diff --git a/e2e/angular-core/src/projects.test.ts b/e2e/angular-core/src/projects.test.ts
index 2f3ed371ce..bfea0634c3 100644
--- a/e2e/angular-core/src/projects.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/angular-core/src/projects.test.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import {
   runCLI,
   runCommandUntil,
   runE2ETests,
-  setCypressWebServerTimeout,
   tmpProjPath,
   uniq,
   updateFile,
@@ -128,7 +127,6 @@ describe('Angular Projects', () => {
 
     // check e2e tests
     if (runE2ETests('cypress')) {
-      setCypressWebServerTimeout(`${app1}-e2e/cypress.config.ts`);
       const e2eResults = runCLI(`e2e ${app1}-e2e`);
       expect(e2eResults).toContain('All specs passed!');
       expect(await killPort(4200)).toBeTruthy();
diff --git a/e2e/angular-module-federation/src/module-federation.test.ts b/e2e/angular-module-federation/src/module-federation.test.ts
index 380ca25a48..1558f02923 100644
--- a/e2e/angular-module-federation/src/module-federation.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/angular-module-federation/src/module-federation.test.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   runCLI,
   runCommandUntil,
   runE2ETests,
-  setCypressWebServerTimeout,
   uniq,
   updateFile,
 } from '@nx/e2e/utils';
@@ -378,7 +377,6 @@ describe('Angular Module Federation', () => {
     expect(buildRemoteOutput).toContain('Successfully ran target build');
 
     if (runE2ETests('cypress')) {
-      setCypressWebServerTimeout(`${host}-e2e/cypress.config.ts`);
       const e2eProcess = await runCommandUntil(`e2e ${host}-e2e`, (output) =>
         output.includes('All specs passed!')
       );
@@ -470,7 +468,6 @@ describe('Angular Module Federation', () => {
     expect(buildRemoteOutput).toContain('Successfully ran target build');
 
     if (runE2ETests('cypress')) {
-      setCypressWebServerTimeout(`${host}-e2e/cypress.config.ts`);
       const e2eProcess = await runCommandUntil(`e2e ${host}-e2e`, (output) =>
         output.includes('All specs passed!')
       );
diff --git a/e2e/cypress/src/cypress.test.ts b/e2e/cypress/src/cypress.test.ts
index 646f0f4504..8e80c004ac 100644
--- a/e2e/cypress/src/cypress.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/cypress/src/cypress.test.ts
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ import {
   readJson,
   runCLI,
   runE2ETests,
-  setCypressWebServerTimeout,
   uniq,
   updateFile,
 } from '@nx/e2e/utils';
@@ -77,7 +76,6 @@ describe('env vars', () => {
       );
 
       if (runE2ETests('cypress')) {
-        setCypressWebServerTimeout(`apps/${myapp}-e2e/cypress.config.ts`);
         // contains the correct output and works
         const run1 = runCLI(
           `e2e ${myapp}-e2e --config \\'{\\"env\\":{\\"cliArg\\":\\"i am from the cli args\\"}}\\'`
@@ -169,7 +167,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
       );
 
       if (runE2ETests('cypress')) {
-        setCypressWebServerTimeout(`apps/${appName}/cypress.config.ts`);
         expect(runCLI(`run ${appName}:component-test`)).toContain(
           'All specs passed!'
         );
@@ -198,7 +195,6 @@ export default defineConfig({
       );
 
       if (runE2ETests('cypress')) {
-        setCypressWebServerTimeout(`apps/${appName}/cypress.config.ts`);
         expect(runCLI(`run ${appName}:component-test`)).toContain(
           'All specs passed!'
         );
diff --git a/e2e/next-core/src/next.test.ts b/e2e/next-core/src/next.test.ts
index 2eda40232e..1e550d396d 100644
--- a/e2e/next-core/src/next.test.ts
+++ b/e2e/next-core/src/next.test.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ import {
   readFile,
   runCLI,
   runE2ETests,
-  setCypressWebServerTimeout,
   uniq,
   updateFile,
 } from '@nx/e2e/utils';
@@ -194,7 +193,6 @@ describe('Next.js Applications', () => {
     );
 
     if (runE2ETests('cypress')) {
-      setCypressWebServerTimeout(`${appName}-e2e/cypress.config.ts`);
       const e2eResults = runCLI(`e2e-ci ${appName}-e2e --verbose`, {
         verbose: true,
       });
diff --git a/packages/cypress/plugins/cypress-preset.ts b/packages/cypress/plugins/cypress-preset.ts
index 71e4bbc44f..7a77496abd 100644
--- a/packages/cypress/plugins/cypress-preset.ts
+++ b/packages/cypress/plugins/cypress-preset.ts
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ function waitForServer(
     let pollTimeout: NodeJS.Timeout | null;
     const { protocol } = new URL(url);
 
-    const timeoutDuration = webServerConfig?.timeout ?? 15 * 1000;
+    const timeoutDuration = webServerConfig?.timeout ?? 60 * 1000;
     const timeout = setTimeout(() => {
       clearTimeout(pollTimeout);
       reject(