diff --git a/packages/status-js/tsconfig.json b/packages/status-js/tsconfig.json
index d8ac6efa..e29a253e 100644
--- a/packages/status-js/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/status-js/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@
     "baseUrl": ".",
     "paths": {
       "~/*": ["./*"]
-    },
-    "rootDir": "."
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e7667f1..00000000
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "files": [],
-  "exclude": ["node_modules"],
-  "references": [{ "path": "packages/status-js" }]
-}