diff --git a/packages/api/tsconfig.json b/packages/api/tsconfig.json
index c10d563da5..3225b8269c 100644
--- a/packages/api/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/api/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@
     "rootDir": "./src"
   },
   "exclude": [
-    "**/augment/*.ts",
-    "**/types-base/*.ts"
+    "**/*.manual.ts",
+    "**/*.spec.ts"
   ],
   "references": [
     { "path": "../api-augment" },
diff --git a/packages/api/tsconfig.spec.json b/packages/api/tsconfig.spec.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..21f949168e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/api/tsconfig.spec.json
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": "..",
+    "outDir": "./build",
+    "rootDir": "./src",
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": false,
+    "noEmit": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "**/*.manual.ts",
+    "**/*.spec.ts",
+    "**/test/**/*"
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../api" },
+    { "path": "../api-augment" },
+    { "path": "../api-base" },
+    { "path": "../api-derive" },
+    { "path": "../rpc-core" },
+    { "path": "../rpc-provider" },
+    { "path": "../types" },
+    { "path": "../types-augment" },
+    { "path": "../types-known" }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/rpc-core/tsconfig.json b/packages/rpc-core/tsconfig.json
index d9c7dd7502..539bf8ea12 100644
--- a/packages/rpc-core/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/rpc-core/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
     "outDir": "./build",
     "rootDir": "./src"
   },
+  "exclude": [
+    "**/*.spec.ts"
+  ],
   "references": [
     { "path": "../rpc-augment" },
     { "path": "../rpc-provider" }
diff --git a/packages/rpc-core/tsconfig.spec.json b/packages/rpc-core/tsconfig.spec.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..49a15363b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rpc-core/tsconfig.spec.json
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": "..",
+    "outDir": "./build",
+    "rootDir": "./src",
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": false,
+    "noEmit": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "**/*.spec.ts"
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../rpc-core" },
+    { "path": "../rpc-augment" },
+    { "path": "../rpc-provider" }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/packages/rpc-provider/src/http/index.spec.ts b/packages/rpc-provider/src/http/index.spec.ts
index 8f492d728b..2ceb06674a 100644
--- a/packages/rpc-provider/src/http/index.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/rpc-provider/src/http/index.spec.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2021 @polkadot/rpc-provider authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import { TEST_HTTP_URL } from '@polkadot/rpc-provider/mock/mockHttp';
-
+import { TEST_HTTP_URL } from '../mock/mockHttp';
 import { HttpProvider } from './';
 
 describe('Http', (): void => {
diff --git a/packages/rpc-provider/src/http/send.spec.ts b/packages/rpc-provider/src/http/send.spec.ts
index d9fe4d7ca8..34f6b12684 100644
--- a/packages/rpc-provider/src/http/send.spec.ts
+++ b/packages/rpc-provider/src/http/send.spec.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 
 import type { Mock } from '../mock/types';
 
-import { mockHttp, TEST_HTTP_URL } from '@polkadot/rpc-provider/mock/mockHttp';
-
+import { mockHttp, TEST_HTTP_URL } from '../mock/mockHttp';
 import { HttpProvider } from './';
 
 describe('send', (): void => {
diff --git a/packages/rpc-provider/tsconfig.json b/packages/rpc-provider/tsconfig.json
index d51e9feea7..f2f451463e 100644
--- a/packages/rpc-provider/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/rpc-provider/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@
     "rootDir": "./src",
     "resolveJsonModule": true
   },
+  "exclude": [
+    "**/*.spec.ts"
+  ],
   "references": [
     { "path": "../types" },
     { "path": "../types-augment" }
diff --git a/packages/rpc-provider/tsconfig.spec.json b/packages/rpc-provider/tsconfig.spec.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6be3906a44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/rpc-provider/tsconfig.spec.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "extends": "../../tsconfig.base.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "baseUrl": "..",
+    "outDir": "./build",
+    "rootDir": "./src",
+    "resolveJsonModule": true,
+    "emitDeclarationOnly": false,
+    "noEmit": true
+  },
+  "include": [
+    "**/*.spec.ts"
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    { "path": "../rpc-provider" },
+    { "path": "../types" },
+    { "path": "../types-augment" }
+  ]
+}
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 9b6b8c9d12..cef845e4cc 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,14 +5,18 @@
   "files": [],
   "references": [
     { "path": "./packages/api" },
+    { "path": "./packages/api/tsconfig.spec.json" },
     { "path": "./packages/api-augment" },
     { "path": "./packages/api-base" },
     { "path": "./packages/api-contract" },
     { "path": "./packages/api-contract/tsconfig.spec.json" },
     { "path": "./packages/api-derive" },
+    { "path": "./packages/api-derive/tsconfig.spec.json" },
     { "path": "./packages/rpc-augment" },
     { "path": "./packages/rpc-core" },
+    { "path": "./packages/rpc-core/tsconfig.spec.json" },
     { "path": "./packages/rpc-provider" },
+    { "path": "./packages/rpc-provider/tsconfig.spec.json" },
     { "path": "./packages/typegen" },
     { "path": "./packages/types" },
     { "path": "./packages/types/tsconfig.spec.json" },