diff --git a/packages/dashboard-backend/jest.config.js b/packages/dashboard-backend/jest.config.js
index c5bbd513f..f2f5e2070 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard-backend/jest.config.js
+++ b/packages/dashboard-backend/jest.config.js
@@ -21,14 +21,7 @@ module.exports = {
   moduleNameMapper: {
     // mapping for absolute imports (see tsconfig.json)
     '^@/(.*)$': '<rootDir>/src/$1',
-
-    // not everything we need is exported from the package
-    // so we need to alias the rest
-    '@devfile/api/(.*)$': '<rootDir>/../../node_modules/@devfile/api/$1.ts',
   },
-  transformIgnorePatterns: [
-    'node_modules/(?!@devfile/api)',
-  ],
   collectCoverageFrom: [
     ...base.collectCoverageFrom,
 
diff --git a/packages/dashboard-backend/webpack.config.common.js b/packages/dashboard-backend/webpack.config.common.js
index 3ddfcafcf..94548edc2 100644
--- a/packages/dashboard-backend/webpack.config.common.js
+++ b/packages/dashboard-backend/webpack.config.common.js
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@ module.exports = () => {
       alias: {
         // alias for absolute imports (see tsconfig.json)
         '@': path.resolve(__dirname, 'src/'),
-
-        // not everything we need is exported from the package
-        // so we need to alias the rest
-        '@devfile/api/api': path.resolve(__dirname, '../../node_modules/@devfile/api/api.ts'),
       },
     },
     resolveLoader: {},