diff --git a/packages/kbn-i18n/BUILD.bazel b/packages/kbn-i18n/BUILD.bazel
index d71f7d78b122..02f5874a69a8 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-i18n/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/kbn-i18n/BUILD.bazel
@@ -85,10 +85,10 @@ ts_project(
   deps = DEPS,
   allow_js = True,
   declaration = True,
-  declaration_dir = "types",
+  declaration_dir = "target_types",
   declaration_map = True,
   incremental = True,
-  out_dir = "node",
+  out_dir = "target_node",
   source_map = True,
   root_dir = "src",
   tsconfig = ":tsconfig",
@@ -102,38 +102,16 @@ ts_project(
   allow_js = True,
   declaration = False,
   incremental = True,
-  out_dir = "web",
+  out_dir = "target_web",
   source_map = True,
   root_dir = "src",
   tsconfig = ":tsconfig_browser",
 )
 
-filegroup(
-  name = "tsc_types",
-  srcs = [":tsc"],
-  output_group = "types",
-)
-
-filegroup(
-  name = "target_files",
-  srcs = [
-    ":tsc",
-    ":tsc_browser",
-    ":tsc_types",
-  ],
-)
-
-pkg_npm(
-  name = "target",
-  deps = [
-    ":target_files",
-  ],
-)
-
 js_library(
   name = PKG_BASE_NAME,
   srcs = NPM_MODULE_EXTRA_FILES,
-  deps = [":target"] + DEPS,
+  deps = [":tsc", ":tsc_browser"] + DEPS,
   package_name = PKG_REQUIRE_NAME,
   visibility = ["//visibility:public"],
 )
diff --git a/packages/kbn-i18n/angular/package.json b/packages/kbn-i18n/angular/package.json
index 974058ec0ac9..11c842a9fc49 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-i18n/angular/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-i18n/angular/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "browser": "../target/web/angular",
-  "main": "../target/node/angular",
-  "types": "../target/types/angular/index.d.ts"
+  "browser": "../target_web/angular",
+  "main": "../target_node/angular",
+  "types": "../target_types/angular/index.d.ts"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/kbn-i18n/package.json b/packages/kbn-i18n/package.json
index 36b625b1097b..d91b81a88e09 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-i18n/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-i18n/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 {
   "name": "@kbn/i18n",
-  "browser": "./target/web/browser.js",
-  "main": "./target/node/index.js",
-  "types": "./target/types/index.d.ts",
+  "browser": "./target_web/browser.js",
+  "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-i18n/react/package.json b/packages/kbn-i18n/react/package.json
index d4cf1a0a30f6..c29ddd45f084 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-i18n/react/package.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-i18n/react/package.json
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 {
-  "browser": "../target/web/react",
-  "main": "../target/node/react",
-  "types": "../target/types/react/index.d.ts"
+  "browser": "../target_web/react",
+  "main": "../target_node/react",
+  "types": "../target_types/react/index.d.ts"
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/kbn-i18n/tsconfig.browser.json b/packages/kbn-i18n/tsconfig.browser.json
index 9ee4aeed8da2..707e3294bf1e 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-i18n/tsconfig.browser.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-i18n/tsconfig.browser.json
@@ -3,11 +3,12 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "allowJs": true,
     "incremental": true,
-    "outDir": "./target/web",
+    "outDir": "./target_web",
     "declaration": false,
     "isolatedModules": true,
     "sourceMap": true,
-    "sourceRoot": "../../../../../packages/kbn-i18n/src"
+    "sourceRoot": "../../../../../packages/kbn-i18n/src",
+    "types": ["node"],
   },
   "include": [
     "src/**/*.ts",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-i18n/tsconfig.json b/packages/kbn-i18n/tsconfig.json
index ddb21915eac5..787e9b45123a 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-i18n/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-i18n/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "allowJs": true,
     "incremental": true,
-    "declarationDir": "./target/types",
-    "outDir": "./target/node",
+    "declarationDir": "./target_types",
+    "outDir": "./target_node",
     "declaration": true,
     "declarationMap": true,
     "sourceMap": true,