diff --git a/tsconfig.base.json b/tsconfig.base.json
index 86d14b05b1d..ff16bb6db3b 100644
--- a/tsconfig.base.json
+++ b/tsconfig.base.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// Shared tsconfig to be inherited by all other tsconfigs in this repo
 {
 	"extends": "@tsconfig/node18/tsconfig.json",
 	"compilerOptions": {
@@ -22,9 +23,4 @@
 		// From: https://colinhacks.com/essays/live-types-typescript-monorepo
 		"customConditions": ["@@dev"]
 	}
-	// "include": [
-	// 	"maintenance/**/*.ts",
-	// 	"test/**/*.ts"
-	// ],
-	// "exclude": ["**/build/**", "node_modules/**", "./packages/**/node_modules"]
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.docs.json b/tsconfig.docs.json
index f2af3077f98..e14e3fd8c03 100644
--- a/tsconfig.docs.json
+++ b/tsconfig.docs.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// Custom tsconfig for documentation generation
 {
 	"extends": "./tsconfig.base.json",
 	"compilerOptions": {
diff --git a/tsconfig.eslint.json b/tsconfig.eslint.json
index 1b98a4d3622..c3348d742aa 100644
--- a/tsconfig.eslint.json
+++ b/tsconfig.eslint.json
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// Custom tsconfig for eslint
 {
 	"extends": "./tsconfig.base.json",
 	"include": ["**/*.ts"],
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index ee4f9d3770d..0e3d909b14b 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,44 +1,19 @@
+// This is a "solution" tsconfig with references to all "entrypoints" in the monorepo
+// to power IntelliSense without having to open a specific package first
 {
 	"extends": "./tsconfig.base.json",
+	"compilerOptions": {
+		"noEmit": true
+	},
 	"files": [],
 	"include": [],
 	"references": [
-		{
-			"path": "./packages/cc"
-		},
-		{
-			"path": "./packages/config"
-		},
-		{
-			"path": "./packages/core"
-		},
 		{
 			"path": "./packages/eslint-plugin"
 		},
 		{
 			"path": "./packages/flash"
 		},
-		{
-			"path": "./packages/host"
-		},
-		{
-			"path": "./packages/maintenance"
-		},
-		{
-			"path": "./packages/nvmedit"
-		},
-		{
-			"path": "./packages/serial"
-		},
-		{
-			"path": "./packages/shared"
-		},
-		{
-			"path": "./packages/testing"
-		},
-		{
-			"path": "./packages/transformers"
-		},
 		{
 			"path": "./packages/zwave-js"
 		}