diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/dev-server/vite-server.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/dev-server/vite-server.ts
index 659d51bb2165..33a000a91f9b 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/builders/dev-server/vite-server.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/builders/dev-server/vite-server.ts
@@ -651,6 +651,8 @@ export async function setupServer(
       host: serverOptions.host,
       open: serverOptions.open,
       headers: serverOptions.headers,
+      // Disable the websocket if live reload is disabled (false/undefined are the only valid values)
+      ws: serverOptions.liveReload === false && serverOptions.hmr === false ? false : undefined,
       proxy,
       cors: {
         // Allow preflight requests to be proxied.
@@ -711,6 +713,7 @@ export async function setupServer(
         virtualProjectRoot,
         outputFiles,
         external: externalMetadata.explicitBrowser,
+        skipViteClient: serverOptions.liveReload === false && serverOptions.hmr === false,
       }),
     ],
     // Browser only optimizeDeps. (This does not run for SSR dependencies).
diff --git a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/plugins/angular-memory-plugin.ts b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/plugins/angular-memory-plugin.ts
index 1f5012b028f3..0af30710f2a9 100644
--- a/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/plugins/angular-memory-plugin.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/build/src/tools/vite/plugins/angular-memory-plugin.ts
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ interface AngularMemoryPluginOptions {
   virtualProjectRoot: string;
   outputFiles: AngularMemoryOutputFiles;
   external?: string[];
+  skipViteClient?: boolean;
 }
 
 export async function createAngularMemoryPlugin(
@@ -55,9 +56,11 @@ export async function createAngularMemoryPlugin(
       const relativeFile = '/' + normalizePath(relative(virtualProjectRoot, file));
       const codeContents = outputFiles.get(relativeFile)?.contents;
       if (codeContents === undefined) {
-        return relativeFile.endsWith('/node_modules/vite/dist/client/client.mjs')
-          ? loadViteClientCode(file)
-          : undefined;
+        if (relativeFile.endsWith('/node_modules/vite/dist/client/client.mjs')) {
+          return options.skipViteClient ? '' : loadViteClientCode(file);
+        }
+
+        return undefined;
       }
 
       const code = Buffer.from(codeContents).toString('utf-8');