diff --git a/.changeset/rude-masks-kneel.md b/.changeset/rude-masks-kneel.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f33d380f194f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/rude-masks-kneel.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'create-svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix lib, module, and target to not override the tsconfig they generate by default
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+checkjs/jsconfig.json b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+checkjs/jsconfig.json
index 232d64722032..0f47472f79f8 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+checkjs/jsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+checkjs/jsconfig.json
@@ -5,13 +5,9 @@
 		"checkJs": true,
 		"esModuleInterop": true,
 		"forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
-		"lib": ["es2020", "DOM"],
-		"moduleResolution": "node",
-		"module": "es2020",
 		"resolveJsonModule": true,
 		"skipLibCheck": true,
 		"sourceMap": true,
-		"strict": true,
-		"target": "es2020"
+		"strict": true
 	}
 }
diff --git a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+typescript/tsconfig.json b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+typescript/tsconfig.json
index 232d64722032..0f47472f79f8 100644
--- a/packages/create-svelte/shared/+typescript/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/create-svelte/shared/+typescript/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,13 +5,9 @@
 		"checkJs": true,
 		"esModuleInterop": true,
 		"forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
-		"lib": ["es2020", "DOM"],
-		"moduleResolution": "node",
-		"module": "es2020",
 		"resolveJsonModule": true,
 		"skipLibCheck": true,
 		"sourceMap": true,
-		"strict": true,
-		"target": "es2020"
+		"strict": true
 	}
 }