diff --git a/packages/angular-cli/commands/init.ts b/packages/angular-cli/commands/init.ts
index 491192f90614..1b300e43b588 100644
--- a/packages/angular-cli/commands/init.ts
+++ b/packages/angular-cli/commands/init.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ const InitCommand: any = Command.extend({
   availableOptions: [
     { name: 'dry-run', type: Boolean, default: false, aliases: ['d'] },
     { name: 'verbose', type: Boolean, default: false, aliases: ['v'] },
-    { name: 'blueprint', type: String, aliases: ['b'] },
     { name: 'link-cli', type: Boolean, default: false, aliases: ['lc'] },
     { name: 'skip-npm', type: Boolean, default: false, aliases: ['sn'] },
     { name: 'skip-bower', type: Boolean, default: true, aliases: ['sb'] },
@@ -34,10 +33,6 @@ const InitCommand: any = Command.extend({
 
   anonymousOptions: ['<glob-pattern>'],
 
-  _defaultBlueprint: function () {
-    return 'ng2';
-  },
-
   run: function (commandOptions: any, rawArgs: string[]) {
     if (commandOptions.dryRun) {
       commandOptions.skipNpm = true;
@@ -100,7 +95,7 @@ const InitCommand: any = Command.extend({
 
     const blueprintOpts = {
       dryRun: commandOptions.dryRun,
-      blueprint: commandOptions.blueprint || this._defaultBlueprint(),
+      blueprint: 'ng2',
       rawName: packageName,
       targetFiles: rawArgs || '',
       rawArgs: rawArgs.toString(),
diff --git a/packages/angular-cli/commands/new.ts b/packages/angular-cli/commands/new.ts
index 27fbbb9acfbc..5737c0afaee8 100644
--- a/packages/angular-cli/commands/new.ts
+++ b/packages/angular-cli/commands/new.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 import * as chalk from 'chalk';
+import InitCommand from './init';
+
 const Command = require('ember-cli/lib/models/command');
 const Project = require('ember-cli/lib/models/project');
 const SilentError = require('silent-error');
 const validProjectName = require('ember-cli/lib/utilities/valid-project-name');
 
-const normalizeBlueprint = require('ember-cli/lib/utilities/normalize-blueprint-option');
-import InitCommand from './init';
 
 const NewCommand = Command.extend({
   name: 'new',
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ const NewCommand = Command.extend({
   availableOptions: [
     { name: 'dry-run', type: Boolean, default: false, aliases: ['d'] },
     { name: 'verbose', type: Boolean, default: false, aliases: ['v'] },
-    { name: 'blueprint', type: String, default: 'ng2', aliases: ['b'] },
     { name: 'link-cli', type: Boolean, default: false, aliases: ['lc'] },
     { name: 'skip-npm', type: Boolean, default: false, aliases: ['sn'] },
     { name: 'skip-bower', type: Boolean, default: true, aliases: ['sb'] },
@@ -62,8 +61,6 @@ const NewCommand = Command.extend({
       ));
     }
 
-    commandOptions.blueprint = normalizeBlueprint(commandOptions.blueprint);
-
     if (!commandOptions.directory) {
       commandOptions.directory = packageName;
     }
diff --git a/tests/acceptance/new.spec.js b/tests/acceptance/new.spec.js
index 533f2893d97d..1cdcc640b214 100644
--- a/tests/acceptance/new.spec.js
+++ b/tests/acceptance/new.spec.js
@@ -103,42 +103,6 @@ describe('Acceptance: ng new', function () {
       .then(confirmBlueprinted);
   });
 
-  it('ng new with blueprint uses the specified blueprint directory with a relative path',
-    function () {
-      return tmp.setup('./tmp/my_blueprint')
-        .then(function () {
-          return tmp.setup('./tmp/my_blueprint/files');
-        })
-        .then(function () {
-          fs.writeFileSync('./tmp/my_blueprint/files/gitignore');
-          process.chdir('./tmp');
-
-          return ng([
-            'new', 'foo', '--skip-npm', '--skip-bower', '--skip-git',
-            '--blueprint=./my_blueprint'
-          ]);
-        })
-        .then(confirmBlueprintedForDir('tmp/my_blueprint'));
-    });
-
-  it('ng new with blueprint uses the specified blueprint directory with an absolute path',
-    function () {
-      return tmp.setup('./tmp/my_blueprint')
-        .then(function () {
-          return tmp.setup('./tmp/my_blueprint/files');
-        })
-        .then(function () {
-          fs.writeFileSync('./tmp/my_blueprint/files/gitignore');
-          process.chdir('./tmp');
-
-          return ng([
-            'new', 'foo', '--skip-npm', '--skip-bower', '--skip-git',
-            '--blueprint=' + path.resolve(process.cwd(), './my_blueprint')
-          ]);
-        })
-        .then(confirmBlueprintedForDir('tmp/my_blueprint'));
-    });
-
   it('ng new without skip-git flag creates .git dir', function () {
     return ng(['new', 'foo', '--skip-npm', '--skip-bower']).then(function () {
       expect(existsSync('.git'));