diff --git a/goldens/circular-deps/packages.json b/goldens/circular-deps/packages.json
index 20d959198b49..4321adf60eaa 100644
--- a/goldens/circular-deps/packages.json
+++ b/goldens/circular-deps/packages.json
@@ -1,8 +1,4 @@
 [
-  [
-    "packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/builder.ts",
-    "packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/options.ts"
-  ],
   [
     "packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/angular/component-stylesheets.ts",
     "packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/bundler-context.ts",
@@ -30,9 +26,5 @@
   [
     "packages/angular/build/src/tools/esbuild/utils.ts",
     "packages/angular/build/src/utils/server-rendering/manifest.ts"
-  ],
-  [
-    "packages/angular/cli/src/analytics/analytics.ts",
-    "packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/command-module.ts"
   ]
 ]
diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/src/analytics/analytics.ts b/packages/angular/cli/src/analytics/analytics.ts
index 752b0dfca88a..7991904842bd 100644
--- a/packages/angular/cli/src/analytics/analytics.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/src/analytics/analytics.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 import { json, tags } from '@angular-devkit/core';
 import { randomUUID } from 'node:crypto';
-import type { CommandContext } from '../command-builder/command-module';
+import type { CommandContext } from '../command-builder/definitions';
 import { colors } from '../utilities/color';
 import { getWorkspace } from '../utilities/config';
 import { analyticsDisabled } from '../utilities/environment-options';
diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/command-module.ts b/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/command-module.ts
index b4dadea709a4..ff30cf976b7b 100644
--- a/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/command-module.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/command-module.ts
@@ -9,12 +9,7 @@
 import { logging, schema } from '@angular-devkit/core';
 import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
-import type {
-  ArgumentsCamelCase,
-  Argv,
-  CamelCaseKey,
-  CommandModule as YargsCommandModule,
-} from 'yargs';
+import type { ArgumentsCamelCase, Argv, CommandModule as YargsCommandModule } from 'yargs';
 import { Parser as yargsParser } from 'yargs/helpers';
 import { getAnalyticsUserId } from '../analytics/analytics';
 import { AnalyticsCollector } from '../analytics/analytics-collector';
@@ -23,42 +18,11 @@ import { considerSettingUpAutocompletion } from '../utilities/completion';
 import { AngularWorkspace } from '../utilities/config';
 import { memoize } from '../utilities/memoize';
 import { PackageManagerUtils } from '../utilities/package-manager';
+import { CommandContext, CommandScope, Options, OtherOptions } from './definitions';
 import { Option, addSchemaOptionsToCommand } from './utilities/json-schema';
 
-export type Options<T> = { [key in keyof T as CamelCaseKey<key>]: T[key] };
-
-export enum CommandScope {
-  /** Command can only run inside an Angular workspace. */
-  In,
-
-  /** Command can only run outside an Angular workspace. */
-  Out,
-
-  /** Command can run inside and outside an Angular workspace. */
-  Both,
-}
-
-export interface CommandContext {
-  currentDirectory: string;
-  root: string;
-  workspace?: AngularWorkspace;
-  globalConfiguration: AngularWorkspace;
-  logger: logging.Logger;
-  packageManager: PackageManagerUtils;
-  yargsInstance: Argv<{}>;
-
-  /** Arguments parsed in free-from without parser configuration. */
-  args: {
-    positional: string[];
-    options: {
-      help: boolean;
-      jsonHelp: boolean;
-      getYargsCompletions: boolean;
-    } & Record<string, unknown>;
-  };
-}
-
-export type OtherOptions = Record<string, unknown>;
+export { CommandScope };
+export type { CommandContext, Options, OtherOptions };
 
 export interface CommandModuleImplementation<T extends {} = {}> extends Omit<
   YargsCommandModule<{}, T>,
diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/definitions.ts b/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/definitions.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8bfc8f4a4d51
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/src/command-builder/definitions.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+/**
+ * @license
+ * Copyright Google LLC All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by an MIT-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
+ */
+
+import { logging } from '@angular-devkit/core';
+import type { Argv, CamelCaseKey } from 'yargs';
+import { AngularWorkspace } from '../utilities/config';
+import { PackageManagerUtils } from '../utilities/package-manager';
+
+export enum CommandScope {
+  /** Command can only run inside an Angular workspace. */
+  In,
+
+  /** Command can only run outside an Angular workspace. */
+  Out,
+
+  /** Command can run inside and outside an Angular workspace. */
+  Both,
+}
+
+export interface CommandContext {
+  currentDirectory: string;
+  root: string;
+  workspace?: AngularWorkspace;
+  globalConfiguration: AngularWorkspace;
+  logger: logging.Logger;
+  packageManager: PackageManagerUtils;
+  yargsInstance: Argv<{}>;
+
+  /** Arguments parsed in free-from without parser configuration. */
+  args: {
+    positional: string[];
+    options: {
+      help: boolean;
+      jsonHelp: boolean;
+      getYargsCompletions: boolean;
+    } & Record<string, unknown>;
+  };
+}
+
+export type Options<T> = { [key in keyof T as CamelCaseKey<key>]: T[key] };
+
+export type OtherOptions = Record<string, unknown>;
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/builder.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/builder.ts
index d1dfc6c90e00..b3b5e797848f 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/builder.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/builder.ts
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import type { Plugin } from 'esbuild';
 import type http from 'node:http';
 import { EMPTY, Observable, defer, switchMap } from 'rxjs';
 import type { ExecutionTransformer } from '../../transforms';
-import { normalizeOptions } from './options';
+import { isEsbuildBased, normalizeOptions } from './options';
 import type { Schema as DevServerBuilderOptions } from './schema';
 
 /**
@@ -194,23 +194,6 @@ case.
   };
 }
 
-export function isEsbuildBased(
-  builderName: string,
-): builderName is
-  | '@angular/build:application'
-  | '@angular-devkit/build-angular:application'
-  | '@angular-devkit/build-angular:browser-esbuild' {
-  if (
-    builderName === '@angular/build:application' ||
-    builderName === '@angular-devkit/build-angular:application' ||
-    builderName === '@angular-devkit/build-angular:browser-esbuild'
-  ) {
-    return true;
-  }
-
-  return false;
-}
-
 interface BuilderSelectorInfo {
   builderName: string;
   forceEsbuild: boolean;
diff --git a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/options.ts b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/options.ts
index 6fa23123a236..6094fa7dd893 100644
--- a/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/options.ts
+++ b/packages/angular_devkit/build_angular/src/builders/dev-server/options.ts
@@ -10,11 +10,27 @@ import { BuilderContext, targetFromTargetString } from '@angular-devkit/architec
 import path from 'node:path';
 import { normalizeCacheOptions } from '../../utils/normalize-cache';
 import { normalizeOptimization } from '../../utils/normalize-optimization';
-import { isEsbuildBased } from './builder';
 import { Schema as DevServerOptions } from './schema';
 
 export type NormalizedDevServerOptions = Awaited<ReturnType<typeof normalizeOptions>>;
 
+export function isEsbuildBased(
+  builderName: string,
+): builderName is
+  | '@angular/build:application'
+  | '@angular-devkit/build-angular:application'
+  | '@angular-devkit/build-angular:browser-esbuild' {
+  if (
+    builderName === '@angular/build:application' ||
+    builderName === '@angular-devkit/build-angular:application' ||
+    builderName === '@angular-devkit/build-angular:browser-esbuild'
+  ) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * Normalize the user provided options by creating full paths for all path based options
  * and converting multi-form options into a single form that can be directly used