diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/schematics-command-module.ts b/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/schematics-command-module.ts
index 80d3fa367496..8caa53a25ea7 100644
--- a/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/schematics-command-module.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/schematics-command-module.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import {
   FileSystemSchematicDescription,
   NodeWorkflow,
 } from '@angular-devkit/schematics/tools';
-import { relative, resolve } from 'path';
+import { relative } from 'path';
 import { Argv } from 'yargs';
 import { isPackageNameSafeForAnalytics } from '../analytics/analytics';
 import { EventCustomDimension } from '../analytics/analytics-parameters';
@@ -277,12 +277,6 @@ export abstract class SchematicsCommandModule
 
   @memoize
   protected async getSchematicCollections(): Promise<Set<string>> {
-    // Resolve relative collections from the location of `angular.json`
-    const resolveRelativeCollection = (collectionName: string) =>
-      collectionName.charAt(0) === '.'
-        ? resolve(this.context.root, collectionName)
-        : collectionName;
-
     const getSchematicCollections = (
       configSection: Record<string, unknown> | undefined,
     ): Set<string> | undefined => {
@@ -292,7 +286,7 @@ export abstract class SchematicsCommandModule
 
       const { schematicCollections } = configSection;
       if (Array.isArray(schematicCollections)) {
-        return new Set(schematicCollections.map((c) => resolveRelativeCollection(c)));
+        return new Set(schematicCollections);
       }
 
       return undefined;
@@ -399,6 +393,10 @@ export abstract class SchematicsCommandModule
 
   private getResolvePaths(collectionName: string): string[] {
     const { workspace, root } = this.context;
+    if (collectionName[0] === '.') {
+      // Resolve relative collections from the location of `angular.json`
+      return [root];
+    }
 
     return workspace
       ? // Workspace