diff --git a/frontend/cypress/tsconfig.json b/frontend/cypress/tsconfig.json
index b72f233542..b7369dea02 100644
--- a/frontend/cypress/tsconfig.json
+++ b/frontend/cypress/tsconfig.json
@@ -4,9 +4,6 @@
 	"lib": ["es5", "dom"],
 	"compilerOptions": {
 		"noEmit": true,
-		// be explicit about types included
-		// to avoid clashing with Jest types
-		"types": ["cypress", "@testing-library/cypress", "node"],
 		"isolatedModules": false
 	},
 	"include": ["../node_modules/cypress", "./**/*.ts"]
diff --git a/frontend/tsconfig.json b/frontend/tsconfig.json
index 1ac93ea555..b3a8e344d7 100644
--- a/frontend/tsconfig.json
+++ b/frontend/tsconfig.json
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
 		"noEmit": true,
 		"baseUrl": "./src",
 		"downlevelIteration": true,
-		"plugins": [{ "name": "typescript-plugin-css-modules" }]
+		"plugins": [{ "name": "typescript-plugin-css-modules" }],
+		"types": ["cypress", "@testing-library/cypress", "node"]
 	},
 	"exclude": ["node_modules"],
 	"include": [