diff --git a/packages/cli/src/lib/new/execution/writeTemplateContents.ts b/packages/cli/src/lib/new/execution/writeTemplateContents.ts
index f5550a1255..f4c90f7935 100644
--- a/packages/cli/src/lib/new/execution/writeTemplateContents.ts
+++ b/packages/cli/src/lib/new/execution/writeTemplateContents.ts
@@ -46,11 +46,23 @@ export async function writeTemplateContents(
       templatedValues: template.templateValues,
     });
 
-    for (const file of template.files) {
-      if (isMonoRepo && file.path === 'tsconfig.json') {
-        continue;
-      }
+    if (!isMonoRepo) {
+      await fs.writeJson(
+        resolvePath(targetDir, 'tsconfig.json'),
+        {
+          extends: '@backstage/cli/config/tsconfig.json',
+          include: ['src', 'dev', 'migrations'],
+          exclude: ['node_modules'],
+          compilerOptions: {
+            outDir: 'dist-types',
+            rootDir: '.',
+          },
+        },
+        { spaces: 2 },
+      );
+    }
 
+    for (const file of template.files) {
       const destPath = resolvePath(targetDir, file.path);
       await fs.ensureDir(dirname(destPath));
 
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/backend-plugin-module/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/templates/backend-plugin-module/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ae9aeb62d..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/templates/backend-plugin-module/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "@backstage/cli/config/tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules"],
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "outDir": "dist-types",
-    "rootDir": "."
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/backend-plugin/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/templates/backend-plugin/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d77f0fe3b4..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/templates/backend-plugin/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "@backstage/cli/config/tsconfig.json",
-  "include": [
-    "src",
-    "dev",
-    "migrations"
-  ],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules"],
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "outDir": "dist-types",
-    "rootDir": "."
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/frontend-plugin/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/templates/frontend-plugin/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index b61e496175..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/templates/frontend-plugin/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "@backstage/cli/config/tsconfig.json",
-  "include": [
-    "src",
-    "dev"
-  ],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules"],
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "outDir": "dist-types",
-    "rootDir": "."
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/node-library/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/templates/node-library/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ce3409d31f..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/templates/node-library/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "@backstage/cli/config/tsconfig.json",
-  "include": [
-    "src",
-  ],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules"],
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "outDir": "dist-types",
-    "rootDir": "."
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/plugin-common-library/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/templates/plugin-common-library/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ae9aeb62d..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/templates/plugin-common-library/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "@backstage/cli/config/tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules"],
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "outDir": "dist-types",
-    "rootDir": "."
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/plugin-node-library/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/templates/plugin-node-library/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ae9aeb62d..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/templates/plugin-node-library/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "@backstage/cli/config/tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules"],
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "outDir": "dist-types",
-    "rootDir": "."
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/plugin-web-library/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/templates/plugin-web-library/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ce3409d31f..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/templates/plugin-web-library/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "@backstage/cli/config/tsconfig.json",
-  "include": [
-    "src",
-  ],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules"],
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "outDir": "dist-types",
-    "rootDir": "."
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/scaffolder-backend-module/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/templates/scaffolder-backend-module/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5ae9aeb62d..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/templates/scaffolder-backend-module/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "@backstage/cli/config/tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules"],
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "outDir": "dist-types",
-    "rootDir": "."
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/cli/templates/web-library/tsconfig.json b/packages/cli/templates/web-library/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index ce3409d31f..0000000000
--- a/packages/cli/templates/web-library/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "@backstage/cli/config/tsconfig.json",
-  "include": [
-    "src",
-  ],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules"],
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "outDir": "dist-types",
-    "rootDir": "."
-  }
-}