diff --git a/packages/material-ui/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/material-ui/tsconfig.build.json
index d0cd11d75a1a05..7dee397cf71c85 100644
--- a/packages/material-ui/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/material-ui/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 {
   // This config is for emitting declarations (.d.ts) only
   // Actual .ts source files are transpiled via babel
-  "extends": "./tsconfig.json",
+  "extends": "./tsconfig",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "noEmit": false,
+    "composite": true,
     "declaration": true,
-    "rootDir": "./src",
-    "outDir": "./build",
     "emitDeclarationOnly": true,
-    "composite": true
+    "outDir": "build",
+    "rootDir": "./src"
   },
   "include": ["src/**/*.ts"],
   "exclude": ["src/**/*.spec.ts", "src/**/*.test.ts"]