diff --git a/packages/angular/cli/models/schematic-engine-host.ts b/packages/angular/cli/models/schematic-engine-host.ts
index 05e3c3da25f3..2dca2f3705f2 100644
--- a/packages/angular/cli/models/schematic-engine-host.ts
+++ b/packages/angular/cli/models/schematic-engine-host.ts
@@ -33,15 +33,20 @@ function shouldWrapSchematic(schematicFile: string): boolean {
     }
   }
 
+  const normalizedSchematicFile = schematicFile.replace(/\\/g, '/');
   // Never wrap the internal update schematic when executed directly
   // It communicates with the update command via `global`
-  if (/[\/\\]node_modules[\/\\]@angular[\/\\]cli[\/\\]/.test(schematicFile)) {
+  // But we still want to redirect schematics located in `@angular/cli/node_modules`.
+  if (
+    normalizedSchematicFile.includes('node_modules/@angular/cli/') &&
+    !normalizedSchematicFile.includes('node_modules/@angular/cli/node_modules/')
+  ) {
     return false;
   }
 
   // Default is only first-party Angular schematic packages
   // Angular schematics are safe to use in the wrapped VM context
-  return /[\/\\]node_modules[\/\\]@(?:angular|schematics|nguniversal)[\/\\]/.test(schematicFile);
+  return /\/node_modules\/@(?:angular|schematics|nguniversal)\//.test(normalizedSchematicFile);
 }
 
 export class SchematicEngineHost extends NodeModulesEngineHost {
@@ -115,10 +120,8 @@ function wrap(
   moduleCache: Map<string, unknown>,
   exportName?: string,
 ): () => unknown {
-  const { createRequire, createRequireFromPath } = require('module');
-  // Node.js 10.x does not support `createRequire` so fallback to `createRequireFromPath`
-  // `createRequireFromPath` is deprecated in 12+ and can be removed once 10.x support is removed
-  const scopedRequire = createRequire?.(schematicFile) || createRequireFromPath(schematicFile);
+  const { createRequire } = require('module');
+  const scopedRequire = createRequire(schematicFile);
 
   const customRequire = function (id: string) {
     if (legacyModules[id]) {