diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 8595b1efcd094..348adb0c92ba1 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
         "noImplicitAny": false,
         "target": "es5",
         "rootDir": "public/",
-        "sourceRoot": "public/",
         "module": "system",
         "noEmitOnError": true,
         "emitDecoratorMetadata": true,