diff --git a/packages/salesforcedx-utils-vscode/tsconfig.json b/packages/salesforcedx-utils-vscode/tsconfig.json
index e59ede1d3e..0a0adfee5b 100644
--- a/packages/salesforcedx-utils-vscode/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/salesforcedx-utils-vscode/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,9 +3,8 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": ".",
     "outDir": "out",
-    "typeRoots": [
-      "node_modules/@types"
-    ]
+    // https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/42873
+    "preserveSymlinks": true,
   },
   "exclude": [
     "node_modules",
diff --git a/packages/salesforcedx-vscode-soql/tsconfig.json b/packages/salesforcedx-vscode-soql/tsconfig.json
index 5748621a7d..cb17a86939 100644
--- a/packages/salesforcedx-vscode-soql/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/salesforcedx-vscode-soql/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
     "outDir": "out",
     "strict": false,
     "noImplicitAny": false,
+    // https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/42873
+    "preserveSymlinks": true,
   },
   "exclude": [
     "node_modules",