diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 681be3a23..22d7e3633 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "dev-tsc-apps": "tsc -p apps",
     "dev-tsc-all": "npm run dev-tsc-tns-platform-declarations && npm run dev-tsc-tns-core-modules && npm run dev-tsc-tests && npm run dev-tsc-apps",
     "dev-link-tns-platform-declarations": "cd tns-platform-declarations && npm link",
-    "dev-link-tns-core-modules": "cd tns-core-modules && npm link tns-platform-declarations && npm link",
+    "dev-link-tns-core-modules": "cd tns-core-modules && npm link",
     "dev-link-tests": "cd tests && npm link tns-platform-declarations && npm link tns-core-modules",
     "dev-link-apps": "cd apps && npm link tns-platform-declarations && npm link tns-core-modules",
     "dev-declarations": "npm run setup && rm -rf tns-platform-declarations/ios/objc* && TNS_TYPESCRIPT_DECLARATIONS_PATH=$PWD/tns-platform-declarations/ios/objc tns build ios --path tests",
diff --git a/tns-core-modules/tsconfig.json b/tns-core-modules/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index eb14c97ed..000000000
--- a/tns-core-modules/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "compilerOptions": {
-        "noEmitOnError": true,
-        "noEmitHelpers": true,
-        "target": "es5",
-        "module": "commonjs",
-        "declaration": false,
-        "noImplicitAny": false,
-        "noImplicitUseStrict": true,
-        "experimentalDecorators": true,
-        "diagnostics": true,
-        "lib": [
-            "es2016"
-        ]
-    }
-}