diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-base/tsconfig-release.json b/packages/opentelemetry-base/tsconfig-release.json
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index ffc0f77968b..00000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-base/tsconfig-release.json
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-{
-  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "types": []
-  },
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-core/tsconfig-release.json b/packages/opentelemetry-core/tsconfig-release.json
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index ffc0f77968b..00000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-core/tsconfig-release.json
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "types": []
-  },
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/tsconfig-release.json b/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/tsconfig-release.json
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index ffc0f77968b..00000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-exporter-collector/tsconfig-release.json
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "types": []
-  },
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-xml-http-request/tsconfig-release.json b/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-xml-http-request/tsconfig-release.json
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index ffc0f77968b..00000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-plugin-xml-http-request/tsconfig-release.json
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "types": []
-  },
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/tsconfig-release.json b/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/tsconfig-release.json
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index ffc0f77968b..00000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-propagator-jaeger/tsconfig-release.json
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "types": []
-  },
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/opentelemetry-web/tsconfig-release.json b/packages/opentelemetry-web/tsconfig-release.json
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index ffc0f77968b..00000000000
--- a/packages/opentelemetry-web/tsconfig-release.json
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@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "types": []
-  },
-  "include": ["src/**/*.ts"]
-}