diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e11dae2..d3badee 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -7,12 +7,10 @@
     "./package.json": "./package.json"
   },
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "tsc",
     "lint": "eslint \"**/*.{js,cjs,ts,mjs,jsx,tsx}\"",
     "lintfix": "npm run lint -- --fix",
     "postlint": "template-oss-check",
     "posttest": "npm run lint",
-    "pretest": "npm run build",
     "template-oss-apply": "template-oss-apply --force",
     "test": "tap",
     "snap": "tap"
diff --git a/scripts/template-oss/package-json.hbs b/scripts/template-oss/package-json.hbs
index bfc1ae2..1059cb9 100644
--- a/scripts/template-oss/package-json.hbs
+++ b/scripts/template-oss/package-json.hbs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 {
   "scripts": {
-    "prepare": {{{ del }}}
+    "prepare": {{{ del }}},
+    "build": {{{ del }}},
+    "pretest": {{{ del }}}
   },
   "files": [
     "types/"
diff --git a/tap-snapshots/test/fixtures.ts.test.cjs b/tap-snapshots/test/fixtures.ts.test.cjs
index 1cab282..1ea6608 100644
--- a/tap-snapshots/test/fixtures.ts.test.cjs
+++ b/tap-snapshots/test/fixtures.ts.test.cjs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  */
 'use strict'
 exports[`test/fixtures.ts > TAP > fixtures > snapshots > not-licensed.manifest.ts 1`] = `
-export const metadata: npmTypes.Manifest = {
+Manifest = {
   "name": "not-licensed",
   "dist-tags": {
     "latest": "1.0.0"
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ export const metadata: npmTypes.Manifest = {
 `
 
 exports[`test/fixtures.ts > TAP > fixtures > snapshots > not-licensed.ts 1`] = `
-export const metadata: npmTypes.Packument = {
+Packument = {
   "_id": "not-licensed",
   "_rev": "3-5e8502a05053da7c2cb1b51f8a08a0ec",
   "name": "not-licensed",
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export const metadata: npmTypes.Packument = {
 `
 
 exports[`test/fixtures.ts > TAP > fixtures > snapshots > not-licensed@1.0.0.ts 1`] = `
-export const metadata: npmTypes.PackumentVersion = {
+PackumentVersion = {
   "name": "not-licensed",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "an empty package without license metadata",
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ export const metadata: npmTypes.PackumentVersion = {
 `
 
 exports[`test/fixtures.ts > TAP > fixtures > snapshots > tiny-tarball.manifest.ts 1`] = `
-export const metadata: npmTypes.Manifest = {
+Manifest = {
   "name": "tiny-tarball",
   "dist-tags": {
     "latest": "1.0.0"
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ export const metadata: npmTypes.Manifest = {
 `
 
 exports[`test/fixtures.ts > TAP > fixtures > snapshots > tiny-tarball.ts 1`] = `
-export const metadata: npmTypes.Packument = {
+Packument = {
   "_id": "tiny-tarball",
   "_rev": "5-6e3e9084c69f16db2d53a953e67d0f9e",
   "name": "tiny-tarball",
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ export const metadata: npmTypes.Packument = {
 `
 
 exports[`test/fixtures.ts > TAP > fixtures > snapshots > tiny-tarball@1.0.0.ts 1`] = `
-export const metadata: npmTypes.PackumentVersion = {
+PackumentVersion = {
   "name": "tiny-tarball",
   "version": "1.0.0",
   "description": "tiny tarball used for health checks",
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ export const metadata: npmTypes.PackumentVersion = {
 `
 
 exports[`test/fixtures.ts > TAP > fixtures > snapshots > uuid@0.0.2.ts 1`] = `
-export const metadata: npmTypes.PackumentVersion = {
+PackumentVersion = {
   "name": "uuid",
   "description": "Simple libuuid bindings to allow UUIDs to be generated from JS.",
   "version": "0.0.2",
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ export const metadata: npmTypes.PackumentVersion = {
 `
 
 exports[`test/fixtures.ts > TAP > fixtures > snapshots > uuid@1.4.1.ts 1`] = `
-export const metadata: npmTypes.PackumentVersion = {
+PackumentVersion = {
   "name": "uuid",
   "version": "1.4.1",
   "description": "Rigorous implementation of RFC4122 (v1 and v4) UUIDs.",
diff --git a/test/fixtures.ts b/test/fixtures.ts
index 0b28f21..8ec7ed9 100644
--- a/test/fixtures.ts
+++ b/test/fixtures.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import { spawn } from 'node:child_process'
-import { resolve } from 'node:path'
+import { readFile } from 'node:fs/promises'
+import { resolve, join } from 'node:path'
 import t from 'tap'
 
 const REGISTRY = 'https://registry.npmjs.org'
@@ -29,23 +30,21 @@ const FIXTURES: FixtureEntry[] = [
  */
 t.test('fixtures', async (t) => {
   const root = process.cwd()
+  const tsConfig = await readFile(join(root, 'tsconfig.json'), 'utf-8')
   const fixtures = await getFixtures()
 
   const dir = t.testdir({
     'tsconfig-test.json': JSON.stringify({
       compilerOptions: {
-        module: 'NodeNext',
-        moduleResolution: 'nodenext',
-        strict: true,
-        target: 'es2022',
-        noEmit: true,
+        ...JSON.parse(tsConfig).compilerOptions,
         rootDir: 'fixtures',
       },
       include: ['fixtures'],
     }, null, 2),
     fixtures: Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(fixtures).map(([k, v]) => [
       k,
-      `import type * as npmTypes from '../../../../types/index.d.ts'\n${v}`,
+      `import type * as npmTypes from '../../../../types/index.d.ts'\n` +
+      `export const metadata: npmTypes.${v}`,
     ])),
   })
 
@@ -98,8 +97,7 @@ async function getFixtures () {
         manifestFormat,
       })
 
-      fixtures[fixturePath] =
-        `export const metadata: npmTypes.${tsType} = ${JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2)}`
+      fixtures[fixturePath] = `${tsType} = ${JSON.stringify(pkg, null, 2)}`
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 57c7357..c7998a4 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -9,8 +9,5 @@
     "strict": true,
     "target": "es2022",
     "noEmit": true
-  },
-  "include": [
-    "test/fixtures.ts"
-  ]
+  }
 }