diff --git a/src/compiler/tsconfig.json b/src/compiler/tsconfig.json
index c7395a0c8d..cf0c27aaa1 100644
--- a/src/compiler/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/compiler/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 	"compilerOptions": {
 		"lib": ["es2017", "webworker"],
 		"allowJs": true,
-		"checkJs": true
+		"checkJs": true,
+		// silences wrong TS error, we don't compile, we only typecheck
+		"outDir": "./irrelevant/unused"
 
 		// TODO: remove mocha types from the whole project
 		// "types": ["node", "estree"]
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 07813fb1fd..ab4785e748 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@
 		"lib": ["es2017", "DOM", "DOM.Iterable"],
 		"target": "es2017",
 
+		// silences wrong TS error, we don't compile, we only typecheck
+		"outDir": "./irrelevant/unused",
+
 		"declaration": true,
 		"declarationDir": "types",