diff --git a/packages/kbn-config-schema/.babelrc b/packages/kbn-config-schema/.babelrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7da72d177912
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/kbn-config-schema/.babelrc
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+  "presets": ["@kbn/babel-preset/node_preset"]
+}
diff --git a/packages/kbn-config-schema/BUILD.bazel b/packages/kbn-config-schema/BUILD.bazel
index 1ae4fa5eeeb2..2a4718b87df1 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-config-schema/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/kbn-config-schema/BUILD.bazel
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 load("@npm//@bazel/typescript:index.bzl", "ts_config", "ts_project")
 load("@build_bazel_rules_nodejs//:index.bzl", "js_library", "pkg_npm")
+load("//src/dev/bazel:index.bzl", "jsts_transpiler")
 
 PKG_BASE_NAME = "kbn-config-schema"
 PKG_REQUIRE_NAME = "@kbn/config-schema"
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ NPM_MODULE_EXTRA_FILES = [
   "README.md",
 ]
 
-SRC_DEPS = [
+RUNTIME_DEPS = [
   "@npm//joi",
   "@npm//lodash",
   "@npm//moment",
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ SRC_DEPS = [
 ]
 
 TYPES_DEPS = [
+  "@npm//moment",
+  "@npm//tsd",
   "@npm//@types/jest",
   "@npm//@types/joi",
   "@npm//@types/lodash",
@@ -37,7 +40,11 @@ TYPES_DEPS = [
   "@npm//@types/type-detect",
 ]
 
-DEPS = SRC_DEPS + TYPES_DEPS
+jsts_transpiler(
+  name = "target_node",
+  srcs = SRCS,
+  build_pkg_name = package_name(),
+)
 
 ts_config(
   name = "tsconfig",
@@ -48,14 +55,15 @@ ts_config(
 )
 
 ts_project(
-  name = "tsc",
+  name = "tsc_types",
   args = ['--pretty'],
   srcs = SRCS,
-  deps = DEPS,
+  deps = TYPES_DEPS,
   declaration = True,
   declaration_map = True,
-  incremental = True,
-  out_dir = "target",
+  emit_declaration_only = True,
+  incremental = False,
+  out_dir = "target_types",
   source_map = True,
   root_dir = "src",
   tsconfig = ":tsconfig",
@@ -64,7 +72,7 @@ ts_project(
 js_library(
   name = PKG_BASE_NAME,
   srcs = NPM_MODULE_EXTRA_FILES,
-  deps = DEPS + [":tsc"],
+  deps = RUNTIME_DEPS + [":target_node", ":tsc_types"],
   package_name = PKG_REQUIRE_NAME,
   visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
diff --git a/packages/kbn-config-schema/package.json b/packages/kbn-config-schema/package.json
index 85b52f5d7553..a3b6880c3293 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-config-schema/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-config-schema/package.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@kbn/config-schema",
-  "main": "./target/index.js",
-  "types": "./target/index.d.ts",
+  "main": "./target_node/index.js",
+  "types": "./target_types/index.d.ts",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "license": "SSPL-1.0 OR Elastic License 2.0",
   "private": true
diff --git a/packages/kbn-config-schema/tsconfig.json b/packages/kbn-config-schema/tsconfig.json
index eee6900f0732..de9476bbbb35 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-config-schema/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-config-schema/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "declaration": true,
     "declarationMap": true,
-    "incremental": true,
-    "outDir": "target",
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
+    "incremental": false,
+    "outDir": "target_types",
     "rootDir": "src",
     "sourceMap": true,
     "sourceRoot": "../../../../packages/kbn-config-schema/src",
diff --git a/src/core/server/server.api.md b/src/core/server/server.api.md
index 6bc1bb5880e0..47782c2f98d3 100644
--- a/src/core/server/server.api.md
+++ b/src/core/server/server.api.md
@@ -372,7 +372,7 @@ export const config: {
             healthCheck: import("@kbn/config-schema").ObjectType<{
                 delay: Type<import("moment").Duration>;
             }>;
-            ignoreVersionMismatch: import("@kbn/config-schema/target/types").ConditionalType<false, boolean, boolean>;
+            ignoreVersionMismatch: import("@kbn/config-schema/target_types/types").ConditionalType<false, boolean, boolean>;
         }>;
     };
     logging: {