diff --git a/x-pack/package.json b/x-pack/package.json
index dcc9b8c61cb960..6ffb394012d86c 100644
--- a/x-pack/package.json
+++ b/x-pack/package.json
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@
     "@types/uuid": "^3.4.4",
     "@types/xml-crypto": "^1.4.0",
     "@types/xml2js": "^0.4.5",
+    "@types/stats-lite": "^2.2.0",
+    "@types/pretty-ms": "^5.0.0",
     "@welldone-software/why-did-you-render": "^4.0.0",
     "abab": "^1.0.4",
     "axios": "^0.19.0",
diff --git a/x-pack/test/plugin_api_perf/plugins/task_manager_performance/package.json b/x-pack/test/plugin_api_perf/plugins/task_manager_performance/package.json
index a13718439f5eff..9cb3859271d812 100644
--- a/x-pack/test/plugin_api_perf/plugins/task_manager_performance/package.json
+++ b/x-pack/test/plugin_api_perf/plugins/task_manager_performance/package.json
@@ -8,8 +8,7 @@
   "main": "target/test/plugin_api_perf/plugins/task_manager_performance",
   "scripts": {
     "kbn": "node ../../../../../scripts/kbn.js",
-    "build": "rm -rf './target' && tsc",
-    "test:generate": "ts-node --project scripts/cli_tsconfig.json"
+    "build": "rm -rf './target' && tsc"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "lodash": "^4.17.15",
@@ -18,8 +17,6 @@
     "pretty-ms": "5.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
-    "@types/stats-lite": "^2.2.0",
-    "@types/pretty-ms": "^5.0.0",
     "typescript": "3.7.2"
   },
   "license": "Apache-2.0"
diff --git a/x-pack/test/plugin_api_perf/plugins/task_manager_performance/scripts/cli_tsconfig.json b/x-pack/test/plugin_api_perf/plugins/task_manager_performance/scripts/cli_tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index bbffcee6135eb8..00000000000000
--- a/x-pack/test/plugin_api_perf/plugins/task_manager_performance/scripts/cli_tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "extends": "../../../../tsconfig.json",
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "target": "es2019",
-    "resolveJsonModule": true
-  }
-}