diff --git a/HISTORY.md b/HISTORY.md
index 80c99d32f..64e014b54 100644
--- a/HISTORY.md
+++ b/HISTORY.md
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 ## unreleased
 
+* Build
+  * Disabled TypeScript compilerOption `esModuleInterop` (via [#736])
+  * Disabled TypeScript compilerOption `allowSyntheticDefaultImports` (via [#736])
+
+[#736]: https://github.com/CycloneDX/cyclonedx-node-npm/pull/736
+
 ## 1.12.0 - 2023-05-17
 
 Based on [OWASP Software Component Verification Standard for Software Bill of Materials](https://scvs.owasp.org/scvs/v2-software-bill-of-materials/)
diff --git a/src/builders.ts b/src/builders.ts
index 660f4511b..5a224c947 100644
--- a/src/builders.ts
+++ b/src/builders.ts
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ Copyright (c) OWASP Foundation. All Rights Reserved.
 
 import { type Builders, Enums, type Factories, Models, Utils } from '@cyclonedx/cyclonedx-library'
 import { existsSync } from 'fs'
-import normalizePackageData from 'normalize-package-data'
+import * as normalizePackageData from 'normalize-package-data'
 import { type PackageURL } from 'packageurl-js'
 import * as path from 'path'
 
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 70c574bcf..b1ecd1f9a 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@
 
     /* Interop Constraints */
     "isolatedModules": true,                          /* Ensure that each file can be safely transpiled without relying on other imports. */
-    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,             /* Allow 'import x from y' when a module doesn't have a default export. */
-    "esModuleInterop": true,                             /* Emit additional JavaScript to ease support for importing CommonJS modules. This enables `allowSyntheticDefaultImports` for type compatibility. */
+    // "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,             /* Allow 'import x from y' when a module doesn't have a default export. */
+    // "esModuleInterop": true,                             /* Emit additional JavaScript to ease support for importing CommonJS modules. This enables `allowSyntheticDefaultImports` for type compatibility. */
     // "preserveSymlinks": true,                         /* Disable resolving symlinks to their realpath. This correlates to the same flag in node. */
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,            /* Ensure that casing is correct in imports. */
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@
     // "useUnknownInCatchVariables": true,               /* Type catch clause variables as 'unknown' instead of 'any'. */
     "alwaysStrict": true,                             /* Ensure 'use strict' is always emitted. */
     "noUnusedLocals": true,                           /* Enable error reporting when a local variables aren't read. */
-    // "noUnusedParameters": true,                       /* Raise an error when a function parameter isn't read */
+    "noUnusedParameters": true,                       /* Raise an error when a function parameter isn't read */
     // "exactOptionalPropertyTypes": true,               /* Interpret optional property types as written, rather than adding 'undefined'. */
     "noImplicitReturns": true,                        /* Enable error reporting for codepaths that do not explicitly return in a function. */
     "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": true,               /* Enable error reporting for fallthrough cases in switch statements. */