diff --git a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/browsers.ts b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/browsers.ts
index e21031b28b63..b6c6a842f9c2 100644
--- a/tests/e2e/tests/misc/browsers.ts
+++ b/tests/e2e/tests/misc/browsers.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,20 @@
 import express from 'express';
 import * as path from 'node:path';
 import { copyProjectAsset } from '../../utils/assets';
-import { replaceInFile } from '../../utils/fs';
+import { appendToFile, createDir, replaceInFile, writeFile } from '../../utils/fs';
 import { ng } from '../../utils/process';
+import { installPackage } from '../../utils/packages';
+import { updateJsonFile } from '../../utils/project';
+
+/**
+ * The list of development dependencies used by the E2E protractor-based builder.
+ */
+const E2E_DEV_DEPENDENCIES = [
+  'protractor@~7.0.0',
+  'jasmine-spec-reporter@~7.0.0',
+  'ts-node@~10.9.0',
+  '@types/node@^20.17.19',
+];
 
 export default async function () {
   // Ensure SauceLabs configuration
@@ -10,7 +22,30 @@ export default async function () {
     throw new Error('SauceLabs is not configured.');
   }
 
-  await ng('generate', 'private-e2e', '--related-app-name', 'test-project');
+  for (const e2eDep of E2E_DEV_DEPENDENCIES) {
+    await installPackage(e2eDep);
+  }
+
+  // Setup `protractor` builder.
+  await updateJsonFile('angular.json', (config) => {
+    config.projects['test-project'].architect['e2e'] = {
+      builder: '@angular-devkit/build-angular:protractor',
+      options: {
+        devServerTarget: '',
+        protractorConfig: 'e2e/protractor-saucelabs.conf.js',
+      },
+    };
+  });
+
+  await appendToFile(
+    'src/app/app.config.ts',
+    "import { provideProtractorTestingSupport } from '@angular/platform-browser';\n",
+  );
+  await replaceInFile(
+    'src/app/app.config.ts',
+    'providers: [',
+    'providers: [\n    provideProtractorTestingSupport(),\n',
+  );
 
   // Workaround for https://github.com/angular/angular/issues/32192
   await replaceInFile('src/app/app.html', /class="material-icons"/g, '');
@@ -20,19 +55,39 @@ export default async function () {
   // Add Protractor configuration
   await copyProjectAsset('protractor-saucelabs.conf.js', 'e2e/protractor-saucelabs.conf.js');
 
-  // Remove browser log checks as they are only supported with the chrome webdriver
-  await replaceInFile(
+  // Add App E2E test file
+  await createDir('e2e/src');
+  await writeFile(
     'e2e/src/app.e2e-spec.ts',
-    'await browser.manage().logs().get(logging.Type.BROWSER)',
-    '[] as any',
+    `
+import { browser, by, element, logging } from 'protractor';
+
+describe('workspace-project App', () => {
+  it('should display welcome message', async () => {
+    await browser.get(browser.baseUrl);
+    expect((await element(by.css('h1')).getText()).trim()).toEqual('Hello, test-project');
+  });
+});
+`,
   );
 
-  // Workaround defect in getText WebDriver implementation for Safari/Edge
-  // Leading and trailing space is not removed
-  await replaceInFile(
-    'e2e/src/app.e2e-spec.ts',
-    'await page.getTitleText()',
-    '(await page.getTitleText()).trim()',
+  // Add App E2E tsconfig file
+  await writeFile(
+    'e2e/tsconfig.json',
+    `
+{
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "outDir": "out-tsc/e2e",
+    "module": "commonjs",
+    "target": "es2019",
+    "types": [
+      "jasmine",
+      "node"
+    ]
+  }
+}
+`,
   );
 
   // Setup server