diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b6e87747..8c31fde5 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
     "pack": "mkdir -p pack && npm pack --silent --pack-destination pack >/dev/null && mv \"$(ls -t pack/*.tgz | head -n 1)\" pack/openedx-frontend-base.tgz",
     "prepack": "npm run build",
     "test": "jest",
-    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.json && tsc --noEmit -p tools/tsconfig.json",
+    "typecheck": "tsc --noEmit -p tsconfig.typecheck.json && tsc --noEmit -p tools/tsconfig.json",
     "watch:build": "nodemon --exec 'npm run build'",
     "watch:docs": "nodemon --watch docs/template --watch README.md --exec npm run docs",
     "watch:pack": "nodemon --exec 'npm run pack'",
diff --git a/tools/webpack/webpack.config.build.ts b/tools/webpack/webpack.config.build.ts
index 90aff18b..a02a8a38 100644
--- a/tools/webpack/webpack.config.build.ts
+++ b/tools/webpack/webpack.config.build.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ const resolvedSiteI18nPath = getResolvedSiteI18nPath('src/i18n');
 const config: Configuration = {
   mode: 'production',
   devtool: 'source-map',
+  ignoreWarnings: [/Failed to parse source map/],
   entry: {
     cssLayerOrder: '@openedx/frontend-base/shell/layer-order.scss',
     app: '@openedx/frontend-base/shell/site',
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 9abb32fc..f0748c68 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tools/typescript/tsconfig.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "outDir": "dist",
-    "rootDir": "."
+    "outDir": "dist"
   },
   "include": [
     "runtime/**/*",
diff --git a/tsconfig.typecheck.json b/tsconfig.typecheck.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..45805ff8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.typecheck.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": "."
+  }
+}