diff --git a/yarn-project/builder/src/contract-interface-gen/typescript.ts b/yarn-project/builder/src/contract-interface-gen/typescript.ts
index 02b95571b6f..056ef1154b3 100644
--- a/yarn-project/builder/src/contract-interface-gen/typescript.ts
+++ b/yarn-project/builder/src/contract-interface-gen/typescript.ts
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ export class ${input.name}Contract extends ContractBase {
   ${notesGetter}
 
   /** Type-safe wrappers for the public methods exposed by the contract. */
-  declare public methods: {
+  public declare methods: {
     ${methods.join('\n')}
   };
 
diff --git a/yarn-project/noir-contracts.js/tsconfig.json b/yarn-project/noir-contracts.js/tsconfig.json
index 759d328363d..92add33fb36 100644
--- a/yarn-project/noir-contracts.js/tsconfig.json
+++ b/yarn-project/noir-contracts.js/tsconfig.json
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
   "compilerOptions": {
     "outDir": "dest",
     "rootDir": "src",
-    "tsBuildInfoFile": ".tsbuildinfo",
-    "verbatimModuleSyntax": true
+    "tsBuildInfoFile": ".tsbuildinfo"
   },
   "references": [
     {