diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 9dbbbc2..5bc0c8c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 *.d.ts
 !**/types/index.d.ts
+!/dev/type-references.d.ts
 *.log
 /node_modules
 /.vscode
diff --git a/dev/index.js b/dev/index.js
index f11c511..d2bd506 100644
--- a/dev/index.js
+++ b/dev/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-/// <reference types="./lib/mdast-util-abbr/types/index.js" />
-/// <reference types="./lib/micromark-extension-abbr/types/index.js" />
-
 /** @import { Processor } from "unified" */
 import {abbr} from './lib/micromark-extension-abbr/syntax.js'
 import {abbrFromMarkdown} from './lib/mdast-util-abbr/index.js'
diff --git a/dev/type-references.d.ts b/dev/type-references.d.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f2a66b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dev/type-references.d.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+/// <reference types="./lib/mdast-util-abbr/types/index.js" />
+/// <reference types="./lib/micromark-extension-abbr/types/index.js" />
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 881d9c8..9dd540f 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
     "index.d.ts"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "tsc --build --clean && tsc --build && type-coverage && micromark-build",
+    "build": "tsc --build --clean && tsc --build && type-coverage && micromark-build && npm run munge-type-references",
+    "munge-type-references": "cat type-references.d.ts index.d.ts > tmp.d.ts && mv tmp.d.ts index.d.ts && rm type-references.d.ts",
     "format": "prettier . -w --log-level warn && xo --fix",
     "test-dev": "node --conditions development --test",
     "test-prod": "node --conditions production --test",