diff --git a/packages/config/tsconfig.core.json b/packages/config/tsconfig.core.json
index 50fedd53..b2be38c9 100644
--- a/packages/config/tsconfig.core.json
+++ b/packages/config/tsconfig.core.json
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
       "jspsych": ["../jspsych/src"],
       "@jspsych/*": ["../*/src"]
     },
-    // allow resolving json modules in tests (needed for transitive imports of jspsych in tests;
-    // the jspsych package itself uses https://stackoverflow.com/a/61426303 instead)
+    // allow resolving json modules in tests (needed for transitive imports of jspsych)
     "resolveJsonModule": true
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/jspsych/global.d.ts b/packages/jspsych/global.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 675741fa..00000000
--- a/packages/jspsych/global.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-declare module "*.json"; // https://stackoverflow.com/a/61426303
diff --git a/packages/jspsych/tsconfig.json b/packages/jspsych/tsconfig.json
index 87269ce9..d4c096a7 100644
--- a/packages/jspsych/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/jspsych/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 {
   "extends": "@jspsych/config/tsconfig.core.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "baseUrl": ".",
-    "resolveJsonModule": false // using https://stackoverflow.com/a/61426303 instead
+    "baseUrl": "."
   },
-  "include": ["src", "tests", "global.d.ts"]
+  "include": ["src", "tests", "package.json"]
 }