diff --git a/.taprc b/.taprc
index f7fe0c900..49ec6b085 100644
--- a/.taprc
+++ b/.taprc
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 disable-coverage: true
 allow-empty-coverage: true
-files:
-  - "test-tap/*.js"
-  - "test-tap/reporters/*.js"
-  - "test-tap/integration/*.js"
+include:
+  - test-tap/*.js
+  - test-tap/reporters/*.js
+  - test-tap/integration/*.js
 timeout: 300
-plugin:
-  - "!@tapjs/typescript"
+tsconfig: test-tap/tsconfig.json
diff --git a/.xo-config.cjs b/.xo-config.cjs
index b63b13eb1..f19110954 100644
--- a/.xo-config.cjs
+++ b/.xo-config.cjs
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ module.exports = {
 		'test/**/fixtures',
 		'test-tap/fixture/snapshots/test-sourcemaps/build/**',
 		'test-tap/fixture/report/edgecases/ast-syntax-error.cjs',
+		'test-tap/fixture/**/*.ts',
 		'test-types',
 		'examples/typescript-*/**/*.ts',
 	],
diff --git a/test-tap/tsconfig.json b/test-tap/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..16f918bf7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test-tap/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+// Empty config file so that TAP doesn't choke on ours.
+{}