diff --git a/packages/autocertifier-client/tsconfig.jest.json b/packages/autocertifier-client/tsconfig.jest.json
index 1357eb63b0..761404dda1 100644
--- a/packages/autocertifier-client/tsconfig.jest.json
+++ b/packages/autocertifier-client/tsconfig.jest.json
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
         "test/**/*"
     ],
     "references": [
-        { "path": "../utils/tsconfig.node.json" }
+        { "path": "../utils" }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/autocertifier-client/tsconfig.node.json b/packages/autocertifier-client/tsconfig.node.json
index aebf4dfcac..5ad70c261c 100644
--- a/packages/autocertifier-client/tsconfig.node.json
+++ b/packages/autocertifier-client/tsconfig.node.json
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
         "generated/**/*"
     ],
     "references": [
-        { "path": "../utils/tsconfig.node.json" }
+        { "path": "../utils" }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/autocertifier-server/tsconfig.jest.json b/packages/autocertifier-server/tsconfig.jest.json
index 93d50ba1fe..e4e5916aa8 100644
--- a/packages/autocertifier-server/tsconfig.jest.json
+++ b/packages/autocertifier-server/tsconfig.jest.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         "test/**/*"
     ],
     "references": [
-        { "path": "../utils/tsconfig.node.json" },
+        { "path": "../utils" },
         { "path": "../test-utils/tsconfig.node.json" },
         { "path": "../proto-rpc/tsconfig.node.json" },
         { "path": "../autocertifier-client/tsconfig.node.json"}
diff --git a/packages/autocertifier-server/tsconfig.node.json b/packages/autocertifier-server/tsconfig.node.json
index 3d1159742f..667e76653b 100644
--- a/packages/autocertifier-server/tsconfig.node.json
+++ b/packages/autocertifier-server/tsconfig.node.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
         "bin/**/*",
     ],
     "references": [
-        { "path": "../utils/tsconfig.node.json" },
+        { "path": "../utils" },
         { "path": "../test-utils/tsconfig.node.json" },
         { "path": "../proto-rpc/tsconfig.node.json" },
         { "path": "../dht/tsconfig.node.json"}
diff --git a/packages/cdn-location/tsconfig.jest.json b/packages/cdn-location/tsconfig.jest.json
index 6f891a1ed0..3b5af50ce6 100644
--- a/packages/cdn-location/tsconfig.jest.json
+++ b/packages/cdn-location/tsconfig.jest.json
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
         "test/**/*"
     ],
     "references": [
-        { "path": "../utils/tsconfig.node.json" },
+        { "path": "../utils" },
         { "path": "../test-utils/tsconfig.node.json" },
         { "path": "../proto-rpc/tsconfig.node.json" },
         { "path": "../autocertifier-client/tsconfig.node.json"}
diff --git a/packages/cdn-location/tsconfig.node.json b/packages/cdn-location/tsconfig.node.json
index 804c7ec519..b617664d7e 100644
--- a/packages/cdn-location/tsconfig.node.json
+++ b/packages/cdn-location/tsconfig.node.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         "src/**/*"
     ],
     "references": [
-        { "path": "../utils/tsconfig.node.json" },
+        { "path": "../utils" },
         { "path": "../test-utils/tsconfig.node.json" }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/cli-tools/tsconfig.node.json b/packages/cli-tools/tsconfig.node.json
index be650092e1..3b87013ba2 100644
--- a/packages/cli-tools/tsconfig.node.json
+++ b/packages/cli-tools/tsconfig.node.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         "bin/**/*"
     ],
     "references": [
-        { "path": "../utils/tsconfig.node.json" },
+        { "path": "../utils" },
         { "path": "../sdk/tsconfig.node.json" }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/dht/tsconfig.jest.json b/packages/dht/tsconfig.jest.json
index 87227b54d0..71e084119b 100644
--- a/packages/dht/tsconfig.jest.json
+++ b/packages/dht/tsconfig.jest.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
         "scripts"
     ],
     "references": [
-        { "path": "../utils/tsconfig.node.json" },
+        { "path": "../utils" },
         { "path": "../test-utils/tsconfig.node.json" },
         { "path": "../proto-rpc/tsconfig.node.json" },
         { "path": "../autocertifier-client/tsconfig.node.json" },
diff --git a/packages/dht/tsconfig.node.json b/packages/dht/tsconfig.node.json
index 23dca9ac98..9bdb354f31 100644
--- a/packages/dht/tsconfig.node.json
+++ b/packages/dht/tsconfig.node.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         "package.json"
     ],
     "references": [
-        { "path": "../utils/tsconfig.node.json" },
+        { "path": "../utils" },
         { "path": "../test-utils/tsconfig.node.json" },
         { "path": "../proto-rpc/tsconfig.node.json" },
         { "path": "../autocertifier-client/tsconfig.node.json" },
diff --git a/packages/geoip-location/tsconfig.jest.json b/packages/geoip-location/tsconfig.jest.json
index 8021ad7fbd..14db9e5ba2 100644
--- a/packages/geoip-location/tsconfig.jest.json
+++ b/packages/geoip-location/tsconfig.jest.json
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
         "test/**/*"
     ],
     "references": [
-        { "path": "../utils/tsconfig.node.json" }
+        { "path": "../utils" }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/geoip-location/tsconfig.node.json b/packages/geoip-location/tsconfig.node.json
index 69d24f5f4f..3c0d204b62 100644
--- a/packages/geoip-location/tsconfig.node.json
+++ b/packages/geoip-location/tsconfig.node.json
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
         "src/**/*"
     ],
     "references": [
-        { "path": "../utils/tsconfig.node.json" },
+        { "path": "../utils" }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/node/tsconfig.jest.json b/packages/node/tsconfig.jest.json
index 2a21c5c8b5..1593f7985f 100644
--- a/packages/node/tsconfig.jest.json
+++ b/packages/node/tsconfig.jest.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         "test/**/*"
     ],
     "references": [
-        { "path": "../utils/tsconfig.node.json" },
+        { "path": "../utils" },
         { "path": "../test-utils/tsconfig.node.json" },
         { "path": "../sdk/tsconfig.node.json" }
     ]
diff --git a/packages/node/tsconfig.node.json b/packages/node/tsconfig.node.json
index 94448457eb..d53e6a6169 100644
--- a/packages/node/tsconfig.node.json
+++ b/packages/node/tsconfig.node.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         "package.json"
     ],
     "references": [
-        { "path": "../utils/tsconfig.node.json" },
+        { "path": "../utils" },
         { "path": "../test-utils/tsconfig.node.json" },
         { "path": "../sdk/tsconfig.node.json" }
     ]
diff --git a/packages/proto-rpc/tsconfig.jest.json b/packages/proto-rpc/tsconfig.jest.json
index 57b0c88b4a..89c13fb269 100644
--- a/packages/proto-rpc/tsconfig.jest.json
+++ b/packages/proto-rpc/tsconfig.jest.json
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
         "test/**/*",
     ],
     "references": [
-        { "path": "../utils/tsconfig.node.json" },
+        { "path": "../utils" },
         { "path": "../test-utils/tsconfig.node.json" }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/proto-rpc/tsconfig.node.json b/packages/proto-rpc/tsconfig.node.json
index aebf4dfcac..5ad70c261c 100644
--- a/packages/proto-rpc/tsconfig.node.json
+++ b/packages/proto-rpc/tsconfig.node.json
@@ -9,6 +9,6 @@
         "generated/**/*"
     ],
     "references": [
-        { "path": "../utils/tsconfig.node.json" }
+        { "path": "../utils" }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/test-utils/tsconfig.jest.json b/packages/test-utils/tsconfig.jest.json
index 8021ad7fbd..14db9e5ba2 100644
--- a/packages/test-utils/tsconfig.jest.json
+++ b/packages/test-utils/tsconfig.jest.json
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@
         "test/**/*"
     ],
     "references": [
-        { "path": "../utils/tsconfig.node.json" }
+        { "path": "../utils" }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/test-utils/tsconfig.node.json b/packages/test-utils/tsconfig.node.json
index af9c79d535..faa2a3f071 100644
--- a/packages/test-utils/tsconfig.node.json
+++ b/packages/test-utils/tsconfig.node.json
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@
         "src/**/*"
     ],
     "references": [
-        { "path": "../utils/tsconfig.node.json" }
+        { "path": "../utils" }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/utils/package.json b/packages/utils/package.json
index 965dfc54d3..ea7748af2b 100644
--- a/packages/utils/package.json
+++ b/packages/utils/package.json
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
     "LICENSE"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "tsc --build tsconfig.node.json",
-    "check": "tsc -p ./tsconfig.jest.json",
+    "build": "tsc -b",
+    "check": "tsc -p ./tsconfig.jest.json && tsc --noEmit -p ./tsconfig.node.json",
     "clean": "jest --clearCache || true; rm -rf dist *.tsbuildinfo node_modules/.cache || true",
     "eslint": "eslint --cache --cache-location=node_modules/.cache/.eslintcache/ '*/**/*.{js,ts}'",
     "test": "jest",
diff --git a/packages/utils/tsconfig.browser.json b/packages/utils/tsconfig.browser.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a75b3faae2..0000000000
--- a/packages/utils/tsconfig.browser.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../tsconfig.browser.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "outDir": "dist",
-    "noImplicitOverride": false
-  },
-  "include": ["src"]
-}
diff --git a/packages/utils/tsconfig.jest.json b/packages/utils/tsconfig.jest.json
index 1d18c5b846..deb01d41ba 100644
--- a/packages/utils/tsconfig.jest.json
+++ b/packages/utils/tsconfig.jest.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.jest.json",
-  "include": [
-    "src/**/*",
-    "test/**/*"
+  "include": ["test"],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "./tsconfig.node.json" }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/utils/tsconfig.json b/packages/utils/tsconfig.json
index 09dd390ce2..590e4adf18 100644
--- a/packages/utils/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/utils/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 {
-  "extends": "./tsconfig.jest.json"
+  "files": [],
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "composite": true
+  },
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "./tsconfig.jest.json" },
+    { "path": "./tsconfig.node.json" },
+    { "path": "./tsconfig.karma.json" }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/utils/tsconfig.karma.json b/packages/utils/tsconfig.karma.json
index 37798059c7..387e9726d5 100644
--- a/packages/utils/tsconfig.karma.json
+++ b/packages/utils/tsconfig.karma.json
@@ -1,6 +1,12 @@
 {
-  "extends": "./tsconfig.browser.json",
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.browser.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "types": ["jest", "jest-extended"]
-  }
+    "outDir": "dist",
+    "noImplicitOverride": false,
+    "types": [
+      "jest",
+      "jest-extended"
+    ]
+  },
+  "include": ["src"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/utils/tsconfig.node.json b/packages/utils/tsconfig.node.json
index 204b86fc14..2f81cb1b0b 100644
--- a/packages/utils/tsconfig.node.json
+++ b/packages/utils/tsconfig.node.json
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig.node.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "stripInternal": false,
     "outDir": "dist"
   },
-  "include": [
-    "src/**/*"
-  ]
+  "include": ["src"]
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..051f3ef756
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{
+  "files": [],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "./packages/utils" }
+  ]
+}