diff --git a/packages/core/theme/core-theme-browser-internal/tsconfig.json b/packages/core/theme/core-theme-browser-internal/tsconfig.json
index 8bd8824eb872b..53e2c615618cd 100644
--- a/packages/core/theme/core-theme-browser-internal/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/core/theme/core-theme-browser-internal/tsconfig.json
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
     "@kbn/react-kibana-context-theme",
     "@kbn/core-injected-metadata-common-internal",
     "@kbn/ui-theme",
+    "@kbn/core-ui-settings-common",
   ],
   "exclude": [
     "target/**/*",
diff --git a/packages/core/theme/core-theme-browser/tsconfig.json b/packages/core/theme/core-theme-browser/tsconfig.json
index e7513f6481e89..f728fec8aab97 100644
--- a/packages/core/theme/core-theme-browser/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/core/theme/core-theme-browser/tsconfig.json
@@ -12,5 +12,8 @@
   ],
   "exclude": [
     "target/**/*",
+  ],
+  "kbn_references": [
+    "@kbn/ui-shared-deps-npm",
   ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/ui-settings/core-ui-settings-common/tsconfig.json b/packages/core/ui-settings/core-ui-settings-common/tsconfig.json
index 733581728ddb8..d5f6b3b768a9e 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui-settings/core-ui-settings-common/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/core/ui-settings/core-ui-settings-common/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
   "kbn_references": [
     "@kbn/config-schema",
     "@kbn/analytics",
-    "@kbn/core-http-server"
+    "@kbn/core-http-server",
+    "@kbn/ui-shared-deps-npm"
   ],
   "exclude": [
     "target/**/*",
diff --git a/packages/core/ui-settings/core-ui-settings-server-internal/tsconfig.json b/packages/core/ui-settings/core-ui-settings-server-internal/tsconfig.json
index 8786943d0f6da..a692e2c7ff52d 100644
--- a/packages/core/ui-settings/core-ui-settings-server-internal/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/core/ui-settings/core-ui-settings-server-internal/tsconfig.json
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     "**/*.ts",
   ],
   "kbn_references": [
-    "@kbn/ui-shared-deps-npm",
     "@kbn/logging",
     "@kbn/std",
     "@kbn/i18n",
diff --git a/packages/kbn-optimizer/tsconfig.json b/packages/kbn-optimizer/tsconfig.json
index f8cb993537be7..b509759e69d54 100644
--- a/packages/kbn-optimizer/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/kbn-optimizer/tsconfig.json
@@ -29,5 +29,6 @@
     "@kbn/dev-cli-runner",
     "@kbn/jest-serializers",
     "@kbn/repo-packages",
+    "@kbn/core-ui-settings-common",
   ]
 }
diff --git a/packages/react/kibana_context/common/tsconfig.json b/packages/react/kibana_context/common/tsconfig.json
index 16ee1eff00ab6..e43334246effa 100644
--- a/packages/react/kibana_context/common/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/react/kibana_context/common/tsconfig.json
@@ -15,5 +15,6 @@
   ],
   "kbn_references": [
     "@kbn/core-ui-settings-common",
+    "@kbn/ui-shared-deps-npm",
   ]
 }