diff --git a/packages/core/schematics/migrations/static-queries/strategies/template_strategy/template_strategy.ts b/packages/core/schematics/migrations/static-queries/strategies/template_strategy/template_strategy.ts
index 4028d01866..ba354de43a 100644
--- a/packages/core/schematics/migrations/static-queries/strategies/template_strategy/template_strategy.ts
+++ b/packages/core/schematics/migrations/static-queries/strategies/template_strategy/template_strategy.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {Diagnostic, createProgram, readConfiguration} from '@angular/compiler-cl
 import {resolve} from 'path';
 import * as ts from 'typescript';
 
-import {hasPropertyNameText} from '../../../../utils/typescript/property_name';
 import {ClassMetadataMap} from '../../angular/ng_query_visitor';
 import {NgQueryDefinition, QueryTiming, QueryType} from '../../angular/query-definition';
 import {TimingResult, TimingStrategy} from '../timing-strategy';
@@ -34,6 +33,13 @@ export class QueryTemplateStrategy implements TimingStrategy {
    */
   setup() {
     const {rootNames, options} = readConfiguration(this.projectPath);
+
+    // https://github.com/angular/angular/commit/ec4381dd401f03bded652665b047b6b90f2b425f made Ivy
+    // the default. This breaks the assumption that "createProgram" from compiler-cli returns the
+    // NGC program. In order to ensure that the migration runs properly, we set "enableIvy" to
+    // false.
+    options.enableIvy = false;
+
     const aotProgram = createProgram({rootNames, options, host: this.host});
 
     // The "AngularCompilerProgram" does not expose the "AotCompiler" instance, nor does it
diff --git a/packages/core/schematics/test/static_queries_migration_template_spec.ts b/packages/core/schematics/test/static_queries_migration_template_spec.ts
index 638b15186a..cce1b34bee 100644
--- a/packages/core/schematics/test/static_queries_migration_template_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/core/schematics/test/static_queries_migration_template_spec.ts
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ describe('static-queries migration with template strategy', () => {
         experimentalDecorators: true,
         lib: ['es2015'],
       },
-      angularCompilerOptions: {enableIvy: false}
     }));
     writeFile('/angular.json', JSON.stringify({
       projects: {t: {architect: {build: {options: {tsConfig: './tsconfig.json'}}}}}
@@ -682,7 +681,6 @@ describe('static-queries migration with template strategy', () => {
         angularCompilerOptions: {
           flatModuleId: 'flat-module',
           flatModuleOutFile: 'flat-module-bundle.js',
-          enableIvy: false,
         },
         files: ['index.ts']
       }));