diff --git a/examples/web3/package.json b/examples/web3/package.json
index f470caf24e..3105fdf542 100644
--- a/examples/web3/package.json
+++ b/examples/web3/package.json
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/codemirror": "^0.0.74",
-    "@types/requirejs": "^2.1.31",
+    "@types/node": "^12.7.0",
     "css-loader": "^3.4.0",
     "file-loader": "^5.0.2",
     "fs-extra": "^8.0.1",
diff --git a/examples/web3/tsconfig.json b/examples/web3/tsconfig.json
index 8489175c09..a1e4ba13c4 100644
--- a/examples/web3/tsconfig.json
+++ b/examples/web3/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfigbase",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "types": ["requirejs"],
     "outDir": "lib",
     "rootDir": "src"
   },
diff --git a/packages/html-manager/package.json b/packages/html-manager/package.json
index 2f6947dff7..6a3c87e503 100644
--- a/packages/html-manager/package.json
+++ b/packages/html-manager/package.json
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/mocha": "^5.2.7",
-    "@types/requirejs": "^2.1.31",
+    "@types/node": "^12.7.0",
     "chai": "^4.0.0",
     "css-loader": "^3.4.0",
     "file-loader": "^5.0.2",
diff --git a/packages/html-manager/tsconfig.json b/packages/html-manager/tsconfig.json
index cda8dbbde7..595ecec080 100644
--- a/packages/html-manager/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/html-manager/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
   "extends": "../../tsconfigbase",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "outDir": "lib",
-    "rootDir": "src",
-    "types": ["requirejs"]
+    "rootDir": "src"
   },
   "include": ["src/*"],
   "references": [
diff --git a/packages/jupyterlab-manager/package.json b/packages/jupyterlab-manager/package.json
index 16c1838402..709959b3bc 100644
--- a/packages/jupyterlab-manager/package.json
+++ b/packages/jupyterlab-manager/package.json
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@jupyterlab/cells": "^2.0.0-beta.2",
+    "@types/node": "^12.7.0",
     "@types/semver": "^6.0.1",
     "rimraf": "^2.6.1",
     "typedoc": "^0.15.6",
diff --git a/packages/jupyterlab-manager/tsconfig.json b/packages/jupyterlab-manager/tsconfig.json
index e17b2729c6..b452205fa4 100644
--- a/packages/jupyterlab-manager/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/jupyterlab-manager/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "outDir": "lib",
     "rootDir": "src",
-    "types": ["node"]
   },
   "include": ["src/**/*"],
   "references": [
diff --git a/tsconfigbase.json b/tsconfigbase.json
index 5750577320..65be6fd485 100644
--- a/tsconfigbase.json
+++ b/tsconfigbase.json
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
     "preserveWatchOutput": true,
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "strictNullChecks": true,
-    "target": "es2017",
-    "types": []
+    "target": "es2017"
   }
 }
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index e5b79cdf82..ae1113a421 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1614,6 +1614,11 @@
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+"@types/node@^12.7.0":
+  version "12.7.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-12.7.0.tgz#545dde2a1a5c27d281cfb8308d6736e0708f5d6c"
+  integrity sha512-vqcj1MVm2Sla4PpMfYKh1MyDN4D2f/mPIZD7RdAGqEsbE+JxfeqQHHVbRDQ0Nqn8i73gJa1HQ1Pu3+nH4Q0Yiw==
+
 "@types/prop-types@*":
   version "15.7.3"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/prop-types/-/prop-types-15.7.3.tgz#2ab0d5da2e5815f94b0b9d4b95d1e5f243ab2ca7"
@@ -1627,11 +1632,6 @@
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     csstype "^2.2.0"
 
-"@types/requirejs@^2.1.31":
-  version "2.1.31"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/requirejs/-/requirejs-2.1.31.tgz#a24eaa0ee4f6b84feb8f521ca6550d48490b2bc6"
-  integrity sha512-b2soeyuU76rMbcRJ4e0hEl0tbMhFwZeTC0VZnfuWlfGlk6BwWNsev6kFu/twKABPX29wkX84wU2o+cEJoXsiTw==
-
 "@types/semver@^6.0.1":
   version "6.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/semver/-/semver-6.2.0.tgz#d688d574400d96c5b0114968705366f431831e1a"