diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/webpack/configs/styles.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/webpack/configs/styles.ts
index 7c959f7fa08a..6cdf9d20b601 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/webpack/configs/styles.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/webpack/configs/styles.ts
@@ -108,23 +108,14 @@ export function getStylesConfig(wco: WebpackConfigOptions): webpack.Configuratio
     );
   }
 
-  let sassImplementation: SassWorkerImplementation | undefined;
-  try {
-    sassImplementation = require('node-sass');
-    wco.logger.warn(
-      `'node-sass' usage is deprecated and will be removed in a future major version. ` +
-        `To opt-out of the deprecated behaviour and start using 'sass' uninstall 'node-sass'.`,
-    );
-  } catch {
-    sassImplementation = new SassWorkerImplementation();
-    extraPlugins.push({
-      apply(compiler) {
-        compiler.hooks.shutdown.tap('sass-worker', () => {
-          sassImplementation?.close();
-        });
-      },
-    });
-  }
+  const sassImplementation = new SassWorkerImplementation();
+  extraPlugins.push({
+    apply(compiler) {
+      compiler.hooks.shutdown.tap('sass-worker', () => {
+        sassImplementation?.close();
+      });
+    },
+  });
 
   const assetNameTemplate = assetNameTemplateFactory(hashFormat);
 
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/styles/node-sass.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/styles/node-sass.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index b6d8a827e58f..000000000000
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/styles/node-sass.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,55 +0,0 @@
-import {
-  deleteFile,
-  expectFileToMatch,
-  replaceInFile,
-  writeMultipleFiles,
-} from '../../../utils/fs';
-import { installPackage } from '../../../utils/packages';
-import { ng, silentExec } from '../../../utils/process';
-import { updateJsonFile } from '../../../utils/project';
-import { expectToFail } from '../../../utils/utils';
-
-
-export default async function () {
-  if (process.platform.startsWith('win')) {
-    return;
-  }
-
-  await writeMultipleFiles({
-    'src/styles.scss': '@import \'./imported-styles.scss\';\nbody { background-color: blue; }',
-    'src/imported-styles.scss': 'p { background-color: red; }',
-    'src/app/app.component.scss': '.outer { .inner { background: #fff; } }',
-  });
-  await deleteFile('src/app/app.component.css');
-  await updateJsonFile('angular.json', workspaceJson => {
-    const appArchitect = workspaceJson.projects['test-project'].architect;
-    appArchitect.build.options.styles = [
-      { input: 'src/styles.scss' },
-    ];
-  });
-  await replaceInFile('src/app/app.component.ts', './app.component.css', './app.component.scss');
-
-  await silentExec('rm', '-rf', 'node_modules/node-sass');
-  await silentExec('rm', '-rf', 'node_modules/sass');
-  await expectToFail(() => ng('build', '--extract-css', '--source-map', '--configuration=development'));
-
-  await installPackage('node-sass');
-  await silentExec('rm', '-rf', 'node_modules/sass');
-  await ng('build', '--extract-css', '--source-map', '--configuration=development');
-
-  await expectFileToMatch('dist/test-project/styles.css', /body\s*{\s*background-color: blue;\s*}/);
-  await expectFileToMatch('dist/test-project/styles.css', /p\s*{\s*background-color: red;\s*}/);
-  await expectToFail(() => expectFileToMatch('dist/test-project/styles.css', '"mappings":""'));
-  await expectFileToMatch('dist/test-project/main.js', /.outer.*.inner.*background:\s*#[fF]+/);
-
-  await installPackage('node-gyp');
-  await installPackage('fibers');
-  await installPackage('sass');
-  await silentExec('rm', '-rf', 'node_modules/node-sass');
-  await ng('build', '--extract-css', '--source-map', '--configuration=development');
-
-  await expectFileToMatch('dist/test-project/styles.css', /body\s*{\s*background-color: blue;\s*}/);
-  await expectFileToMatch('dist/test-project/styles.css', /p\s*{\s*background-color: red;\s*}/);
-  await expectToFail(() => expectFileToMatch('dist/test-project/styles.css', '"mappings":""'));
-  await expectFileToMatch('dist/test-project/main.js', /.outer.*.inner.*background:\s*#[fF]+/);
-}