diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/commands/build.ts b/packages/@angular/cli/commands/build.ts
index e7b1bf4febb6..ebbdcafdacfb 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/commands/build.ts
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/commands/build.ts
@@ -148,15 +148,13 @@ const BuildCommand = Command.extend({
   ]),
 
   run: function (commandOptions: BuildTaskOptions) {
-    const project = this.project;
-
     // Check angular version.
-    Version.assertAngularVersionIs2_3_1OrHigher(project.root);
+    Version.assertAngularVersionIs2_3_1OrHigher(this.project.root);
 
     const BuildTask = require('../tasks/build').default;
 
     const buildTask = new BuildTask({
-      cliProject: project,
+      project: this.project,
       ui: this.ui,
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/commands/eject.ts b/packages/@angular/cli/commands/eject.ts
index 016cfd564977..f4e625f8d2ce 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/commands/eject.ts
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/commands/eject.ts
@@ -32,10 +32,9 @@ const EjectCommand = Command.extend({
   availableOptions: baseEjectCommandOptions,
 
   run: function (commandOptions: EjectTaskOptions) {
-    const project = this.project;
     const EjectTask = require('../tasks/eject').default;
     const ejectTask = new EjectTask({
-      cliProject: project,
+      project: this.project,
       ui: this.ui,
     });
 
diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/commands/init.ts b/packages/@angular/cli/commands/init.ts
index ee44851f081b..a319dcd7ccd4 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/commands/init.ts
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/commands/init.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ const InitCommand: any = Command.extend({
     const InitTask = require('../tasks/init').default;
 
     const initTask = new InitTask({
-      cliProject: this.project,
       project: this.project,
       tasks: this.tasks,
       ui: this.ui,
diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/tasks/build.ts b/packages/@angular/cli/tasks/build.ts
index c984679c5c09..a7d092c4e661 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/tasks/build.ts
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/tasks/build.ts
@@ -15,20 +15,19 @@ const SilentError = require('silent-error');
 
 export default Task.extend({
   run: function (runTaskOptions: BuildTaskOptions) {
-    const project = this.cliProject;
     const config = CliConfig.fromProject().config;
 
     const app = getAppFromConfig(runTaskOptions.app);
 
     const outputPath = runTaskOptions.outputPath || app.outDir;
-    if (project.root === outputPath) {
+    if (this.project.root === outputPath) {
       throw new SilentError('Output path MUST not be project root directory!');
     }
     if (config.project && config.project.ejected) {
       throw new SilentError('An ejected project cannot use the build command anymore.');
     }
     if (runTaskOptions.deleteOutputPath) {
-      rimraf.sync(path.resolve(project.root, outputPath));
+      rimraf.sync(path.resolve(this.project.root, outputPath));
     }
 
     const webpackConfig = new NgCliWebpackConfig(runTaskOptions, app).buildConfig();
@@ -51,7 +50,7 @@ export default Task.extend({
           const jsonStats = stats.toJson('verbose');
 
           fs.writeFileSync(
-            path.resolve(project.root, outputPath, 'stats.json'),
+            path.resolve(this.project.root, outputPath, 'stats.json'),
             JSON.stringify(jsonStats, null, 2)
           );
         }
diff --git a/packages/@angular/cli/tasks/eject.ts b/packages/@angular/cli/tasks/eject.ts
index a1f7f27b2630..a9b6349e64ad 100644
--- a/packages/@angular/cli/tasks/eject.ts
+++ b/packages/@angular/cli/tasks/eject.ts
@@ -386,7 +386,7 @@ class JsonWebpackSerializer {
 
 export default Task.extend({
   run: function (runTaskOptions: EjectTaskOptions) {
-    const project = this.cliProject;
+    const project = this.project;
     const cliConfig = CliConfig.fromProject();
     const config = cliConfig.config;
     const appConfig = getAppFromConfig(runTaskOptions.app);