diff --git a/packages/schematics/src/application/files/__directory__/tslint.json b/packages/schematics/src/application/files/__directory__/tslint.json
index 89228ccd1f..684918fdb4 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/src/application/files/__directory__/tslint.json
+++ b/packages/schematics/src/application/files/__directory__/tslint.json
@@ -67,24 +67,12 @@
     "no-string-literal": false,
     "no-string-throw": true,
     "no-switch-case-fall-through": true,
-    "no-trailing-whitespace": true,
     "no-unnecessary-initializer": true,
     "no-unused-expression": true,
     "no-use-before-declare": true,
     "no-var-keyword": true,
     "object-literal-sort-keys": false,
-    "one-line": [
-      true,
-      "check-open-brace",
-      "check-catch",
-      "check-else",
-      "check-whitespace"
-    ],
     "prefer-const": true,
-    "quotemark": [
-      true,
-      "single"
-    ],
     "radix": true,
     "semicolon": [
       true,
@@ -94,27 +82,9 @@
       true,
       "allow-null-check"
     ],
-    "typedef-whitespace": [
-      true,
-      {
-        "call-signature": "nospace",
-        "index-signature": "nospace",
-        "parameter": "nospace",
-        "property-declaration": "nospace",
-        "variable-declaration": "nospace"
-      }
-    ],
     "typeof-compare": true,
     "unified-signatures": true,
     "variable-name": false,
-    "whitespace": [
-      true,
-      "check-branch",
-      "check-decl",
-      "check-operator",
-      "check-separator",
-      "check-type"
-    ],
     "directive-selector": [
       true,
       "attribute",
diff --git a/packages/schematics/src/workspace/index.ts b/packages/schematics/src/workspace/index.ts
index 2462d8be19..1d1916efc8 100644
--- a/packages/schematics/src/workspace/index.ts
+++ b/packages/schematics/src/workspace/index.ts
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ function updateAngularCLIJson(options: Schema) {
 
 function updateTsConfigsJson(options: Schema) {
   return (host: Tree) => {
-    const angularCliJson = JSON.parse(host.read('.angular-cli.json')!.toString('utf-8'));
     const npmScope = options && options.npmScope ? options.npmScope : options.name;
 
     updateJsonFile('tsconfig.json', (json) => setUpCompilerOptions(json, npmScope));
@@ -110,6 +109,20 @@ function updateTsConfigsJson(options: Schema) {
   };
 }
 
+function updateTsLintJson(options: Schema) {
+  return (host: Tree) => {
+    const npmScope = options && options.npmScope ? options.npmScope : options.name;
+
+    updateJsonFile('tslint.json', (json) => {
+      ['no-trailing-whitespace', 'one-line', 'quotemark', 'typedef-whitespace', 'whitespace'].forEach(key => {
+        json[key] = undefined;
+      });
+      json['nx-enforce-module-boundaries'] = [true, {'npmScope': npmScope, 'lazyLoad': []}];
+    });
+    return host;
+  };
+}
+
 function updateProtractorConf() {
   return (host: Tree) => {
     if (!host.exists('protractor.conf.js')) {
@@ -168,6 +181,7 @@ export default function(options: Schema): Rule {
     moveFiles(options), branchAndMerge(chain([
       mergeWith(apply(url('./files'), [])),
     ])),
-    updatePackageJson(), updateAngularCLIJson(options), updateTsConfigsJson(options), updateProtractorConf()
+    updatePackageJson(), updateAngularCLIJson(options), updateTsConfigsJson(options), updateProtractorConf(),
+    updateTsLintJson(options)
   ]);
 }