diff --git a/packages/app/tsconfig.json b/packages/app/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 43ab6d4006..0000000000
--- a/packages/app/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "@spotify/web-scripts/config/tsconfig.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "es5",
-    "lib": ["dom", "dom.iterable", "esnext"],
-    "allowJs": true,
-    "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "esModuleInterop": true,
-    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
-    "strict": true,
-    "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
-    "module": "esnext",
-    "moduleResolution": "node",
-    "resolveJsonModule": true,
-    "isolatedModules": true,
-    "jsx": "react",
-    "incremental": false,
-    "types": ["node", "jest"]
-  },
-  "include": ["src"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/cli/config/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/config/tsconfig.json
index f905dcb771..cb295b45f6 100644
--- a/packages/cli/config/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/cli/config/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "allowJs": true,
     "noEmit": false,
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
     "incremental": true,
     "target": "ES2019",
     "module": "ESNext",
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/default-plugin/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/templates/default-plugin/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b663b01fa2..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/templates/default-plugin/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src", "dev"],
-  "compilerOptions": {}
-}
diff --git a/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json
index 1ef5cdace5..aa31be5dee 100644
--- a/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/cli/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 {
-  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "extends": "./config/tsconfig.json",
+  "include": ["src"],
   "exclude": ["**/*.test.*"],
   "compilerOptions": {
     "outDir": "dist",
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": false,
     "module": "CommonJS"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a3931ffce..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src"],
-  "compilerOptions": {}
-}
diff --git a/packages/core/tsconfig.json b/packages/core/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a3931ffce..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src"],
-  "compilerOptions": {}
-}
diff --git a/packages/dev-utils/tsconfig.json b/packages/dev-utils/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a3931ffce..0000000000
--- a/packages/dev-utils/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src"],
-  "compilerOptions": {}
-}
diff --git a/packages/storybook/tsconfig.json b/packages/storybook/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 87132f9b4f..0000000000
--- a/packages/storybook/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "include": [".storybook/**/*"],
-  "compilerOptions": {}
-}
diff --git a/packages/test-utils-core/tsconfig.json b/packages/test-utils-core/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a3931ffce..0000000000
--- a/packages/test-utils-core/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src"],
-  "compilerOptions": {}
-}
diff --git a/packages/test-utils/tsconfig.json b/packages/test-utils/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a3931ffce..0000000000
--- a/packages/test-utils/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src"],
-  "compilerOptions": {}
-}
diff --git a/packages/theme/tsconfig.json b/packages/theme/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5a3931ffce..0000000000
--- a/packages/theme/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src"],
-  "compilerOptions": {}
-}
diff --git a/plugins/catalog/tsconfig.json b/plugins/catalog/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b663b01fa2..0000000000
--- a/plugins/catalog/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src", "dev"],
-  "compilerOptions": {}
-}
diff --git a/plugins/explore/tsconfig.json b/plugins/explore/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b663b01fa2..0000000000
--- a/plugins/explore/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src", "dev"],
-  "compilerOptions": {}
-}
diff --git a/plugins/graphiql/tsconfig.json b/plugins/graphiql/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b663b01fa2..0000000000
--- a/plugins/graphiql/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src", "dev"],
-  "compilerOptions": {}
-}
diff --git a/plugins/home-page/tsconfig.json b/plugins/home-page/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b663b01fa2..0000000000
--- a/plugins/home-page/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src", "dev"],
-  "compilerOptions": {}
-}
diff --git a/plugins/lighthouse/tsconfig.json b/plugins/lighthouse/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b663b01fa2..0000000000
--- a/plugins/lighthouse/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src", "dev"],
-  "compilerOptions": {}
-}
diff --git a/plugins/scaffolder/tsconfig.json b/plugins/scaffolder/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b663b01fa2..0000000000
--- a/plugins/scaffolder/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src", "dev"],
-  "compilerOptions": {}
-}
diff --git a/plugins/tech-radar/tsconfig.json b/plugins/tech-radar/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b663b01fa2..0000000000
--- a/plugins/tech-radar/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src", "dev"],
-  "compilerOptions": {}
-}
diff --git a/plugins/welcome/tsconfig.json b/plugins/welcome/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b663b01fa2..0000000000
--- a/plugins/welcome/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src", "dev"],
-  "compilerOptions": {}
-}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index dbd26b8c94..52cdd1e825 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
   "include": ["packages/*/src", "plugins/*/src", "plugins/*/dev"],
   "exclude": ["**/node_modules"],
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "noEmit": false,
-    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
     "outDir": "dist"
   }
 }