diff --git a/packages/api/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/api/tsconfig.build.json
index 436d8ecb628..2a319212737 100644
--- a/packages/api/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/api/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   "extends": "../../tsconfig/isomorphic.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
-    "outDir": "./dist"
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "noUnusedLocals": false
   },
   "include": ["./src"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/api/tsconfig.tests.json b/packages/api/tsconfig.tests.json
index c838965cc39..bd21d2eeb5c 100644
--- a/packages/api/tsconfig.tests.json
+++ b/packages/api/tsconfig.tests.json
@@ -3,7 +3,8 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": ".",
     "types": ["jest", "./jest.d.ts"],
-    "noEmit": true
+    "noEmit": true,
+    "noUnusedLocals": false
   },
   "include": ["./tests"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/bsky/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/bsky/tsconfig.build.json
index fafdab3d6f7..944827a6f62 100644
--- a/packages/bsky/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/bsky/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   "extends": "../../tsconfig/node.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
-    "outDir": "./dist"
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "noUnusedLocals": false
   },
   "include": ["./src"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/bsky/tsconfig.tests.json b/packages/bsky/tsconfig.tests.json
index c192c436e23..7fac0ed90d5 100644
--- a/packages/bsky/tsconfig.tests.json
+++ b/packages/bsky/tsconfig.tests.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig/tests.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "rootDir": "."
+    "rootDir": ".",
+    "noUnusedLocals": false
   },
   "include": ["./tests"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/ozone/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/ozone/tsconfig.build.json
index fafdab3d6f7..944827a6f62 100644
--- a/packages/ozone/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/ozone/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   "extends": "../../tsconfig/node.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
-    "outDir": "./dist"
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "noUnusedLocals": false
   },
   "include": ["./src"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/ozone/tsconfig.tests.json b/packages/ozone/tsconfig.tests.json
index c192c436e23..7fac0ed90d5 100644
--- a/packages/ozone/tsconfig.tests.json
+++ b/packages/ozone/tsconfig.tests.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig/tests.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "rootDir": "."
+    "rootDir": ".",
+    "noUnusedLocals": false
   },
   "include": ["./tests"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/pds/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/pds/tsconfig.build.json
index fafdab3d6f7..944827a6f62 100644
--- a/packages/pds/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/pds/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
   "extends": "../../tsconfig/node.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
     "rootDir": "./src",
-    "outDir": "./dist"
+    "outDir": "./dist",
+    "noUnusedLocals": false
   },
   "include": ["./src"]
 }
diff --git a/packages/pds/tsconfig.tests.json b/packages/pds/tsconfig.tests.json
index c192c436e23..7fac0ed90d5 100644
--- a/packages/pds/tsconfig.tests.json
+++ b/packages/pds/tsconfig.tests.json
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 {
   "extends": "../../tsconfig/tests.json",
   "compilerOptions": {
-    "rootDir": "."
+    "rootDir": ".",
+    "noUnusedLocals": false
   },
   "include": ["./tests"]
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig/base.json b/tsconfig/base.json
index e6d4e8dbbc4..88941a43549 100644
--- a/tsconfig/base.json
+++ b/tsconfig/base.json
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 {
   "$schema": "https://json.schemastore.org/tsconfig",
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "strict": true,
+    "allowUnusedLabels": false,
+    "allowUnreachableCode": false,
+    "exactOptionalPropertyTypes": false,
+    "noFallthroughCasesInSwitch": false,
+    "noUnusedLocals": true,
+    "noUnusedParameters": false,
+
     "declaration": true,
     "noImplicitAny": false,
     "removeComments": true,
@@ -12,8 +20,6 @@
     "sourceMap": true,
     "module": "commonjs",
     "jsx": "preserve",
-    "strict": true,
-    "strictPropertyInitialization": false,
     "moduleResolution": "node",
     "resolveJsonModule": true,
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,