diff --git a/packages/backend-core/package.json b/packages/backend-core/package.json
index 4631b090fe..65577cf4d8 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/backend-core/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   "scripts": {
     "prebuild": "rimraf dist/",
     "prepack": "cp package.json dist",
-    "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json",
+    "build": "node ./scripts/build.js && tsc -p tsconfig.build.json --emitDeclarationOnly --paths null",
     "build:dev": "yarn prebuild && tsc --build --watch --preserveWatchOutput",
     "check:types": "tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit --paths null",
     "test": "bash scripts/test.sh",
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/plugins.ts b/packages/backend-core/plugins.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 33354eaf64..0000000000
--- a/packages/backend-core/plugins.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export * from "./src/plugin"
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/scripts/build.js b/packages/backend-core/scripts/build.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bd00cbc7ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/backend-core/scripts/build.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+#!/usr/bin/node
+const coreBuild = require("../../../scripts/build")
+
+coreBuild("./src/plugin/index.ts", "./dist/plugins.js")
+coreBuild("./src/index.ts", "./dist/index.js")
+coreBuild("./tests/index.ts", "./dist/tests.js")
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/backend-core/tsconfig.build.json
index bfbed31e23..c714f4d942 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/backend-core/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -12,7 +12,11 @@
     "declaration": true,
     "types": ["node", "jest"],
     "outDir": "dist",
-    "skipLibCheck": true
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "paths": {
+      "@budibase/types": ["../types/src"],
+      "@budibase/shared-core": ["../shared-core/src"]
+    }
   },
   "include": ["**/*.js", "**/*.ts"],
   "exclude": [
diff --git a/packages/backend-core/tsconfig.json b/packages/backend-core/tsconfig.json
index 128814b955..33e37179d7 100644
--- a/packages/backend-core/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/backend-core/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,12 +1,4 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.build.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "composite": true,
-    "baseUrl": ".",
-    "paths": {
-      "@budibase/types": ["../types/src"],
-      "@budibase/shared-core": ["../shared-core/src"]
-    }
-  },
   "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/bbui/package.json b/packages/bbui/package.json
index 8a9318ba94..0b87960ab5 100644
--- a/packages/bbui/package.json
+++ b/packages/bbui/package.json
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@
           {
             "projects": [
               "@budibase/string-templates",
-              "@budibase/shared-core",
-              "@budibase/types"
+              "@budibase/shared-core"
             ],
             "target": "build"
           }
diff --git a/packages/builder/package.json b/packages/builder/package.json
index 56834f79dd..db8ef86086 100644
--- a/packages/builder/package.json
+++ b/packages/builder/package.json
@@ -133,9 +133,7 @@
         "dependsOn": [
           {
             "projects": [
-              "@budibase/shared-core",
-              "@budibase/string-templates",
-              "@budibase/types"
+              "@budibase/string-templates"
             ],
             "target": "build"
           }
@@ -145,9 +143,7 @@
         "dependsOn": [
           {
             "projects": [
-              "@budibase/shared-core",
-              "@budibase/string-templates",
-              "@budibase/types"
+              "@budibase/string-templates"
             ],
             "target": "build"
           }
@@ -157,9 +153,7 @@
         "dependsOn": [
           {
             "projects": [
-              "@budibase/shared-core",
-              "@budibase/string-templates",
-              "@budibase/types"
+              "@budibase/string-templates"
             ],
             "target": "build"
           }
diff --git a/packages/builder/vite.config.js b/packages/builder/vite.config.js
index 4a0ffca8d4..b7af647916 100644
--- a/packages/builder/vite.config.js
+++ b/packages/builder/vite.config.js
@@ -127,6 +127,14 @@ export default defineConfig(({ mode }) => {
           find: "helpers",
           replacement: path.resolve("./src/helpers"),
         },
+        {
+          find: "@budibase/types",
+          replacement: path.resolve("../types/src"),
+        },
+        {
+          find: "@budibase/shared-core",
+          replacement: path.resolve("../shared-core/src"),
+        },
       ],
     },
   }
diff --git a/packages/cli/package.json b/packages/cli/package.json
index 99771adbd3..a0c885657c 100644
--- a/packages/cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/cli/package.json
@@ -63,20 +63,5 @@
     "renamer": "^4.0.0",
     "ts-node": "^10.9.1",
     "typescript": "4.7.3"
-  },
-  "nx": {
-    "targets": {
-      "build": {
-        "dependsOn": [
-          {
-            "projects": [
-              "@budibase/backend-core",
-              "@budibase/string-templates"
-            ],
-            "target": "build"
-          }
-        ]
-      }
-    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/shared-core/package.json b/packages/shared-core/package.json
index 98ee89999b..4e7d568fcb 100644
--- a/packages/shared-core/package.json
+++ b/packages/shared-core/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   "license": "GPL-3.0",
   "scripts": {
     "prebuild": "rimraf dist/",
-    "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json",
+    "build": "node ../../scripts/build.js && tsc -p tsconfig.build.json --emitDeclarationOnly --paths null",
     "build:dev": "yarn prebuild && tsc --build --watch --preserveWatchOutput",
     "dev:builder": "yarn prebuild && tsc -p tsconfig.json --watch --preserveWatchOutput",
     "check:types": "tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit --paths null"
diff --git a/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.build.json
index 6930e3cb99..31dc1afc10 100644
--- a/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -12,7 +12,10 @@
     "declaration": true,
     "types": ["node"],
     "outDir": "dist",
-    "skipLibCheck": true
+    "skipLibCheck": true,
+    "paths": {
+      "@budibase/types": ["../types/src"]
+    }
   },
   "include": ["**/*.js", "**/*.ts"],
   "exclude": [
diff --git a/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.json b/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.json
index f72933ff9b..33e37179d7 100644
--- a/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/shared-core/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,13 +1,4 @@
 {
   "extends": "./tsconfig.build.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "baseUrl": ".",
-    "rootDir": "./src",
-    "composite": true,
-    "tsBuildInfoFile": "dist/tsconfig.tsbuildinfo",
-    "paths": {
-      "@budibase/types": ["../../types/src"]
-    }
-  },
   "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/types/package.json b/packages/types/package.json
index 96ab8cb095..317342e760 100644
--- a/packages/types/package.json
+++ b/packages/types/package.json
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
   "license": "GPL-3.0",
   "scripts": {
     "prebuild": "rimraf dist/",
-    "build": "tsc -p tsconfig.build.json",
+    "build": "node ../../scripts/build.js && tsc -p tsconfig.build.json --emitDeclarationOnly",
     "build:dev": "yarn prebuild && tsc --build --watch --preserveWatchOutput",
     "dev:builder": "yarn prebuild && tsc -p tsconfig.json --watch --preserveWatchOutput",
     "check:types": "tsc -p tsconfig.json --noEmit --paths null"