diff --git a/jest.config.js b/jest.config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index a0a375cec9..0000000000
--- a/jest.config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-const {defaults} = require('jest-config');
-module.exports = {
-  testEnvironment: 'node',
-  moduleFileExtensions: [...defaults.moduleFileExtensions, 'd.ts'],
-  testTimeout: 10_000,
-  roots: [
-    '<rootDir>/build/main' // testing javascript output due to type issues with protobuf. TODO: try out ts-proto
-  ]
-};