diff --git a/scripts/apidoc/typedoc.ts b/scripts/apidoc/typedoc.ts
index 1a782aa9b0d..2e86f2c28d1 100644
--- a/scripts/apidoc/typedoc.ts
+++ b/scripts/apidoc/typedoc.ts
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ export function loadProject(
     entryPoints: ['src/index.ts'],
     pretty: true,
     cleanOutputDir: true,
+    tsconfig: 'tsconfig.build.json',
   }
 ): [Application, ProjectReflection] {
   const app = newTypeDocApp();
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index c1dcb1ddfb7..cda27929e8f 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -17,5 +17,10 @@
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "resolveJsonModule": true
   },
-  "exclude": ["node_modules", "dist"]
+  "exclude": [
+    "node_modules",
+    "dist",
+    // required for the typedoc related tests on macOS #2280
+    "test/scripts/apidoc/temp"
+  ]
 }