diff --git a/js/common/tsconfig.json b/js/common/tsconfig.json
index 68956ae4..44b1bcb9 100644
--- a/js/common/tsconfig.json
+++ b/js/common/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   // this reference needs to be duplicated with the super config, because references to not extend
   "references": [
     {
-      "path": "../../../perennial-alias/tsconfig-chipper.json"
+      "path": "../../tsconfig-chipper.json"
     }
   ]
 }
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diff --git a/js/data/tsconfig.json b/js/data/tsconfig.json
index 68956ae4..44b1bcb9 100644
--- a/js/data/tsconfig.json
+++ b/js/data/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   // this reference needs to be duplicated with the super config, because references to not extend
   "references": [
     {
-      "path": "../../../perennial-alias/tsconfig-chipper.json"
+      "path": "../../tsconfig-chipper.json"
     }
   ]
 }
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diff --git a/js/grunt/tsconfig.json b/js/grunt/tsconfig.json
index 68956ae4..44b1bcb9 100644
--- a/js/grunt/tsconfig.json
+++ b/js/grunt/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   // this reference needs to be duplicated with the super config, because references to not extend
   "references": [
     {
-      "path": "../../../perennial-alias/tsconfig-chipper.json"
+      "path": "../../tsconfig-chipper.json"
     }
   ]
 }
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diff --git a/js/phet-io/tsconfig.json b/js/phet-io/tsconfig.json
index 68956ae4..44b1bcb9 100644
--- a/js/phet-io/tsconfig.json
+++ b/js/phet-io/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   // this reference needs to be duplicated with the super config, because references to not extend
   "references": [
     {
-      "path": "../../../perennial-alias/tsconfig-chipper.json"
+      "path": "../../tsconfig-chipper.json"
     }
   ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/js/scripts/tsconfig.json b/js/scripts/tsconfig.json
index 68956ae4..44b1bcb9 100644
--- a/js/scripts/tsconfig.json
+++ b/js/scripts/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   // this reference needs to be duplicated with the super config, because references to not extend
   "references": [
     {
-      "path": "../../../perennial-alias/tsconfig-chipper.json"
+      "path": "../../tsconfig-chipper.json"
     }
   ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tsconfig-chipper-node.json b/tsconfig-chipper-node.json
index 30c6bc4b..f2ef1068 100644
--- a/tsconfig-chipper-node.json
+++ b/tsconfig-chipper-node.json
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   ],
   "references": [
     {
-      "path": "../perennial-alias/tsconfig-chipper.json"
+      "path": "./tsconfig-chipper.json"
     }
   ]
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tsconfig-chipper.json b/tsconfig-chipper.json
index d4b84bdf..a8eb35e7 100644
--- a/tsconfig-chipper.json
+++ b/tsconfig-chipper.json
@@ -1,18 +1,18 @@
 {
-  "extends": "./tsconfig/tsconfig-node.json",
+  "extends": "../perennial-alias/tsconfig/tsconfig-node.json",
   // Entry points for checked out resources that may not be on main, but need to version together. These must be usable
   // by chipper
   "include": [
-    "js/common/**/*",
-    "js/npm-dependencies/**/*",
-    "js/grunt/tasks/util/**/*",
-    "js/test/puppeteerQUnit.js",
-    "js/grunt/check.ts",
-    "js/eslint/lint.ts",
-    "js/eslint/divideIntoBatches.ts",
-    "js/eslint/getLintCLIOptions.ts",
-    "js/grunt/tasks/lint.ts",
-    "js/phet-types-module.d.ts",
+    "../perennial-alias/js/common/**/*",
+    "../perennial-alias/js/npm-dependencies/**/*",
+    "../perennial-alias/js/grunt/tasks/util/**/*",
+    "../perennial-alias/js/test/puppeteerQUnit.js",
+    "../perennial-alias/js/grunt/check.ts",
+    "../perennial-alias/js/eslint/lint.ts",
+    "../perennial-alias/js/eslint/divideIntoBatches.ts",
+    "../perennial-alias/js/eslint/getLintCLIOptions.ts",
+    "../perennial-alias/js/grunt/tasks/lint.ts",
+    "../perennial-alias/js/phet-types-module.d.ts",
     // TODO: should we split buildjson into a subsection that can be used by this one too (just phet-core?)   // TODO: split buildjson into a subsection that can be used by this one too (just phet-core?)
     "../phet-core/js/types/**/*",
     "../tandem/js/phet-io-types.ts"