diff --git a/packages/create-nx-workspace/bin/create-nx-workspace.ts b/packages/create-nx-workspace/bin/create-nx-workspace.ts
index 701c5f4a92..6377a43825 100644
--- a/packages/create-nx-workspace/bin/create-nx-workspace.ts
+++ b/packages/create-nx-workspace/bin/create-nx-workspace.ts
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ async function createApp(
 
   const pmc = getPackageManagerCommand(packageManager);
 
-  const command = `new ${name} ${args} --collection=@nrwl/workspace`;
+  const command = `new ${name} ${args} --collection=@nrwl/workspace/generators.json --cli=${cli}`;
 
   let nxWorkspaceRoot = `"${process.cwd().replace(/\\/g, '/')}"`;
 
@@ -773,11 +773,10 @@ async function createApp(
       nxWorkspaceRoot = `\\"${nxWorkspaceRoot.slice(1, -1)}\\"`;
     }
   }
-  const fullCommandWithoutWorkspaceRoot = `${pmc.exec} nx ${command}/generators.json --cli=${cli}`;
   let workspaceSetupSpinner = ora('Creating your workspace').start();
 
   try {
-    const fullCommand = `${fullCommandWithoutWorkspaceRoot} --nxWorkspaceRoot=${nxWorkspaceRoot}`;
+    const fullCommand = `${pmc.exec} nx ${command} --nxWorkspaceRoot=${nxWorkspaceRoot}`;
     await execAndWait(fullCommand, tmpDir);
 
     workspaceSetupSpinner.succeed('Nx has successfully created the workspace.');
@@ -868,7 +867,7 @@ function mapErrorToBodyLines(error: {
   code: number;
   logFile: string;
 }): string[] {
-  if (error.logMessage.split('\n').filter((line) => !!line).length === 1) {
+  if (error.logMessage?.split('\n').filter((line) => !!line).length === 1) {
     // print entire log message only if it's only a single message
     return [`Error: ${error.logMessage}`];
   }
diff --git a/packages/create-nx-workspace/bin/package-manager.ts b/packages/create-nx-workspace/bin/package-manager.ts
index f303a4ff18..bc243eb439 100644
--- a/packages/create-nx-workspace/bin/package-manager.ts
+++ b/packages/create-nx-workspace/bin/package-manager.ts
@@ -35,23 +35,13 @@ export function getPackageManagerCommand(
   packageManager: PackageManager = detectPackageManager()
 ): {
   install: string;
-  add: string;
-  addDev: string;
-  rm: string;
   exec: string;
-  list: string;
-  run: (script: string, args: string) => string;
 } {
   switch (packageManager) {
     case 'yarn':
       return {
         install: 'yarn',
-        add: 'yarn add -W',
-        addDev: 'yarn add -D -W',
-        rm: 'yarn remove',
         exec: 'yarn',
-        run: (script: string, args: string) => `yarn ${script} ${args}`,
-        list: 'yarn list',
       };
 
     case 'pnpm':
@@ -62,12 +52,7 @@ export function getPackageManagerCommand(
       }
       return {
         install: 'pnpm install --no-frozen-lockfile', // explicitly disable in case of CI
-        add: 'pnpm add',
-        addDev: 'pnpm add -D',
-        rm: 'pnpm rm',
         exec: useExec ? 'pnpm exec' : 'pnpx',
-        run: (script: string, args: string) => `pnpm run ${script} -- ${args}`,
-        list: 'pnpm ls --depth 100',
       };
 
     case 'npm':
@@ -75,12 +60,7 @@ export function getPackageManagerCommand(
         process.env.npm_config_legacy_peer_deps ?? 'true';
       return {
         install: 'npm install',
-        add: 'npm install',
-        addDev: 'npm install -D',
-        rm: 'npm rm',
         exec: 'npx',
-        run: (script: string, args: string) => `npm run ${script} -- ${args}`,
-        list: 'npm ls',
       };
   }
 }