diff --git a/.changeset/honest-wasps-mix.md b/.changeset/honest-wasps-mix.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..750ed44999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/honest-wasps-mix.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'@commercetools-frontend/application-config': patch
+---
+
+Keep JS comments in type declarations
diff --git a/packages/application-config/tsconfig-mc-app.json b/packages/application-config/tsconfig-mc-app.json
index 22e3862016..1e7ea7c625 100644
--- a/packages/application-config/tsconfig-mc-app.json
+++ b/packages/application-config/tsconfig-mc-app.json
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
     "noUnusedLocals": true,
     "noUnusedParameters": true,
     "preserveSymlinks": true,
-    "removeComments": true,
+    "removeComments": false,
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "sourceMap": true,
     "strict": true,