diff --git a/src/tsconfig.json b/src/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..321f038a735
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// `tsconfig.json` for the editor only
+// this config includes additional files (e.g. tests) that
+// we don't want to see hooked up to the main build
+// it can also add a few more types for that purpose
+{
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "noEmit": true,
+    "lib": ["es2015", "esnext.asynciterable", "dom"],
+    "types": ["jest", "node", "./testing/matchers/index.d.ts"]
+  },
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
+  "include": ["./**/*.ts", "./**/*.tsx"],
+  "exclude": []
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.tests.json b/tsconfig.tests.json
index d6bb25bd3fd..0908742da0d 100644
--- a/tsconfig.tests.json
+++ b/tsconfig.tests.json
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
-  "include": ["src/**/__tests__/**/*.ts", "src/**/__tests__/**/*.tsx"],
-  "exclude": []
+  "extends": "./src/tsconfig.json"
 }