diff --git a/examples/playwright/src/tests/theia-output-view.test.ts b/examples/playwright/src/tests/theia-output-view.test.ts
index c991081d751b0..6906ed503be9d 100644
--- a/examples/playwright/src/tests/theia-output-view.test.ts
+++ b/examples/playwright/src/tests/theia-output-view.test.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 // *****************************************************************************
 
 import { expect } from '@playwright/test';
-import { TheiaOutputViewChannel } from 'src/theia-output-channel';
+import { TheiaOutputViewChannel } from '../theia-output-channel';
 import { TheiaApp } from '../theia-app';
 import { TheiaOutputView } from '../theia-output-view';
 import test, { page } from './fixtures/theia-fixture';
diff --git a/examples/playwright/tsconfig.json b/examples/playwright/tsconfig.json
index 697dca2f2fb17..b973ddbc673a2 100644
--- a/examples/playwright/tsconfig.json
+++ b/examples/playwright/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "composite": true,
     "rootDir": "src",
-    "outDir": "lib",
-    "baseUrl": "."
+    "outDir": "lib"
   },
   "include": [
     "src"
diff --git a/packages/core/src/electron-browser/window/electron-secondary-window-service.ts b/packages/core/src/electron-browser/window/electron-secondary-window-service.ts
index bcaae900e9915..a5bd35cdca469 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/electron-browser/window/electron-secondary-window-service.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/electron-browser/window/electron-secondary-window-service.ts
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 import { injectable } from 'inversify';
 import { DefaultSecondaryWindowService } from '../../browser/window/default-secondary-window-service';
-import { ApplicationShell, ExtractableWidget } from 'src/browser';
+import { ApplicationShell, ExtractableWidget } from '../../browser';
 
 @injectable()
 export class ElectronSecondaryWindowService extends DefaultSecondaryWindowService {
diff --git a/packages/core/src/node/i18n/localization-server.ts b/packages/core/src/node/i18n/localization-server.ts
index 539617ca6075e..77483c80c99ff 100644
--- a/packages/core/src/node/i18n/localization-server.ts
+++ b/packages/core/src/node/i18n/localization-server.ts
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 // *****************************************************************************
 
 import { inject, injectable } from 'inversify';
-import { Localization } from 'src/common/i18n/localization';
+import { Localization } from '../../common/i18n/localization';
 import { LocalizationServer } from '../../common/i18n/localization-server';
 import { nls } from '../../common/nls';
 import { Deferred } from '../../common/promise-util';
diff --git a/packages/core/tsconfig.json b/packages/core/tsconfig.json
index e490a71167a54..e2b789d29ef8d 100644
--- a/packages/core/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/core/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "composite": true,
     "rootDir": "src",
-    "outDir": "lib",
-    "baseUrl": "."
+    "outDir": "lib"
   },
   "include": [
     "src"
diff --git a/packages/filesystem/tsconfig.json b/packages/filesystem/tsconfig.json
index 732a9aaaf62e0..b894a97d0011a 100644
--- a/packages/filesystem/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/filesystem/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,13 +4,12 @@
     "composite": true,
     "rootDir": "src",
     "outDir": "lib",
-    "baseUrl": ".",
     "paths": {
       "mv": [
-        "src/typings/mv"
+        "./src/typings/mv"
       ],
       "trash": [
-        "src/typings/trash"
+        "./src/typings/trash"
       ]
     }
   },
diff --git a/packages/messages/tsconfig.json b/packages/messages/tsconfig.json
index c6c969e090366..b623c1e105ac7 100644
--- a/packages/messages/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/messages/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "composite": true,
     "rootDir": "src",
-    "outDir": "lib",
-    "baseUrl": "."
+    "outDir": "lib"
   },
   "include": [
     "src"
diff --git a/packages/preview/tsconfig.json b/packages/preview/tsconfig.json
index 158f441bc6b1b..2e1b755327559 100644
--- a/packages/preview/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/preview/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "composite": true,
     "rootDir": "src",
-    "outDir": "lib",
-    "baseUrl": "."
+    "outDir": "lib"
   },
   "include": [
     "src"