diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/tslint.json b/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/tslint.json
index d15b3b8622b7..0db008138e64 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/tslint.json
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/blueprints/ng/files/tslint.json
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
     ],
     "no-construct": true,
     "no-debugger": true,
-    "no-duplicate-variable": true,
     "no-empty": false,
     "no-empty-interface": true,
     "no-eval": true,