diff --git a/apps/vr-tests-web-components/.storybook/main.cjs b/apps/vr-tests-web-components/.storybook/main.cjs
index 55909bffd20b01..87666047a40aaa 100644
--- a/apps/vr-tests-web-components/.storybook/main.cjs
+++ b/apps/vr-tests-web-components/.storybook/main.cjs
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ const tsPaths = new TsconfigPathsPlugin({
   configFile: tsConfigPath,
 });
 
-module.exports = /** @type {import('../../../.storybook/main').StorybookBaseConfig} */ ({
+// TODO - these types are copied from root ./storybook/main.js as if we would like to use those as is, it will force us to add our custom storybook plugins as devDeps to WC
+//      - refactor this to be shared
+
+/** @typedef {import('@storybook/core-common').StorybookConfig} StorybookBaseConfig */
+
+module.exports = /** @type {StorybookBaseConfig} */ ({
   addons: [
     {
       name: '@storybook/addon-docs',
diff --git a/apps/vr-tests-web-components/package.json b/apps/vr-tests-web-components/package.json
index e4241601c2b862..713de1d2fdf400 100644
--- a/apps/vr-tests-web-components/package.json
+++ b/apps/vr-tests-web-components/package.json
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     "format": "prettier . -w --ignore-path ../../.prettierignore",
     "lint": "eslint src --ext .ts,.tsx",
     "start": "start-storybook",
-    "type-check": "tsc",
+    "type-check": "tsc --baseUrl . --noEmit",
     "vr:build": "yarn build",
     "vr:test": "storywright  --browsers chromium --url dist/storybook --destpath dist/screenshots --waitTimeScreenshot 500 --concurrency 4 --headless true"
   },
diff --git a/apps/vr-tests-web-components/tsconfig.json b/apps/vr-tests-web-components/tsconfig.json
index 8dc6c2742b749a..952413d9104a88 100644
--- a/apps/vr-tests-web-components/tsconfig.json
+++ b/apps/vr-tests-web-components/tsconfig.json
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@
     "experimentalDecorators": true,
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "allowJs": true,
-    "jsx": "react",
-    "moduleResolution": "Node16"
+    "jsx": "react"
   },
   "include": ["./src", "./.storybook/*"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/web-components/.storybook/main.cjs b/packages/web-components/.storybook/main.cjs
index a6c4d1ab928b16..64a2437390d081 100644
--- a/packages/web-components/.storybook/main.cjs
+++ b/packages/web-components/.storybook/main.cjs
@@ -9,7 +9,24 @@ const tsPaths = new TsconfigPathsPlugin({
   configFile: tsConfigPath,
 });
 
-module.exports = /** @type {Omit<import('../../../.storybook/main').StorybookConfig,'typescript'|'babel'|'previewHead'>} */ ({
+// TODO - these types are copied from root ./storybook/main.js as if we would like to use those as is, it will force us to add our custom storybook plugins as devDeps to WC
+//      - refactor this to be shared
+
+/**
+ * @typedef {import('@storybook/core-common').StorybookConfig} StorybookBaseConfig
+ *
+ * @typedef {{
+ *   babel: (options: Record<string, unknown>) => Promise<Record<string, unknown>>;
+ *   previewHead: (head: string) => string;
+ * }} StorybookExtraConfig
+ *
+ * @typedef {StorybookBaseConfig &
+ *   Required<Pick<StorybookBaseConfig, 'stories' | 'addons' | 'webpackFinal'>> &
+ *   StorybookExtraConfig
+ * } StorybookConfig
+ */
+
+module.exports = /** @type {Omit<StorybookConfig,'typescript'|'babel'|'previewHead'>} */ ({
   stories: ['../src/**/*.stories.@(ts|mdx)'],
   staticDirs: ['../public'],
   core: {
diff --git a/packages/web-components/package.json b/packages/web-components/package.json
index f296234ce5726a..b8290b6ac297ac 100644
--- a/packages/web-components/package.json
+++ b/packages/web-components/package.json
@@ -176,8 +176,7 @@
     "./dist/esm/toggle-button/define.js"
   ],
   "scripts": {
-    "tsc": "tsc",
-    "api-extractor": "api-extractor",
+    "type-check": "echo 'TODO'",
     "benchmark": "yarn clean && yarn compile:benchmark && yarn compile && node ./scripts/run-benchmarks",
     "compile": "node ./scripts/compile",
     "compile:benchmark": "rollup -c rollup.bench.js",
@@ -199,8 +198,7 @@
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/web": "^0.0.142",
     "@storybook/html": "6.5.15",
-    "@tensile-perf/web-components": "~0.1.13",
-    "rimraf": "^3.0.2"
+    "@tensile-perf/web-components": "~0.1.13"
   },
   "dependencies": {
     "@microsoft/fast-element": "2.0.0-beta.26",
diff --git a/packages/web-components/scripts/clean.js b/packages/web-components/scripts/clean.js
index 2adbc830f9e12f..c7df6e70a1602a 100644
--- a/packages/web-components/scripts/clean.js
+++ b/packages/web-components/scripts/clean.js
@@ -4,29 +4,47 @@
  * Usage: node build/clean.js %path%
  */
 import * as path from 'path';
-import rimraf from 'rimraf';
+import * as fsPromises from 'node:fs/promises';
 import yargs from 'yargs';
 
-const argv = yargs.argv;
-
-/**
- * All paths passed to the clean script
- */
-const paths = argv._;
+main();
 
 /**
  * Function to remove a given path
  */
 function cleanPath(cleanPath) {
   const removePath = path.resolve(process.cwd(), cleanPath);
-  rimraf(removePath, () => {
+
+  const result = fsPromises.rm(removePath, { recursive: true }).then(() => {
     console.log(removePath, 'cleaned');
   });
+
+  return result;
 }
 
-/**
- * Clean all paths
- */
-if (Array.isArray(paths)) {
-  paths.forEach(cleanPath);
+function main() {
+  const argv = yargs.argv;
+
+  /**
+   * All paths passed to the clean script
+   */
+  const paths = argv._;
+
+  /**
+   * Clean all paths
+   */
+  if (!Array.isArray(paths)) {
+    throw new Error('"paths" must be an array');
+  }
+
+  const result = paths.map(cleanPath);
+
+  Promise.all(result)
+    .then(() => {
+      console.log('All paths cleaned');
+    })
+    .catch(error => {
+      console.error(error);
+      process.exit(1);
+    });
 }