diff --git a/.eslintrc.json b/.eslintrc.json
index a83ecf731f..d1b0d68f29 100644
--- a/.eslintrc.json
+++ b/.eslintrc.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "root": true,
   "parser": "@typescript-eslint/parser",
-  "parserOptions": { "project": "./tsconfig.json" },
+  "parserOptions": { "project": "./tsconfig.dev.json" },
   "env": { "es6": true },
   "ignorePatterns": ["node_modules", "build", "coverage", "proto"],
   "plugins": ["import", "eslint-comments", "functional"],
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9d2cb69b0e..1fcd5f920f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     "build": "run-s build:*",
     "build:main": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
     "build:module": "tsc -p tsconfig.module.json",
+    "build:dev": "tsc -p tsconfig.dev.json",
     "fix": "run-s fix:*",
     "fix:prettier": "prettier \"src/**/*.ts\" \"./*.json\" --write",
     "fix:lint": "eslint src --ext .ts --fix",
diff --git a/tsconfig.dev.json b/tsconfig.dev.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5cdf5d2ea6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.dev.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "noEmit": true
+  },
+  "exclude": ["node_modules/**"]
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index ac42bdb78f..3edb3bcf13 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
     "typeRoots": ["node_modules/@types", "src/types"]
   },
   "include": ["src/**/*.ts"],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules/**"],
+  "exclude": ["node_modules/**", "src/**/*.spec.ts", "src/test_utils"],
   "compileOnSave": false,
   "ts-node": {
     "files": true
diff --git a/tsconfig.module.json b/tsconfig.module.json
index 79be3a5c40..6aa86a5569 100644
--- a/tsconfig.module.json
+++ b/tsconfig.module.json
@@ -5,5 +5,5 @@
     "outDir": "build/module",
     "module": "esnext"
   },
-  "exclude": ["node_modules/**"]
+  "exclude": ["node_modules/**", "src/**/*.spec.ts", "src/test_utils"]
 }