diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 946db6094..d917039b2 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -60,6 +60,6 @@
     "build": "gulp build",
     "prepublish": "npm run build",
     "coveralls": "nyc report --reporter=text-lcov | coveralls",
-    "watch": "tsc -b -w ./src/tsconfig.all.json"
+    "watch": "tsc -b -w ./src/tsconfig.all.json --preserveWatchOutput"
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/addons/attach/tsconfig.json b/src/addons/attach/tsconfig.json
index 359fbd240..2f39102ca 100644
--- a/src/addons/attach/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/addons/attach/tsconfig.json
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@
     "outDir": "../../../lib/addons/attach/",
     "sourceMap": true,
     "removeComments": true,
-    "declaration": true,
-    "preserveWatchOutput": true
+    "declaration": true
   },
   "include": [
     "**/*.ts",
diff --git a/src/addons/fit/tsconfig.json b/src/addons/fit/tsconfig.json
index 489ccdfea..3458d23a7 100644
--- a/src/addons/fit/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/addons/fit/tsconfig.json
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     "sourceMap": true,
     "removeComments": true,
     "declaration": true,
-    "preserveWatchOutput": true,
     "types": [
       "../../node_modules/@types/mocha"
     ]
diff --git a/src/addons/fullscreen/tsconfig.json b/src/addons/fullscreen/tsconfig.json
index 05e6df68d..0c74c25c0 100644
--- a/src/addons/fullscreen/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/addons/fullscreen/tsconfig.json
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     "sourceMap": true,
     "removeComments": true,
     "declaration": true,
-    "preserveWatchOutput": true,
     "types": [
       "../../node_modules/@types/mocha"
     ]
diff --git a/src/addons/search/tsconfig.json b/src/addons/search/tsconfig.json
index 87899cda0..6a1611a51 100644
--- a/src/addons/search/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/addons/search/tsconfig.json
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     "sourceMap": true,
     "removeComments": true,
     "declaration": true,
-    "preserveWatchOutput": true,
     "types": [
       "../../node_modules/@types/mocha"
     ]
diff --git a/src/addons/terminado/tsconfig.json b/src/addons/terminado/tsconfig.json
index 91c18314e..e2e194457 100644
--- a/src/addons/terminado/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/addons/terminado/tsconfig.json
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     "sourceMap": true,
     "removeComments": true,
     "declaration": true,
-    "preserveWatchOutput": true,
     "types": [
       "../../node_modules/@types/mocha"
     ]
diff --git a/src/addons/webLinks/tsconfig.json b/src/addons/webLinks/tsconfig.json
index 18105aa24..9c4f11760 100644
--- a/src/addons/webLinks/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/addons/webLinks/tsconfig.json
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     "sourceMap": true,
     "removeComments": true,
     "declaration": true,
-    "preserveWatchOutput": true,
     "types": [
       "../../node_modules/@types/mocha"
     ]
diff --git a/src/addons/winptyCompat/tsconfig.json b/src/addons/winptyCompat/tsconfig.json
index 9fc4d25e3..fa48c963e 100644
--- a/src/addons/winptyCompat/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/addons/winptyCompat/tsconfig.json
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     "sourceMap": true,
     "removeComments": true,
     "declaration": true,
-    "preserveWatchOutput": true,
     "types": [
       "../../node_modules/@types/mocha"
     ]
diff --git a/src/addons/zmodem/tsconfig.json b/src/addons/zmodem/tsconfig.json
index 2b49f537e..7d821b7c5 100644
--- a/src/addons/zmodem/tsconfig.json
+++ b/src/addons/zmodem/tsconfig.json
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     "sourceMap": true,
     "removeComments": true,
     "declaration": true,
-    "preserveWatchOutput": true,
     "types": [
       "../../node_modules/@types/mocha"
     ]