diff --git a/packages/snaps-ui/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/snaps-ui/tsconfig.build.json
index 4dc952c93e..4deae76c08 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-ui/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/snaps-ui/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -11,10 +11,5 @@
     "./src/**/test-utils",
     "./src/**/__mocks__",
     "./src/**/__snapshots__"
-  ],
-  "references": [
-    {
-      "path": "../snaps-utils/tsconfig.build.json"
-    }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/snaps-ui/tsconfig.json b/packages/snaps-ui/tsconfig.json
index a4f2b5a12e..7d6092a4d3 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-ui/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/snaps-ui/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,6 +3,5 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "baseUrl": "./"
   },
-  "include": ["./src"],
-  "references": [{ "path": "../snaps-utils" }]
+  "include": ["./src"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/snaps-utils/src/handlers.ts b/packages/snaps-utils/src/handlers.ts
index 8340c1720c..7a41c657ba 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-utils/src/handlers.ts
+++ b/packages/snaps-utils/src/handlers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import type { StreamProvider } from '@metamask/providers';
-import { Json, JsonRpcRequest } from '@metamask/utils';
 import { Component } from '@metamask/snaps-ui';
+import { Json, JsonRpcRequest } from '@metamask/utils';
 
 import { AccountId, ChainId, RequestArguments } from './namespace';
 
diff --git a/packages/snaps-utils/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/snaps-utils/tsconfig.build.json
index 4deae76c08..5bf34dd669 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-utils/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/snaps-utils/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -11,5 +11,10 @@
     "./src/**/test-utils",
     "./src/**/__mocks__",
     "./src/**/__snapshots__"
+  ],
+  "references": [
+    {
+      "path": "../snaps-ui/tsconfig.build.json"
+    }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/snaps-utils/tsconfig.json b/packages/snaps-utils/tsconfig.json
index 7d6092a4d3..d48cf06e37 100644
--- a/packages/snaps-utils/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/snaps-utils/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "baseUrl": "./"
   },
-  "include": ["./src"]
+  "include": ["./src"],
+  "references": [{ "path": "../snaps-ui" }]
 }