diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f6f62a3d6..1e982fd6e 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 	"type": "module",
 	"scripts": {
 		"build": "npm run cleanup && tsc -p tsconfig.build.json",
-		"build-test": "npm run cleanup && tsc -p .",
+		"build-test": "tsc --noEmit -p .",
 		"build-watch": "npm run cleanup && tsc -w -p tsconfig.build.json",
 		"check-licenses": "licensee --errors-only",
 		"cleanup": "rimraf lib coverage",
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index d4660870c..f7cec8a55 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 	// This is our configuration for development and linting,
 	// compared to "tsconfig.build.json" it also includes tests
 	// and other TypeScript sources in the project
+	// For this reason however, it should not be used to emit JavaScript (except for linting purposes),
+	// since the output directory would then contain "src" and "test" directories instead of just the content of "src"
 	"extends": "./tsconfig.base.json",
 	"include": [
 		"src/**/*",