diff --git a/packages/compiler/src/output/ts_emitter.ts b/packages/compiler/src/output/ts_emitter.ts
index cb56dab783..6f3b138c1e 100644
--- a/packages/compiler/src/output/ts_emitter.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler/src/output/ts_emitter.ts
@@ -15,9 +15,6 @@ import * as o from './output_ast';
 
 const _debugFilePath = '/debug/lib';
 
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
-ts.parseConfig
-
 export function debugOutputAstAsTypeScript(ast: o.Statement | o.Expression | o.Type | any[]):
     string {
   const converter = new _TsEmitterVisitor();