diff --git a/packages/data-context/src/actions/MigrationActions.ts b/packages/data-context/src/actions/MigrationActions.ts
index d7d42d9f41af..ecd43dc46645 100644
--- a/packages/data-context/src/actions/MigrationActions.ts
+++ b/packages/data-context/src/actions/MigrationActions.ts
@@ -32,9 +32,6 @@ import {
 } from '../sources/migration'
 import { makeCoreData } from '../data'
 import { LegacyPluginsIpc } from '../data/LegacyPluginsIpc'
-import { hasTypeScriptInstalled } from '../util'
-
-const tsNode = require.resolve('@packages/server/lib/plugins/child/register_ts_node')
 
 export function getConfigWithDefaults (legacyConfig: any) {
   const newConfig = _.cloneDeep(legacyConfig)
@@ -91,23 +88,6 @@ export async function processConfigViaLegacyPlugins (projectRoot: string, legacy
     const configProcessArgs = ['--projectRoot', projectRoot, '--file', cwd]
     const CHILD_PROCESS_FILE_PATH = require.resolve('@packages/server/lib/plugins/child/require_async_child')
 
-    // use ts-node if they've got typescript installed
-    // this matches the 9.x behavior, which is what we want for
-    // processing legacy pluginsFile (we never supported `"type": "module") in 9.x.
-    if (hasTypeScriptInstalled(projectRoot)) {
-      const tsNodeLoader = `--require ${tsNode}`
-
-      if (!childOptions.env) {
-        childOptions.env = {}
-      }
-
-      if (childOptions.env.NODE_OPTIONS) {
-        childOptions.env.NODE_OPTIONS += ` ${tsNodeLoader}`
-      } else {
-        childOptions.env.NODE_OPTIONS = tsNodeLoader
-      }
-    }
-
     const childProcess = fork(CHILD_PROCESS_FILE_PATH, configProcessArgs, childOptions)
     const ipc = new LegacyPluginsIpc(childProcess)
 
diff --git a/packages/data-context/src/data/ProjectConfigIpc.ts b/packages/data-context/src/data/ProjectConfigIpc.ts
index c287d58bb7b9..ca82ed4f3f09 100644
--- a/packages/data-context/src/data/ProjectConfigIpc.ts
+++ b/packages/data-context/src/data/ProjectConfigIpc.ts
@@ -3,11 +3,10 @@ import { CypressError, getError } from '@packages/errors'
 import type { FullConfig, TestingType } from '@packages/types'
 import { ChildProcess, fork, ForkOptions } from 'child_process'
 import EventEmitter from 'events'
-import fs from 'fs-extra'
 import path from 'path'
 import inspector from 'inspector'
 import debugLib from 'debug'
-import { autoBindDebug, hasTypeScriptInstalled } from '../util'
+import { autoBindDebug } from '../util'
 import _ from 'lodash'
 
 const pkg = require('@packages/root')
@@ -15,9 +14,6 @@ const debug = debugLib(`cypress:lifecycle:ProjectConfigIpc`)
 
 const CHILD_PROCESS_FILE_PATH = require.resolve('@packages/server/lib/plugins/child/require_async_child')
 
-const tsNodeEsm = require.resolve('ts-node/esm/transpile-only')
-const tsNode = require.resolve('@packages/server/lib/plugins/child/register_ts_node')
-
 export type IpcHandler = (ipc: ProjectConfigIpc) => void
 
 export interface SetupNodeEventsReply {
@@ -242,59 +238,6 @@ export class ProjectConfigIpc extends EventEmitter {
 
     debug('fork child process %o', { CHILD_PROCESS_FILE_PATH, configProcessArgs, childOptions: _.omit(childOptions, 'env') })
 
-    let isProjectUsingESModules = false
-
-    try {
-      const pkgJson = fs.readJsonSync(path.join(this.projectRoot, 'package.json'))
-
-      isProjectUsingESModules = pkgJson.type === 'module'
-    } catch (e) {
-      // project does not have `package.json` or it was not found
-      // reasonable to assume not using es modules
-    }
-
-    if (!childOptions.env) {
-      childOptions.env = {}
-    }
-
-    // If they've got TypeScript installed, we can use
-    // ts-node for CommonJS
-    // ts-node/esm for ESM
-    if (hasTypeScriptInstalled(this.projectRoot)) {
-      if (isProjectUsingESModules) {
-        // Use the ts-node/esm loader so they can use TypeScript with `"type": "module".
-        // The loader API is experimental and will change.
-        // The same can be said for the other alternative, esbuild, so this is the
-        // best option that leverages the existing modules we bundle in the binary.
-        // @see ts-node esm loader https://typestrong.org/ts-node/docs/usage/#node-flags-and-other-tools
-        // @see Node.js Loader API https://nodejs.org/api/esm.html#customizing-esm-specifier-resolution-algorithm
-        const tsNodeEsmLoader = `--experimental-specifier-resolution=node --loader ${tsNodeEsm}`
-
-        if (childOptions.env.NODE_OPTIONS) {
-          childOptions.env.NODE_OPTIONS += ` ${tsNodeEsmLoader}`
-        } else {
-          childOptions.env.NODE_OPTIONS = tsNodeEsmLoader
-        }
-      } else {
-        // Not using ES Modules (via "type": "module"),
-        // so we just register the standard ts-node module
-        // to handle TypeScript that is compiled to CommonJS.
-        // We do NOT use the `--loader` flag because we have some additional
-        // custom logic for ts-node when used with CommonJS that needs to be evaluated
-        // so we need to load and evaluate the hook first using the `--require` module API.
-        const tsNodeLoader = `--require ${tsNode}`
-
-        if (childOptions.env.NODE_OPTIONS) {
-          childOptions.env.NODE_OPTIONS += ` ${tsNodeLoader}`
-        } else {
-          childOptions.env.NODE_OPTIONS = tsNodeLoader
-        }
-      }
-    } else {
-      // Just use Node's built-in ESM support.
-      // TODO: Consider using userland `esbuild` with Node's --loader API to handle ESM.
-    }
-
     const proc = fork(CHILD_PROCESS_FILE_PATH, configProcessArgs, childOptions)
 
     return proc
diff --git a/packages/data-context/src/data/ProjectConfigManager.ts b/packages/data-context/src/data/ProjectConfigManager.ts
index 21a9e644f19a..1ae545c3dd1f 100644
--- a/packages/data-context/src/data/ProjectConfigManager.ts
+++ b/packages/data-context/src/data/ProjectConfigManager.ts
@@ -260,17 +260,10 @@ export class ProjectConfigManager {
         this._eventsIpc.cleanupIpc()
       }
 
-      this._eventsIpc = new ProjectConfigIpc(
-        this.options.ctx.nodePath,
-        this.options.projectRoot,
-        this.configFilePath,
-        this.options.configFile,
-        (cypressError: CypressError, title?: string | undefined) => {
-          this._state = 'errored'
-          this.options.ctx.onError(cypressError, title)
-        },
-        this.options.ctx.onWarning,
-      )
+      this._eventsIpc = new ProjectConfigIpc(this.options.ctx.nodePath, this.options.projectRoot, this.configFilePath, this.options.configFile, (cypressError: CypressError, title?: string | undefined) => {
+        this._state = 'errored'
+        this.options.ctx.onError(cypressError, title)
+      }, this.options.ctx.onWarning)
 
       this._loadConfigPromise = this._eventsIpc.loadConfig()
     }
diff --git a/packages/data-context/src/util/hasTypescript.ts b/packages/data-context/src/util/hasTypescript.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index f87fb2bf050b..000000000000
--- a/packages/data-context/src/util/hasTypescript.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-export function hasTypeScriptInstalled (projectRoot: string) {
-  try {
-    require.resolve('typescript', { paths: [projectRoot] })
-
-    return true
-  } catch (e) {
-    return false
-  }
-}
diff --git a/packages/data-context/src/util/index.ts b/packages/data-context/src/util/index.ts
index dc6a9ab75ef5..f1ed3bc6d64b 100644
--- a/packages/data-context/src/util/index.ts
+++ b/packages/data-context/src/util/index.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,5 @@ export * from './autoBindDebug'
 export * from './cached'
 export * from './config-file-updater'
 export * from './file'
-export * from './hasTypescript'
 export * from './pluginHandlers'
 export * from './urqlCacheKeys'
diff --git a/packages/data-context/test/unit/util/hasTypescript.spec.ts b/packages/data-context/test/unit/util/hasTypescript.spec.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a93c00fa23b..000000000000
--- a/packages/data-context/test/unit/util/hasTypescript.spec.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-import { expect } from 'chai'
-import path from 'path'
-import { hasTypeScriptInstalled } from '../../../src/util'
-import { scaffoldMigrationProject } from '../helper'
-
-describe('hasTypeScript', () => {
-  it('returns true when installed', async () => {
-    const monorepoRoot = path.join(__dirname, '..', '..', '..', '..', '..')
-
-    expect(hasTypeScriptInstalled(monorepoRoot)).to.be.true
-  })
-
-  it('returns false when not installed', async () => {
-    const projectRoot = await scaffoldMigrationProject('config-with-js')
-
-    expect(hasTypeScriptInstalled(projectRoot)).to.be.false
-  })
-})
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/config-files-error-handling.cy.ts b/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/config-files-error-handling.cy.ts
index 5d12886b3aec..b7ee7543e613 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/config-files-error-handling.cy.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/config-files-error-handling.cy.ts
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ describe('Launchpad: Error System Tests', () => {
     cy.contains('h1', cy.i18n.launchpadErrors.generic.configErrorTitle)
     cy.percySnapshot()
 
-    cy.get('[data-testid="error-code-frame"]').should('contain', 'cypress.config.ts:6:10')
+    cy.get('[data-testid="error-code-frame"]').should('contain', 'cypress.config.ts:6:9')
   })
 })
 
diff --git a/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/error-handling.cy.ts b/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/error-handling.cy.ts
index 66e932e0041e..9287a56f5c40 100644
--- a/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/error-handling.cy.ts
+++ b/packages/launchpad/cypress/e2e/error-handling.cy.ts
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ describe('Error handling', () => {
       cy.contains('Choose a Browser').should('not.exist')
 
       cy.withCtx((ctx) => {
-        ctx.actions.file.writeFileInProject('cypress.config.ts', `
+        ctx.actions.file.writeFileInProject('cypress.config.js', `
           import { defineConfig } from 'cypress'
           import { defineConfig as viteConfig } from 'vite'
           export default defineConfig({
diff --git a/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/register_ts_node.js b/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/register_ts_node.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 847d3380249b..000000000000
--- a/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/register_ts_node.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-const minimist = require('minimist')
-const debugLib = require('debug')
-const { register } = require('./ts_node')
-
-const debug = debugLib('cypress:server:register-ts-node')
-
-const args = minimist(process.argv)
-
-debug('executing register_ts_node with args %o', args)
-
-const { projectRoot, file } = args
-
-if (projectRoot && file) {
-  debug('registering ts-node for projectRoot: %s and file: %s', projectRoot, file)
-  register(projectRoot, file)
-}
diff --git a/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js b/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js
index 4528392d6c23..2c4aba824600 100644
--- a/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js
+++ b/packages/server/lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child.js
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 require('graceful-fs').gracefulify(require('fs'))
 const stripAnsi = require('strip-ansi')
-const debugLib = require('debug')
+const debug = require('debug')(`cypress:lifecycle:child:run_require_async_child:${process.pid}`)
 const { pathToFileURL } = require('url')
+const tsNodeUtil = require('./ts_node')
 const util = require('../util')
 const { RunPlugins } = require('./run_plugins')
 
-const debug = debugLib(`cypress:lifecycle:child:run_require_async_child:${process.pid}`)
+let tsRegistered = false
 
 /**
  * Executes and returns the passed `file` (usually `configFile`) file in the ipc `loadConfig` event
@@ -21,6 +22,14 @@ function run (ipc, file, projectRoot) {
     throw new Error('Unexpected: projectRoot should be a string')
   }
 
+  if (!tsRegistered) {
+    debug('register typescript for required file')
+    tsNodeUtil.register(projectRoot, file)
+
+    // ensure typescript is only registered once
+    tsRegistered = true
+  }
+
   process.on('uncaughtException', (err) => {
     debug('uncaught exception:', util.serializeError(err))
     ipc.send('childProcess:unhandledError', util.serializeError(err))
@@ -83,9 +92,14 @@ function run (ipc, file, projectRoot) {
   // Config file loading of modules is tested within
   // system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/*
   const loadFile = async (file) => {
-    try {
-      debug('Loading file %s', file)
+    // 1. Try loading the configFile
+    // 2. Catch the "ERR_REQUIRE_ESM" error
+    // 3. Check if esbuild is installed
+    //   3a. Yes: Use bundleRequire
+    //   3b. No: Continue through to `await import(configFile)`
+    // 4. Use node's dynamic import to import the configFile
 
+    try {
       return require(file)
     } catch (err) {
       if (!err.stack.includes('[ERR_REQUIRE_ESM]') && !err.stack.includes('SyntaxError: Cannot use import statement outside a module')) {
@@ -96,16 +110,25 @@ function run (ipc, file, projectRoot) {
     debug('User is loading an ESM config file')
 
     try {
-      // We cannot replace the initial `require` with `await import` because
-      // Certain modules cannot be dynamically imported.
-      // pathToFileURL for windows interop: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/31710
-      const fileURL = pathToFileURL(file).href
+      debug('Trying to use esbuild to run their config file.')
+      // We prefer doing this because it supports TypeScript files
+      require.resolve('esbuild', { paths: [process.cwd()] })
 
-      debug(`importing esm file %s`, fileURL)
+      debug(`They have esbuild, so we'll load the configFile via bundleRequire`)
+      const { bundleRequire } = require('bundle-require')
 
-      return await import(fileURL)
+      return (await bundleRequire({ filepath: file })).mod
     } catch (err) {
-      debug('error loading file via native Node.js module loader %s', err.message)
+      if (err.stack.includes(`Cannot find module 'esbuild'`)) {
+        debug(`User doesn't have esbuild. Going to use native node imports.`)
+
+        // We cannot replace the initial `require` with `await import` because
+        // Certain modules cannot be dynamically imported.
+
+        // pathToFileURL for windows interop: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/31710
+        return await import(pathToFileURL(file).href)
+      }
+
       throw err
     }
   }
diff --git a/packages/server/test/unit/plugins/child/run_require_async_child_spec.js b/packages/server/test/unit/plugins/child/run_require_async_child_spec.js
index 9cfebc3a2750..ca0b332fd164 100644
--- a/packages/server/test/unit/plugins/child/run_require_async_child_spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/test/unit/plugins/child/run_require_async_child_spec.js
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 require('../../../spec_helper')
 
+const tsNodeUtil = require('../../../../lib/plugins/child/ts_node')
 const runRequireAsyncChild = require('../../../../lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child')
+const resolve = require('../../../../lib/util/resolve')
 
 describe('lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child', () => {
   beforeEach(function () {
@@ -15,6 +17,28 @@ describe('lib/plugins/child/run_require_async_child', () => {
     mockery.deregisterMock('@cypress/webpack-batteries-included-preprocessor')
   })
 
+  describe('typescript registration', () => {
+    beforeEach(() => {
+      sinon.stub(tsNodeUtil, 'register')
+      sinon.stub(resolve, 'typescript').returns('/path/to/typescript.js')
+    })
+
+    it('registers ts-node only once when typescript module found', function () {
+      runRequireAsyncChild(this.ipc, 'cypress.config.js', 'proj-root')
+      runRequireAsyncChild(this.ipc, 'cypress.config.js', 'proj-root')
+
+      expect(tsNodeUtil.register).to.be.calledWith(
+        'proj-root',
+        'cypress.config.js',
+      )
+
+      expect(tsNodeUtil.register).to.be.calledOnce
+    })
+
+    // FIXME: need to validate that TS is checked once when ts is not found as well
+    it.skip('checks for typescript only once if typescript module was not found')
+  })
+
   describe('errors', () => {
     beforeEach(function () {
       sinon.stub(process, 'on')
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs-tsconfig-es5/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs-tsconfig-es5/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..764540993c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs-tsconfig-es5/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { numberOne } from '../../src/foo'
+
+it('works', () => {
+  const number = 1
+
+  expect(numberOne).to.equal(number)
+})
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs-tsconfig-es5/package.json b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs-tsconfig-es5/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e4ad67943ca..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs-tsconfig-es5/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "4.7.3"
-  },
-  "projectFixtureDirectory": "simple_passing"
-}
diff --git a/system-tests/project-fixtures/simple_passing/src/foo.ts b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs-tsconfig-es5/src/foo.ts
similarity index 100%
rename from system-tests/project-fixtures/simple_passing/src/foo.ts
rename to system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs-tsconfig-es5/src/foo.ts
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs-tsconfig-es5/yarn.lock b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs-tsconfig-es5/yarn.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 6774dcd69294..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs-tsconfig-es5/yarn.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
-# yarn lockfile v1
-
-
-typescript@4.7.3:
-  version "4.7.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.7.3.tgz#8364b502d5257b540f9de4c40be84c98e23a129d"
-  integrity sha512-WOkT3XYvrpXx4vMMqlD+8R8R37fZkjyLGlxavMc4iB8lrl8L0DeTcHbYgw/v0N/z9wAFsgBhcsF0ruoySS22mA==
diff --git a/system-tests/project-fixtures/simple_passing/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
similarity index 100%
rename from system-tests/project-fixtures/simple_passing/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
rename to system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs/package.json b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a5a20589141..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "projectFixtureDirectory": "simple_passing"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs/yarn.lock b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs/yarn.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index fb57ccd13afb..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs/yarn.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
-# yarn lockfile v1
-
-
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-module/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-module/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92e444116c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-module/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+it('works', () => {
+  expect(true).to.be.true
+})
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-module/package.json b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-module/package.json
index b576372ebfa7..3dbc1ca591c0 100644
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-module/package.json
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-module/package.json
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 {
-  "type": "module",
-  "projectFixtureDirectory": "simple_passing"
+  "type": "module"
 }
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-module/yarn.lock b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-module/yarn.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index fb57ccd13afb..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-module/yarn.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
-# yarn lockfile v1
-
-
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es2015/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es2015/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..764540993c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es2015/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { numberOne } from '../../src/foo'
+
+it('works', () => {
+  const number = 1
+
+  expect(numberOne).to.equal(number)
+})
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es2015/package.json b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es2015/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e4ad67943ca..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es2015/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "4.7.3"
-  },
-  "projectFixtureDirectory": "simple_passing"
-}
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es2015/src/foo.ts b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es2015/src/foo.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..46448c0fd6a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es2015/src/foo.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const numberOne = 1
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es2015/yarn.lock b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es2015/yarn.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 6774dcd69294..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es2015/yarn.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
-# yarn lockfile v1
-
-
-typescript@4.7.3:
-  version "4.7.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.7.3.tgz#8364b502d5257b540f9de4c40be84c98e23a129d"
-  integrity sha512-WOkT3XYvrpXx4vMMqlD+8R8R37fZkjyLGlxavMc4iB8lrl8L0DeTcHbYgw/v0N/z9wAFsgBhcsF0ruoySS22mA==
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es3/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es3/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..764540993c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es3/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { numberOne } from '../../src/foo'
+
+it('works', () => {
+  const number = 1
+
+  expect(numberOne).to.equal(number)
+})
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es3/package.json b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es3/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e4ad67943ca..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es3/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "4.7.3"
-  },
-  "projectFixtureDirectory": "simple_passing"
-}
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es3/src/foo.ts b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es3/src/foo.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..46448c0fd6a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es3/src/foo.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const numberOne = 1
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es3/yarn.lock b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es3/yarn.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 6774dcd69294..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es3/yarn.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
-# yarn lockfile v1
-
-
-typescript@4.7.3:
-  version "4.7.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.7.3.tgz#8364b502d5257b540f9de4c40be84c98e23a129d"
-  integrity sha512-WOkT3XYvrpXx4vMMqlD+8R8R37fZkjyLGlxavMc4iB8lrl8L0DeTcHbYgw/v0N/z9wAFsgBhcsF0ruoySS22mA==
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es5/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es5/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..764540993c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es5/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { numberOne } from '../../src/foo'
+
+it('works', () => {
+  const number = 1
+
+  expect(numberOne).to.equal(number)
+})
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es5/package.json b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es5/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e4ad67943ca..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es5/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "4.7.3"
-  },
-  "projectFixtureDirectory": "simple_passing"
-}
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es5/src/foo.ts b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es5/src/foo.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..46448c0fd6a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es5/src/foo.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const numberOne = 1
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es5/yarn.lock b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es5/yarn.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 6774dcd69294..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-tsconfig-es5/yarn.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
-# yarn lockfile v1
-
-
-typescript@4.7.3:
-  version "4.7.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.7.3.tgz#8364b502d5257b540f9de4c40be84c98e23a129d"
-  integrity sha512-WOkT3XYvrpXx4vMMqlD+8R8R37fZkjyLGlxavMc4iB8lrl8L0DeTcHbYgw/v0N/z9wAFsgBhcsF0ruoySS22mA==
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs-tsconfig-es5/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs-tsconfig-es5/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..764540993c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs-tsconfig-es5/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { numberOne } from '../../src/foo'
+
+it('works', () => {
+  const number = 1
+
+  expect(numberOne).to.equal(number)
+})
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs-tsconfig-es5/package.json b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs-tsconfig-es5/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e4ad67943ca..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs-tsconfig-es5/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "4.7.3"
-  },
-  "projectFixtureDirectory": "simple_passing"
-}
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs-tsconfig-es5/src/foo.ts b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs-tsconfig-es5/src/foo.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..46448c0fd6a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs-tsconfig-es5/src/foo.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const numberOne = 1
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs-tsconfig-es5/tsconfig.json b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs-tsconfig-es5/tsconfig.json
index c7de3f699a22..98c470f93961 100644
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs-tsconfig-es5/tsconfig.json
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs-tsconfig-es5/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
       "dom.iterable",
       "esnext"
     ],
+    "allowJs": true,
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "esModuleInterop": true,
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs-tsconfig-es5/yarn.lock b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs-tsconfig-es5/yarn.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 6774dcd69294..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs-tsconfig-es5/yarn.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
-# yarn lockfile v1
-
-
-typescript@4.7.3:
-  version "4.7.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.7.3.tgz#8364b502d5257b540f9de4c40be84c98e23a129d"
-  integrity sha512-WOkT3XYvrpXx4vMMqlD+8R8R37fZkjyLGlxavMc4iB8lrl8L0DeTcHbYgw/v0N/z9wAFsgBhcsF0ruoySS22mA==
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92e444116c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+it('works', () => {
+  expect(true).to.be.true
+})
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs/package.json b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8a5a20589141..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "projectFixtureDirectory": "simple_passing"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs/yarn.lock b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs/yarn.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index fb57ccd13afb..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs/yarn.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
-# yarn lockfile v1
-
-
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-and-esbuild/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-and-esbuild/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92e444116c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-and-esbuild/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+it('works', () => {
+  expect(true).to.be.true
+})
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-and-esbuild/package.json b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-and-esbuild/package.json
index c51b9ac1e17e..c4b4e66fca18 100644
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-and-esbuild/package.json
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-and-esbuild/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 {
   "devDependencies": {
-    "esbuild": "0.14.25",
-    "typescript": "4.7.3"
+    "esbuild": "0.14.25"
   },
-  "type": "module",
-  "projectFixtureDirectory": "simple_passing"
+  "type": "module"
 }
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-and-esbuild/tsconfig.json b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-and-esbuild/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c3d58f844b4..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-and-esbuild/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "module": "esnext",
-    "lib": ["es6"],
-    "moduleResolution": "node"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-and-esbuild/yarn.lock b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-and-esbuild/yarn.lock
index dc62f9d74742..32ab7274b41b 100644
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-and-esbuild/yarn.lock
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-and-esbuild/yarn.lock
@@ -127,8 +127,3 @@ esbuild@0.14.25:
     esbuild-windows-32 "0.14.25"
     esbuild-windows-64 "0.14.25"
     esbuild-windows-arm64 "0.14.25"
-
-typescript@4.7.3:
-  version "4.7.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.7.3.tgz#8364b502d5257b540f9de4c40be84c98e23a129d"
-  integrity sha512-WOkT3XYvrpXx4vMMqlD+8R8R37fZkjyLGlxavMc4iB8lrl8L0DeTcHbYgw/v0N/z9wAFsgBhcsF0ruoySS22mA==
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component/cypress.config.ts b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component/cypress.config.ts
index c3ce658e8927..c9d48b8594c2 100644
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component/cypress.config.ts
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component/cypress.config.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import { devServer } from '@cypress/vite-dev-server'
 
 export default defineConfig({
   component: {
-    specPattern: 'src/**/*.ts',
     supportFile: false,
     async setupNodeEvents (_, config) {
       await import('find-up')
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component/package.json b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component/package.json
index dc736e57df85..794a034007ef 100644
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component/package.json
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component/package.json
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@cypress/vite-dev-server": "^2.0.0",
     "find-up": "6.3.0",
-    "typescript": "4.7.3",
     "vite": "2.8.6"
   },
-  "type": "module",
-  "projectFixtureDirectory": "simple_passing"
+  "type": "module"
 }
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component/src/app.cy.js b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component/src/app.cy.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92e444116c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component/src/app.cy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+it('works', () => {
+  expect(true).to.be.true
+})
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component/tsconfig.json b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c3d58f844b4..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "module": "esnext",
-    "lib": ["es6"],
-    "moduleResolution": "node"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component/yarn.lock b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component/yarn.lock
index 3d0b4f6c5c28..59aca2feffe2 100644
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component/yarn.lock
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component/yarn.lock
@@ -261,11 +261,6 @@ supports-preserve-symlinks-flag@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-preserve-symlinks-flag/-/supports-preserve-symlinks-flag-1.0.0.tgz#6eda4bd344a3c94aea376d4cc31bc77311039e09"
   integrity "sha1-btpL00SjyUrqN21MwxvHcxEDngk= sha512-ot0WnXS9fgdkgIcePe6RHNk1WA8+muPa6cSjeR3V8K27q9BB1rTE3R1p7Hv0z1ZyAc8s6Vvv8DIyWf681MAt0w=="
 
-typescript@4.7.3:
-  version "4.7.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.7.3.tgz#8364b502d5257b540f9de4c40be84c98e23a129d"
-  integrity sha512-WOkT3XYvrpXx4vMMqlD+8R8R37fZkjyLGlxavMc4iB8lrl8L0DeTcHbYgw/v0N/z9wAFsgBhcsF0ruoySS22mA==
-
 vite@2.8.6:
   version "2.8.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vite/-/vite-2.8.6.tgz#32d50e23c99ca31b26b8ccdc78b1d72d4d7323d3"
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..92e444116c98
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+it('works', () => {
+  expect(true).to.be.true
+})
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module/package.json b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module/package.json
index 8212f73d457c..bfdb19123131 100644
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module/package.json
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module/package.json
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 {
   "dependencies": {
-    "find-up": "6.3.0",
-    "typescript": "4.7.3"
+    "find-up": "6.3.0"
   },
-  "type": "module",
-  "projectFixtureDirectory": "simple_passing"
+  "type": "module"
 }
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module/tsconfig.json b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 7c3d58f844b4..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "module": "esnext",
-    "lib": ["es6"],
-    "moduleResolution": "node"
-  }
-}
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module/yarn.lock b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module/yarn.lock
index 45c050b2a6f0..ffbb99ff595c 100644
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module/yarn.lock
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module/yarn.lock
@@ -36,11 +36,6 @@ path-exists@^5.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-exists/-/path-exists-5.0.0.tgz#a6aad9489200b21fab31e49cf09277e5116fb9e7"
   integrity "sha1-pqrZSJIAsh+rMeSc8JJ35RFvuec= sha512-RjhtfwJOxzcFmNOi6ltcbcu4Iu+FL3zEj83dk4kAS+fVpTxXLO1b38RvJgT/0QwvV/L3aY9TAnyv0EOqW4GoMQ=="
 
-typescript@4.7.3:
-  version "4.7.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.7.3.tgz#8364b502d5257b540f9de4c40be84c98e23a129d"
-  integrity sha512-WOkT3XYvrpXx4vMMqlD+8R8R37fZkjyLGlxavMc4iB8lrl8L0DeTcHbYgw/v0N/z9wAFsgBhcsF0ruoySS22mA==
-
 yocto-queue@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/yocto-queue/-/yocto-queue-1.0.0.tgz#7f816433fb2cbc511ec8bf7d263c3b58a1a3c251"
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-tsconfig-es5/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-tsconfig-es5/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..764540993c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-tsconfig-es5/cypress/e2e/app.cy.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { numberOne } from '../../src/foo'
+
+it('works', () => {
+  const number = 1
+
+  expect(numberOne).to.equal(number)
+})
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-tsconfig-es5/package.json b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-tsconfig-es5/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 2e4ad67943ca..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-tsconfig-es5/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,6 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "devDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "4.7.3"
-  },
-  "projectFixtureDirectory": "simple_passing"
-}
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-tsconfig-es5/src/foo.ts b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-tsconfig-es5/src/foo.ts
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..46448c0fd6a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-tsconfig-es5/src/foo.ts
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+export const numberOne = 1
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-tsconfig-es5/yarn.lock b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-tsconfig-es5/yarn.lock
deleted file mode 100644
index 6774dcd69294..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-tsconfig-es5/yarn.lock
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-# THIS IS AN AUTOGENERATED FILE. DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE DIRECTLY.
-# yarn lockfile v1
-
-
-typescript@4.7.3:
-  version "4.7.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.7.3.tgz#8364b502d5257b540f9de4c40be84c98e23a129d"
-  integrity sha512-WOkT3XYvrpXx4vMMqlD+8R8R37fZkjyLGlxavMc4iB8lrl8L0DeTcHbYgw/v0N/z9wAFsgBhcsF0ruoySS22mA==
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/ts-cjs-with-invalid-esm-only-import/package.json b/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/ts-cjs-with-invalid-esm-only-import/package.json
deleted file mode 100644
index fbe848f4bd7e..000000000000
--- a/system-tests/projects/config-cjs-and-esm/ts-cjs-with-invalid-esm-only-import/package.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "dependencies": {
-    "find-up": "6.3.0",
-    "typescript": "4.7.3"
-  },
-  "projectFixtureDirectory": "simple_passing"
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/missing-vite-config/cypress.config.ts b/system-tests/projects/missing-vite-config/cypress.config.js
similarity index 100%
rename from system-tests/projects/missing-vite-config/cypress.config.ts
rename to system-tests/projects/missing-vite-config/cypress.config.js
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/missing-vite-config/package.json b/system-tests/projects/missing-vite-config/package.json
index 667447b4a9a1..b0a81f11fbaa 100644
--- a/system-tests/projects/missing-vite-config/package.json
+++ b/system-tests/projects/missing-vite-config/package.json
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
   "version": "0.0.0",
   "private": true,
   "devDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "4.7.3",
     "vite": "^2.8.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/system-tests/projects/missing-vite-config/yarn.lock b/system-tests/projects/missing-vite-config/yarn.lock
index fabe831af1de..06610934b37e 100644
--- a/system-tests/projects/missing-vite-config/yarn.lock
+++ b/system-tests/projects/missing-vite-config/yarn.lock
@@ -202,11 +202,6 @@ supports-preserve-symlinks-flag@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-preserve-symlinks-flag/-/supports-preserve-symlinks-flag-1.0.0.tgz#6eda4bd344a3c94aea376d4cc31bc77311039e09"
   integrity sha512-ot0WnXS9fgdkgIcePe6RHNk1WA8+muPa6cSjeR3V8K27q9BB1rTE3R1p7Hv0z1ZyAc8s6Vvv8DIyWf681MAt0w==
 
-typescript@4.7.3:
-  version "4.7.3"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/typescript/-/typescript-4.7.3.tgz#8364b502d5257b540f9de4c40be84c98e23a129d"
-  integrity sha512-WOkT3XYvrpXx4vMMqlD+8R8R37fZkjyLGlxavMc4iB8lrl8L0DeTcHbYgw/v0N/z9wAFsgBhcsF0ruoySS22mA==
-
 vite@^2.8.0:
   version "2.9.9"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/vite/-/vite-2.9.9.tgz#8b558987db5e60fedec2f4b003b73164cb081c5e"
diff --git a/system-tests/test/config_modules_spec.ts b/system-tests/test/config_modules_spec.ts
index cabcb190a23c..fc727a36c8ea 100644
--- a/system-tests/test/config_modules_spec.ts
+++ b/system-tests/test/config_modules_spec.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ describe('cypress config with esm and cjs', function () {
     'config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-mjs',
     'config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-cjs',
     'config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-js-module',
-    'config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module',
 
     // This covers Vite and SvelteKit e2e projects
     'config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-and-esbuild',
@@ -23,12 +22,30 @@ describe('cypress config with esm and cjs', function () {
     })
   })
 
-  systemTests.it('supports modules and cjs in component testing', {
-    project: 'config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component',
-    testingType: 'component',
-    spec: 'src/foo.ts',
-    browser: 'chrome',
-    expectedExitCode: 0,
+  // TODO: add support for ts-node/esm https://github.com/cypress-io/cypress/issues/21939
+  ;[
+    'config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module',
+  ].forEach((project) => {
+    systemTests.it(`does not support modules and ts without esbuild in ${project}`, {
+      project,
+      testingType: 'e2e',
+      spec: 'app.cy.js',
+      browser: 'chrome',
+      expectedExitCode: 1,
+    })
+  })
+
+  ;[
+    'config-cjs-and-esm/config-with-ts-module-component',
+  ].forEach((project) => {
+    // This covers Vite and SvelteKit component testing projects
+    systemTests.it(`supports modules and cjs in ${project}`, {
+      project,
+      testingType: 'component',
+      spec: 'src/app.cy.js',
+      browser: 'chrome',
+      expectedExitCode: 0,
+    })
   })
 })