diff --git a/etc/api/angular_devkit/core/src/_golden-api.d.ts b/etc/api/angular_devkit/core/src/_golden-api.d.ts
index 74b968d99067..9ed0852e8304 100644
--- a/etc/api/angular_devkit/core/src/_golden-api.d.ts
+++ b/etc/api/angular_devkit/core/src/_golden-api.d.ts
@@ -796,7 +796,6 @@ export interface PromptDefinition {
     }>;
     message: string;
     multiselect?: boolean;
-    priority: number;
     raw?: string | JsonObject;
     type: string;
     validator?: (value: string) => boolean | string | Promise<boolean | string>;
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/core/src/json/schema/interface.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/core/src/json/schema/interface.ts
index 4269b191a197..768acf726b4f 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/core/src/json/schema/interface.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/core/src/json/schema/interface.ts
@@ -100,7 +100,6 @@ export interface PromptDefinition {
   type: string;
   message: string;
   default?: string | string[] | number | boolean | null;
-  priority: number;
   validator?: (value: string) => boolean | string | Promise<boolean | string>;
 
   items?: Array<string | { value: JsonValue, label: string }>;
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/core/src/json/schema/registry.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/core/src/json/schema/registry.ts
index be0fd3124a9a..e592e55e0d1c 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/core/src/json/schema/registry.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/core/src/json/schema/registry.ts
@@ -569,7 +569,6 @@ export class CoreSchemaRegistry implements SchemaRegistry {
           id: path,
           type,
           message,
-          priority: 0,
           raw: schema,
           items,
           multiselect: type === 'list' ? schema.multiselect : false,
@@ -625,8 +624,6 @@ export class CoreSchemaRegistry implements SchemaRegistry {
       return of(data);
     }
 
-    prompts.sort((a, b) => b.priority - a.priority);
-
     return from(provider(prompts)).pipe(
       map(answers => {
         for (const path in answers) {