diff --git a/packages/tests/.eslintrc.cjs b/packages/tests/.eslintrc.cjs
index cb52e850cc..8de4a3fd8d 100644
--- a/packages/tests/.eslintrc.cjs
+++ b/packages/tests/.eslintrc.cjs
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 module.exports = {
   parserOptions: {
     tsconfigRootDir: __dirname,
-    project: "./tsconfig.json",
+    project: "./tsconfig.dev.json",
   },
   rules: {
     "@typescript-eslint/no-non-null-assertion": "off",
diff --git a/packages/tests/.mocharc.json b/packages/tests/.mocharc.json
index 0658ab762d..b4cde4e22d 100644
--- a/packages/tests/.mocharc.json
+++ b/packages/tests/.mocharc.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "extension": ["ts"],
-  "spec": "tests/**/*.spec.ts",
+  "spec": "tests/*.spec.ts",
   "require": ["ts-node/register", "isomorphic-fetch", "jsdom-global/register"],
   "loader": "ts-node/esm",
   "node-option": [
diff --git a/packages/tests/karma.conf.cjs b/packages/tests/karma.conf.cjs
index febf1611b4..daa7293fc1 100644
--- a/packages/tests/karma.conf.cjs
+++ b/packages/tests/karma.conf.cjs
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ const webpack = require("webpack");
 module.exports = function (config) {
   config.set({
     frameworks: ["webpack", "mocha"],
-    files: ["src/lib/**/!(node).spec.ts"],
+    files: ["tests/**/!(node).spec.ts"],
     preprocessors: {
-      "src/lib/**/!(node).spec.ts": ["webpack"],
+      "tests/**/!(node).spec.ts": ["webpack"],
     },
     envPreprocessor: ["CI"],
     reporters: ["progress"],
diff --git a/packages/tests/package.json b/packages/tests/package.json
index a340235a64..ee663da492 100644
--- a/packages/tests/package.json
+++ b/packages/tests/package.json
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
     "privacy"
   ],
   "scripts": {
+    "build": "tsc",
     "fix": "run-s fix:*",
     "fix:prettier": "prettier . --write",
     "fix:lint": "eslint src tests --ext .ts --ext .cjs --fix",
@@ -50,8 +51,8 @@
     "nwaku:build": "(PROC=$(nproc --all 2>/dev/null || echo 2); cd ../../nwaku; make -j$PROC update; NIMFLAGS=\"-d:chronicles_colors=off -d:chronicles_sinks=textlines -d:chronicles_log_level=TRACE\" make -j$PROC wakunode2)",
     "nwaku:force-build": "(cd ../../nwaku && rm -rf ./build/ ./vendor) && run-s nwaku:build",
     "check": "run-s check:*",
-    "check:lint": "eslint src tests --ext .ts",
     "check:prettier": "prettier . --list-different",
+    "check:lint": "eslint src tests --ext .ts",
     "check:spelling": "cspell \"{README.md,{tests,src}/**/*.ts}\"",
     "check:tsc": "tsc -p tsconfig.json",
     "test": "run-s test:*",
diff --git a/packages/tests/tsconfig.dev.json b/packages/tests/tsconfig.dev.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d64199f6ad
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/tests/tsconfig.dev.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "module": "esnext",
+    "noEmit": true
+  },
+  "include": ["src", "tests"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/tests/tsconfig.json b/packages/tests/tsconfig.json
index 165ba89ee0..49df3977af 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/tests/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,9 +2,9 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "incremental": true,
     "target": "es2020",
-    "noEmit": true,
+    "outDir": "dist/",
     "moduleResolution": "node",
-    "module": "esnext",
+    "module": "es2020",
     "declaration": true,
     "sourceMap": true,
     "esModuleInterop": true /* Enables emit interoperability between CommonJS and ES Modules via creation of namespace objects for all imports. Implies 'allowSyntheticDefaultImports'. */,
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
     "types": ["node", "mocha"],
     "typeRoots": ["node_modules/@types", "src/types"]
   },
-  "include": ["tests", "src"],
+  "include": ["src"],
+  "exclude": [],
   "compileOnSave": false,
   "ts-node": {
     "files": true
diff --git a/packages/tests/tsconfig.karma.json b/packages/tests/tsconfig.karma.json
index c945ddb239..c540c783ff 100644
--- a/packages/tests/tsconfig.karma.json
+++ b/packages/tests/tsconfig.karma.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "extends": "./tsconfig",
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.dev",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "noEmit": false
   }