diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 9744b46709..d7e4799d51 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "paths": {
             "*": ["static/js/types/*"],
         },
-        "typeRoots": ["static/js/types"],
+        "types": [],
 
         /* Typescript 3.4 added the --incremental flag but its API is not
          * currently public so ts-loader cannot use it yet.