b/e2e/workspace-create/src/create-nx-plugin.test.ts
index ac46967219..5348a90e4a 100644
--- a/e2e/workspace-create/src/create-nx-plugin.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/workspace-create/src/create-nx-plugin.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   uniq,
   runCreatePlugin,
   cleanupProject,
-  tmpProjPath,
 } from '@nx/e2e/utils';
 
 describe('create-nx-plugin', () => {
@@ -64,7 +63,8 @@ describe('create-nx-plugin', () => {
     runCLI(`build ${pluginName}`);
     checkFilesExist(
       `dist/${pluginName}/package.json`,
-      `dist/${pluginName}/generators.json`
+      `dist/${pluginName}/generators.json`,
+      `e2e/tests/${pluginName}.spec.ts`
     );
 
     runCLI(`build create-${pluginName}-package`);
diff --git a/packages/js/plugins/jest/local-registry.ts b/packages/js/plugins/jest/local-registry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f1bcd1f6aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/js/plugins/jest/local-registry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export * from '../../src/plugins/jest/start-local-registry';
diff --git a/packages/js/src/executors/verdaccio/verdaccio.impl.ts b/packages/js/src/executors/verdaccio/verdaccio.impl.ts
index 790bdadafa..30fee7d469 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/executors/verdaccio/verdaccio.impl.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/executors/verdaccio/verdaccio.impl.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 import { ExecutorContext, logger } from '@nx/devkit';
-import { removeSync, existsSync } from 'fs-extra';
+import { existsSync, rmSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import { ChildProcess, execSync, fork } from 'child_process';
 import * as detectPort from 'detect-port';
-import { join } from 'path';
+import { join, resolve } from 'path';
 
 import { VerdaccioExecutorSchema } from './schema';
 
@@ -25,8 +25,12 @@ export async function verdaccioExecutor(
     );
   }
 
-  if (options.clear && options.storage && existsSync(options.storage)) {
-    removeSync(options.storage);
+  if (options.storage) {
+    options.storage = resolve(context.root, options.storage);
+    if (options.clear && existsSync(options.storage)) {
+      rmSync(options.storage, { recursive: true, force: true });
+      console.log(`Cleared local registry storage folder ${options.storage}`);
+    }
   }
 
   const cleanupFunctions =
@@ -84,23 +88,10 @@ function startVerdaccio(
             ? { VERDACCIO_STORAGE_PATH: options.storage }
             : {}),
         },
-        stdio: ['inherit', 'pipe', 'pipe', 'ipc'],
+        stdio: 'inherit',
       }
     );
 
-    childProcess.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
-      process.stdout.write(data);
-    });
-    childProcess.stderr.on('data', (data) => {
-      if (
-        data.includes('VerdaccioWarning') ||
-        data.includes('DeprecationWarning')
-      ) {
-        process.stdout.write(data);
-      } else {
-        reject(data);
-      }
-    });
     childProcess.on('error', (err) => {
       reject(err);
     });
diff --git a/packages/js/src/generators/setup-verdaccio/files/config.yml b/packages/js/src/generators/setup-verdaccio/files/config.yml
index 1805e5ac80..6efc9446a0 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/generators/setup-verdaccio/files/config.yml
+++ b/packages/js/src/generators/setup-verdaccio/files/config.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ auth:
 # a list of other known repositories we can talk to
 uplinks:
   npmjs:
-    url: https://registry.npmjs.org/
+    url: <%= npmUplinkRegistry %>
     maxage: 60m
 
 packages:
diff --git a/packages/js/src/generators/setup-verdaccio/generator.ts b/packages/js/src/generators/setup-verdaccio/generator.ts
index dd27e05ffd..8b452fa487 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/generators/setup-verdaccio/generator.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/generators/setup-verdaccio/generator.ts
@@ -13,13 +13,18 @@ import {
 import * as path from 'path';
 import { SetupVerdaccioGeneratorSchema } from './schema';
 import { verdaccioVersion } from '../../utils/versions';
+import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 
 export async function setupVerdaccio(
   tree: Tree,
   options: SetupVerdaccioGeneratorSchema
 ) {
   if (!tree.exists('.verdaccio/config.yml')) {
-    generateFiles(tree, path.join(__dirname, 'files'), '.verdaccio', {});
+    generateFiles(tree, path.join(__dirname, 'files'), '.verdaccio', {
+      npmUplinkRegistry:
+        execSync('npm config get registry')?.toString()?.trim() ??
+        'https://registry.npmjs.org',
+    });
   }
 
   const verdaccioTarget: TargetConfiguration = {
diff --git a/packages/js/src/plugins/jest/start-local-registry.ts b/packages/js/src/plugins/jest/start-local-registry.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d11352950d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/js/src/plugins/jest/start-local-registry.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import { execSync, fork } from 'child_process';
+
+/**
+ * This function is used to start a local registry for testing purposes.
+ * @param localRegistryTarget the target to run to start the local registry e.g. workspace:local-registry
+ * @param storage the storage location for the local registry
+ * @param verbose whether to log verbose output
+ */
+export function startLocalRegistry({
+  localRegistryTarget,
+  storage,
+  verbose,
+}: {
+  localRegistryTarget: string;
+  storage?: string;
+  verbose?: boolean;
+}) {
+  if (!localRegistryTarget) {
+    throw new Error(`localRegistryTarget is required`);
+  }
+  return new Promise<() => void>((resolve, reject) => {
+    const childProcess = fork(
+      require.resolve('nx'),
+      [
+        ...`run ${localRegistryTarget} --location none --clear true`.split(' '),
+        ...(storage ? [`--storage`, storage] : []),
+      ],
+      { stdio: 'pipe' }
+    );
+
+    const listener = (data) => {
+      if (verbose) {
+        process.stdout.write(data);
+      }
+      if (data.toString().includes('http://localhost:')) {
+        const port = parseInt(
+          data.toString().match(/localhost:(?<port>\d+)/)?.groups?.port
+        );
+        console.log('Local registry started on port ' + port);
+
+        const registry = `http://localhost:${port}`;
+        process.env.npm_config_registry = registry;
+        process.env.YARN_REGISTRY = registry;
+        execSync(
+          `npm config set //localhost:${port}/:_authToken "secretVerdaccioToken"`
+        );
+        console.log('Set npm and yarn config registry to ' + registry);
+
+        resolve(() => {
+          childProcess.kill();
+          execSync(`npm config delete //localhost:${port}/:_authToken`);
+        });
+        childProcess?.stdout?.off('data', listener);
+      }
+    };
+    childProcess?.stdout?.on('data', listener);
+    childProcess?.stderr?.on('data', (data) => {
+      process.stderr.write(data);
+    });
+    childProcess.on('error', (err) => {
+      console.log('local registry error', err);
+      reject(err);
+    });
+    childProcess.on('exit', (code) => {
+      console.log('local registry exit', code);
+      if (code !== 0) {
+        reject(code);
+      } else {
+        resolve(() => {});
+      }
+    });
+  });
+}
+
+export default startLocalRegistry;
diff --git a/packages/js/src/utils/add-local-registry-scripts.ts b/packages/js/src/utils/add-local-registry-scripts.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0ef34f266b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/js/src/utils/add-local-registry-scripts.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,64 @@
+import { ProjectConfiguration, readJson, type Tree } from '@nx/devkit';
+
+const startLocalRegistryScript = (localRegistryTarget: string) => `
+/**
+ * This script starts a local registry for e2e testing purposes.
+ * It is meant to be called in jest's globalSetup.
+ */
+import { startLocalRegistry } from '@nx/js/plugins/jest/local-registry';
+import { execFileSync } from 'child_process';
+
+export default async () => {
+  // local registry target to run
+  const localRegistryTarget = '${localRegistryTarget}';
+  // storage folder for the local registry
+  const storage = './tmp/local-registry/storage';
+
+  global.stopLocalRegistry = await startLocalRegistry({
+    localRegistryTarget,
+    storage,
+    verbose: false,
+  });
+  const nx = require.resolve('nx');
+  execFileSync(
+    nx,
+    ['run-many', '--targets', 'publish', '--ver', '1.0.0', '--tag', 'e2e'],
+    { env: process.env, stdio: 'inherit' }
+  );
+};
+`;
+
+const stopLocalRegistryScript = `
+/**
+ * This script stops the local registry for e2e testing purposes.
+ * It is meant to be called in jest's globalTeardown.
+ */
+
+export default () => {
+  if (global.stopLocalRegistry) {
+    global.stopLocalRegistry();
+  }
+};
+`;
+
+export function addLocalRegistryScripts(tree: Tree) {
+  const startLocalRegistryPath = 'tools/scripts/start-local-registry.ts';
+  const stopLocalRegistryPath = 'tools/scripts/stop-local-registry.ts';
+
+  const projectConfiguration: ProjectConfiguration = readJson(
+    tree,
+    'project.json'
+  );
+  const localRegistryTarget = `${projectConfiguration.name}:local-registry`;
+  if (!tree.exists(startLocalRegistryPath)) {
+    tree.write(
+      startLocalRegistryPath,
+      startLocalRegistryScript(localRegistryTarget)
+    );
+  }
+  if (!tree.exists(stopLocalRegistryPath)) {
+    tree.write(stopLocalRegistryPath, stopLocalRegistryScript);
+  }
+
+  return { startLocalRegistryPath, stopLocalRegistryPath };
+}
diff --git a/packages/js/src/utils/minimal-publish-script.ts b/packages/js/src/utils/minimal-publish-script.ts
index de45759e12..9715810ca4 100644
--- a/packages/js/src/utils/minimal-publish-script.ts
+++ b/packages/js/src/utils/minimal-publish-script.ts
@@ -12,14 +12,13 @@ const publishScriptContent = `
 
 import { execSync } from 'child_process';
 import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'fs';
-import chalk from 'chalk';
 
 import devkit from '@nx/devkit';
 const { readCachedProjectGraph } = devkit;
 
 function invariant(condition, message) {
   if (!condition) {
-    console.error(chalk.bold.red(message));
+    console.error(message);
     process.exit(1);
   } 
 }
@@ -58,9 +57,7 @@ try {
   json.version = version;
   writeFileSync(\`package.json\`, JSON.stringify(json, null, 2));
 } catch (e) {
-  console.error(
-    chalk.bold.red(\`Error reading package.json file from library build output.\`)
-  );
+  console.error(\`Error reading package.json file from library build output.\`);
 }
 
 // Execute "npm publish" to publish
diff --git a/packages/plugin/src/generators/create-package/create-package.ts b/packages/plugin/src/generators/create-package/create-package.ts
index b143cb54d2..1a3ece6003 100644
--- a/packages/plugin/src/generators/create-package/create-package.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin/src/generators/create-package/create-package.ts
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ import {
   GeneratorCallback,
   runTasksInSerial,
   joinPathFragments,
+  getProjects,
 } from '@nx/devkit';
 import { libraryGenerator as jsLibraryGenerator } from '@nx/js';
 import { nxVersion } from 'nx/src/utils/versions';
 import generatorGenerator from '../generator/generator';
 import { CreatePackageSchema } from './schema';
 import { NormalizedSchema, normalizeSchema } from './utils/normalize-schema';
-import e2eProjectGenerator from '../e2e-project/e2e';
 import { hasGenerator } from '../../utils/has-generator';
 
 export async function createPackageGenerator(
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@ export async function createPackageGenerator(
   tasks.push(installTask);
 
   await createCliPackage(host, options, pluginPackageName);
+  if (options.e2eProject) {
+    addE2eProject(host, options);
+  }
 
   if (!options.skipFormat) {
     await formatFiles(host);
@@ -149,57 +152,22 @@ async function createCliPackage(
  * @param options
  * @returns
  */
-async function addE2eProject(host: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
-  const pluginProjectConfiguration = readProjectConfiguration(
-    host,
-    options.project
-  );
-  const pluginOutputPath =
-    pluginProjectConfiguration.targets.build.options.outputPath;
-
-  const cliProjectConfiguration = readProjectConfiguration(
-    host,
-    options.projectName
-  );
-  const cliOutputPath =
-    cliProjectConfiguration.targets.build.options.outputPath;
-
-  const e2eTask = await e2eProjectGenerator(host, {
-    pluginName: options.projectName,
-    projectDirectory: options.projectDirectory,
-    pluginOutputPath,
-    npmPackageName: options.name,
-    skipFormat: true,
-    rootProject: false,
-  });
-
+function addE2eProject(host: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
   const e2eProjectConfiguration = readProjectConfiguration(
     host,
-    `${options.projectName}-e2e`
+    options.e2eProject
   );
-  e2eProjectConfiguration.targets.e2e.dependsOn = ['^build'];
-  updateProjectConfiguration(
-    host,
-    e2eProjectConfiguration.name,
-    e2eProjectConfiguration
-  );
-
-  // delete the default e2e test file
-  host.delete(e2eProjectConfiguration.sourceRoot);
 
   generateFiles(
     host,
     joinPathFragments(__dirname, './files/e2e'),
     e2eProjectConfiguration.sourceRoot,
     {
-      ...options,
-      pluginOutputPath,
-      cliOutputPath,
+      pluginName: options.project,
+      cliName: options.name,
       tmpl: '',
     }
   );
-
-  return e2eTask;
 }
 
 export default createPackageGenerator;
diff --git a/packages/plugin/src/generators/create-package/files/e2e/__cliName__.spec.ts__tmpl__ b/packages/plugin/src/generators/create-package/files/e2e/__cliName__.spec.ts__tmpl__
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b9f7d17227
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/plugin/src/generators/create-package/files/e2e/__cliName__.spec.ts__tmpl__
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import {
+  checkFilesExist,
+  removeTmpProject,
+  tmpFolder,
+  uniq,
+} from '@nx/plugin/testing';
+import { execSync } from 'child_process';
+import { join } from 'path';
+
+describe('<%= cliName %> e2e', () => {
+  let project: string;
+  beforeAll(async () => {
+    // create a workspace with cli
+    project = uniq('<%= cliName %>');
+    execSync(`npx <%= cliName %>@1.0.0 ${project}`, {
+      cwd: tmpFolder(),
+      env: process.env,
+    });
+  }, 240_000);
+
+  afterAll(() => {
+    // Remove the generated project from the file system
+    removeTmpProject(project);
+  });
+
+  it('should create project using <%= cliName %>', () => {
+    expect(() =>
+      checkFilesExist(join(tmpFolder(), project, 'package.json'))
+    ).not.toThrow();
+  });
+});
diff --git a/packages/plugin/src/generators/create-package/files/e2e/__name__.spec.ts__tmpl__ b/packages/plugin/src/generators/create-package/files/e2e/__name__.spec.ts__tmpl__
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ebe1bdad5..0000000000
--- a/packages/plugin/src/generators/create-package/files/e2e/__name__.spec.ts__tmpl__
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  runCreatePackageCli,
-  removeTmpProject,
-} from '@nx/plugin/testing';
-
-describe('<%= name %> e2e', () => {
-  const project = '<%= name %>';
-  let createPackageResult;
-
-  beforeAll(async () => {
-    // Create project using CLI command
-    createPackageResult = await runCreatePackageCli(
-      project,
-      {
-        pluginLibraryBuildPath: '<%= pluginOutputPath %>',
-        createPackageLibraryBuildPath: '<%= cliOutputPath %>',
-      }
-    );
-  }, 240_000);
-
-  afterAll(() => {
-    // Remove the generated project from the file system
-    removeTmpProject(project);
-  });
-
-  it('should create project using <%= name %>', () => {
-    expect(createPackageResult).toContain('Successfully created');
-  });
-});
diff --git a/packages/plugin/src/generators/create-package/schema.d.ts b/packages/plugin/src/generators/create-package/schema.d.ts
index 6acf4c1f77..7973977a79 100644
--- a/packages/plugin/src/generators/create-package/schema.d.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin/src/generators/create-package/schema.d.ts
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ export interface CreatePackageSchema {
   compiler: 'swc' | 'tsc';
 
   // options to create e2e project, passed to e2e project generator
-  e2eTestRunner?: 'jest' | 'none';
+  e2eProject?: string;
 }
diff --git a/packages/plugin/src/generators/create-package/schema.json b/packages/plugin/src/generators/create-package/schema.json
index 8125d63f5a..73a7bc0e24 100644
--- a/packages/plugin/src/generators/create-package/schema.json
+++ b/packages/plugin/src/generators/create-package/schema.json
@@ -59,11 +59,14 @@
       "default": "tsc",
       "description": "The compiler used by the build and test targets."
     },
-    "e2eTestRunner": {
+    "e2eProject": {
       "type": "string",
-      "enum": ["jest", "none"],
-      "description": "Test runner to use for end to end (E2E) tests.",
-      "default": "jest"
+      "description": "The name of the e2e project.",
+      "alias": "p",
+      "$default": {
+        "$source": "projectName"
+      },
+      "x-prompt": "What is the name of the e2e project?"
     }
   },
   "required": ["name", "project"]
diff --git a/packages/plugin/src/generators/e2e-project/e2e.ts b/packages/plugin/src/generators/e2e-project/e2e.ts
index 3573559c93..ce799a7af3 100644
--- a/packages/plugin/src/generators/e2e-project/e2e.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin/src/generators/e2e-project/e2e.ts
@@ -9,16 +9,19 @@ import {
   getWorkspaceLayout,
   joinPathFragments,
   names,
+  offsetFromRoot,
   readProjectConfiguration,
   runTasksInSerial,
   updateProjectConfiguration,
 } from '@nx/devkit';
-import { jestProjectGenerator } from '@nx/jest';
+import { addPropertyToJestConfig, jestProjectGenerator } from '@nx/jest';
 import { getRelativePathToRootTsConfig } from '@nx/js';
-import * as path from 'path';
+import { setupVerdaccio } from '@nx/js/src/generators/setup-verdaccio/generator';
+import { addLocalRegistryScripts } from '@nx/js/src/utils/add-local-registry-scripts';
+import { join } from 'path';
+import { Linter, lintProjectGenerator } from '@nx/linter';
 
 import type { Schema } from './schema';
-import { Linter, lintProjectGenerator } from '@nx/linter';
 
 interface NormalizedSchema extends Schema {
   projectRoot: string;
@@ -63,7 +66,7 @@ function validatePlugin(host: Tree, pluginName: string) {
 }
 
 function addFiles(host: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
-  generateFiles(host, path.join(__dirname, './files'), options.projectRoot, {
+  generateFiles(host, join(__dirname, './files'), options.projectRoot, {
     ...options,
     tmpl: '',
     rootTsConfigPath: getRelativePathToRootTsConfig(host, options.projectRoot),
@@ -87,6 +90,22 @@ async function addJest(host: Tree, options: NormalizedSchema) {
     skipFormat: true,
   });
 
+  const { startLocalRegistryPath, stopLocalRegistryPath } =
+    addLocalRegistryScripts(host);
+
+  addPropertyToJestConfig(
+    host,
+    join(options.projectRoot, 'jest.config.ts'),
+    'globalSetup',
+    join(offsetFromRoot(options.projectRoot), startLocalRegistryPath)
+  );
+  addPropertyToJestConfig(
+    host,
+    join(options.projectRoot, 'jest.config.ts'),
+    'globalTeardown',
+    join(offsetFromRoot(options.projectRoot), stopLocalRegistryPath)
+  );
+
   const project = readProjectConfiguration(host, options.projectName);
   const testTarget = project.targets.test;
 
@@ -133,6 +152,11 @@ export async function e2eProjectGenerator(host: Tree, schema: Schema) {
   validatePlugin(host, schema.pluginName);
   const options = normalizeOptions(host, schema);
   addFiles(host, options);
+  tasks.push(
+    await setupVerdaccio(host, {
+      skipFormat: true,
+    })
+  );
   tasks.push(await addJest(host, options));
 
   if (options.linter !== Linter.None) {
diff --git a/packages/plugin/src/generators/e2e-project/files/tests/__pluginName__.spec.ts__tmpl__ b/packages/plugin/src/generators/e2e-project/files/tests/__pluginName__.spec.ts__tmpl__
index f966c26e75..ddeb7327dd 100644
--- a/packages/plugin/src/generators/e2e-project/files/tests/__pluginName__.spec.ts__tmpl__
+++ b/packages/plugin/src/generators/e2e-project/files/tests/__pluginName__.spec.ts__tmpl__
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import {
   checkFilesExist,
   ensureNxProject,
-  readJson,
   runNxCommandAsync,
   runNxCommand,
 } from '@nx/plugin/testing';
diff --git a/packages/plugin/src/utils/testing-utils/create-package-cli.ts b/packages/plugin/src/utils/testing-utils/create-package-cli.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b983fe590f..0000000000
--- a/packages/plugin/src/utils/testing-utils/create-package-cli.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,72 +0,0 @@
-import { workspaceRoot } from '@nx/devkit';
-import { tmpFolder } from './paths';
-import { fork } from 'child_process';
-
-/**
- * This function is used to run the create package CLI command.
- * It builds the plugin library and the create package library and run the create package command with for the plugin library.
- * It needs to be ran inside an Nx project. It would assume that an Nx project already exists.
- * @param projectToBeCreated project name to be created using the cli
- * @param pluginLibraryBuildPath e.g. dist/packages/my-plugin
- * @param createPackageLibraryBuildPath e.g. dist/packages/create-my-plugin-package
- * @param extraArguments extra arguments to be passed to the create package command
- * @param verbose if true, NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING will be set to true
- * @returns results for the create package command
- */
-export function runCreatePackageCli(
-  projectToBeCreated: string,
-  {
-    pluginLibraryBuildPath,
-    createPackageLibraryBuildPath,
-    extraArguments,
-    verbose,
-  }: {
-    pluginLibraryBuildPath: string;
-    createPackageLibraryBuildPath: string;
-    extraArguments?: string[];
-    verbose?: boolean;
-  }
-): Promise<string> {
-  return new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
-    const childProcess = fork(
-      `${workspaceRoot}/${createPackageLibraryBuildPath}/bin/index.js`,
-      [projectToBeCreated, ...(extraArguments || [])],
-      {
-        stdio: ['pipe', 'pipe', 'pipe', 'ipc'],
-        env: {
-          ...process.env,
-          [`NX_E2E_PRESET_VERSION`]: `file:${workspaceRoot}/${pluginLibraryBuildPath}`,
-          // only add NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING if verbose is true
-          ...(verbose && { NX_VERBOSE_LOGGING: 'true' }),
-        },
-        cwd: tmpFolder(),
-      }
-    );
-
-    // Ensure the child process is killed when the parent exits
-    process.on('exit', () => childProcess.kill());
-    process.on('SIGTERM', () => childProcess.kill());
-
-    let allMessages = '';
-    childProcess.on('message', (message) => {
-      allMessages += message;
-    });
-    childProcess.stdout.on('data', (data) => {
-      allMessages += data;
-    });
-    childProcess.on('error', (error) => {
-      reject(error);
-    });
-    childProcess.on('exit', (code) => {
-      if (code === 0) {
-        resolve(allMessages);
-      } else {
-        reject(allMessages);
-      }
-    });
-  });
-}
-
-export function generatedPackagePath(projectToBeCreated: string) {
-  return `${tmpFolder()}/${projectToBeCreated}`;
-}
diff --git a/packages/plugin/src/utils/testing-utils/index.ts b/packages/plugin/src/utils/testing-utils/index.ts
index 2541b07012..81414ad685 100644
--- a/packages/plugin/src/utils/testing-utils/index.ts
+++ b/packages/plugin/src/utils/testing-utils/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 export * from './async-commands';
 export * from './commands';
-export * from './create-package-cli';
 export * from './paths';
 export * from './nx-project';
 export * from './utils';