diff --git a/packages/core/webpack/extensions.ts b/packages/core/webpack/extensions.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 961c1d3bf2..0000000000
--- a/packages/core/webpack/extensions.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * Copyright (c) OpenLens Authors. All rights reserved.
- * Licensed under MIT License. See LICENSE in root directory for more information.
- */
-
-
-import path from "path";
-import type webpack from "webpack";
-import { cssModulesWebpackRule, fontsLoaderWebpackRules, iconsAndImagesWebpackRules } from "./renderer";
-import { extensionEntry, extensionOutDir, isDevelopment } from "./vars";
-
-export default function generateExtensionTypes(): webpack.Configuration {
-  return {
-    // Compile for Electron for renderer process
-    // see <https://webpack.js.org/configuration/target/>
-    target: "electron-renderer",
-    entry: extensionEntry,
-    // this is the default mode, so we should make it explicit to silence the warning
-    mode: isDevelopment ? "development" : "production",
-    output: {
-      filename: "extension-api.js",
-      // need to be an absolute path
-      path: path.resolve(extensionOutDir, "src", "extensions"),
-      // can be use in commonjs environments
-      // e.g. require('@k8slens/extensions')
-      libraryTarget: "commonjs",
-    },
-    cache: isDevelopment,
-    optimization: {
-      minimize: false, // speed up types compilation
-    },
-    ignoreWarnings: [
-      /Critical dependency: the request of a dependency is an expression/, // see who is using request: "npm ls request"
-      /require.extensions is not supported by webpack./, // handlebars
-    ],
-    stats: "errors-warnings",
-    module: {
-      rules: [
-        {
-          test: /\.node$/,
-          loader: "ignore-loader",
-        },
-        {
-          test: /\.tsx?$/,
-          loader: "ts-loader",
-          options: {
-            // !! ts-loader will use tsconfig.json at folder root
-            // !! changes in tsconfig.json may have side effects
-            // !! on '@k8slens/extensions' module
-            compilerOptions: {
-              declaration: true, // output .d.ts
-              sourceMap: false, // to override sourceMap: true in tsconfig.json
-              outDir: extensionOutDir, // where the .d.ts should be located
-            },
-          },
-        },
-        cssModulesWebpackRule({ styleLoader: "style-loader" }),
-        ...fontsLoaderWebpackRules(),
-        ...iconsAndImagesWebpackRules(),
-      ],
-    },
-    resolve: {
-      extensions: [".ts", ".tsx", ".js"],
-    },
-    plugins: [
-      // In ts-loader's README they said to output a built .d.ts file,
-      // you can set "declaration": true in tsconfig.extensions.json,
-      // and use the DeclarationBundlerPlugin in your webpack config... but
-      // !! the DeclarationBundlerPlugin doesn't work anymore, author archived it.
-      // https://www.npmjs.com/package/declaration-bundler-webpack-plugin
-      // new DeclarationBundlerPlugin({
-      //   moduleName: '@k8slens/extensions',
-      //    out: 'extension-api.d.ts',
-      // })
-    ],
-  };
-}
diff --git a/packages/core/webpack/library-bundle.ts b/packages/core/webpack/library-bundle.ts
index 51a37877b0..e7d5913f5e 100644
--- a/packages/core/webpack/library-bundle.ts
+++ b/packages/core/webpack/library-bundle.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,10 @@
 import MiniCssExtractPlugin from "mini-css-extract-plugin";
 import { platform } from "os";
 import path from "path";
-import type { WebpackPluginInstance } from "webpack";
 import { DefinePlugin, optimize } from "webpack";
 import main from "./main";
-import renderer from "./renderer";
+import renderer, { cssModulesWebpackRule, fontsLoaderWebpackRules, iconsAndImagesWebpackRules } from "./renderer";
 import { buildDir } from "./vars";
-import CircularDependencyPlugin from "circular-dependency-plugin";
-import ForkTsCheckerPlugin from "fork-ts-checker-webpack-plugin";
 
 const rendererConfig = renderer({ showVars: false });
 
@@ -30,16 +27,38 @@ const config = [
     optimization: {
       minimize: false,
     },
+    module: {
+      parser: {
+        javascript: {
+          commonjsMagicComments: true,
+        },
+      },
+      rules: [
+        {
+          test: /\.node$/,
+          use: "node-loader",
+        },
+        {
+          test: /\.ts$/,
+          exclude: /node_modules/,
+          use: {
+            loader: "ts-loader",
+            options: {
+              compilerOptions: {
+                declaration: true,
+                sourceMap: false,
+              },
+            }
+          },
+        },
+        ...iconsAndImagesWebpackRules(),
+      ],
+    },
     plugins: [
       new DefinePlugin({
         CONTEXT_MATCHER_FOR_NON_FEATURES: `/\\.injectable(\\.${platform})?\\.tsx?$/`,
         CONTEXT_MATCHER_FOR_FEATURES: `/\\/(main|common)\\/.+\\.injectable(\\.${platform})?\\.tsx?$/`,
       }),
-      new CircularDependencyPlugin({
-        cwd: __dirname,
-        exclude: /node_modules/,
-        failOnError: true,
-      }) as unknown as WebpackPluginInstance,
     ],
   },
   {
@@ -57,14 +76,7 @@ const config = [
     optimization: {
       minimize: false,
     },
-    plugins: [
-      new ForkTsCheckerPlugin(),
-      new CircularDependencyPlugin({
-        cwd: __dirname,
-        exclude: /node_modules/,
-        failOnError: true,
-      }) as unknown as WebpackPluginInstance,
-    ],
+    plugins: [],
   },
   {
     ...rendererConfig,
@@ -96,12 +108,6 @@ const config = [
       new optimize.LimitChunkCountPlugin({
         maxChunks: 1,
       }),
-      new ForkTsCheckerPlugin(),
-      new CircularDependencyPlugin({
-        cwd: __dirname,
-        exclude: /node_modules/,
-        failOnError: true,
-      }) as unknown as WebpackPluginInstance,
     ],
   },
 ];
diff --git a/packages/core/webpack/tsconfig.json b/packages/core/webpack/tsconfig.json
index 3c43903cfd..158d94ee1a 100644
--- a/packages/core/webpack/tsconfig.json
+++ b/packages/core/webpack/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 {
-  "extends": "../tsconfig.json"
+  "extends": "../tsconfig.json",
+  "compilerOptions": {
+    "rootDir": ".."
+  }
 }