diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/application/options.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/application/options.ts
index 94d55e10b81a..914a30299766 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/application/options.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/application/options.ts
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ export async function normalizeOptions(
 
   // Return all the normalized options
   return {
-    advancedOptimizations: !!aot,
+    advancedOptimizations: !!aot && optimizationOptions.scripts,
     allowedCommonJsDependencies,
     baseHref,
     cacheOptions,
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/application/tests/behavior/angular-aot-metadata_spec.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/application/tests/behavior/angular-aot-metadata_spec.ts
index fa136b105970..be84649bbed1 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/application/tests/behavior/angular-aot-metadata_spec.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/application/tests/behavior/angular-aot-metadata_spec.ts
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ describeBuilder(buildApplication, APPLICATION_BUILDER_INFO, (harness) => {
     it('should not emit any AOT class metadata functions', async () => {
       harness.useTarget('build', {
         ...BASE_OPTIONS,
+        optimization: true,
       });
 
       const { result } = await harness.executeOnce();
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ describeBuilder(buildApplication, APPLICATION_BUILDER_INFO, (harness) => {
     it('should not emit any AOT NgModule scope metadata functions', async () => {
       harness.useTarget('build', {
         ...BASE_OPTIONS,
+        optimization: true,
       });
 
       const { result } = await harness.executeOnce();
diff --git a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/prerender/error-with-sourcemaps.ts b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/prerender/error-with-sourcemaps.ts
index 5661608d061b..993706407047 100644
--- a/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/prerender/error-with-sourcemaps.ts
+++ b/tests/legacy-cli/e2e/tests/build/prerender/error-with-sourcemaps.ts
@@ -44,5 +44,10 @@ export default async function () {
   const { message } = await expectToFail(() =>
     ng('build', '--configuration', 'development', '--prerender'),
   );
-  match(message, /window is not defined[.\s\S]*constructor \(.*app\.component\.ts\:\d+:\d+\)/);
+  match(
+    message,
+    // When babel is used it will add names to the sourcemap and `constructor` will be used in the stack trace.
+    // This will currently only happen if AOT and script optimizations are set which enables advanced optimizations.
+    /window is not defined[.\s\S]*(?:constructor|_AppComponent) \(.*app\.component\.ts\:\d+:\d+\)/,
+  );
 }