diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 9a68eae34dfb8..5353d8976ff5c 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
                 "fs-extra": "^9.1.0",
                 "glob": "latest",
                 "hereby": "^1.6.4",
+                "jsonc-parser": "^3.2.0",
                 "minimist": "latest",
                 "mkdirp": "latest",
                 "mocha": "latest",
@@ -3020,6 +3021,12 @@
                 "json5": "lib/cli.js"
             }
         },
+        "node_modules/jsonc-parser": {
+            "version": "3.2.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonc-parser/-/jsonc-parser-3.2.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-gfFQZrcTc8CnKXp6Y4/CBT3fTc0OVuDofpre4aEeEpSBPV5X5v4+Vmx+8snU7RLPrNHPKSgLxGo9YuQzz20o+w==",
+            "dev": true
+        },
         "node_modules/jsonfile": {
             "version": "6.1.0",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-6.1.0.tgz",
@@ -6621,6 +6628,12 @@
                 "minimist": "^1.2.0"
             }
         },
+        "jsonc-parser": {
+            "version": "3.2.0",
+            "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonc-parser/-/jsonc-parser-3.2.0.tgz",
+            "integrity": "sha512-gfFQZrcTc8CnKXp6Y4/CBT3fTc0OVuDofpre4aEeEpSBPV5X5v4+Vmx+8snU7RLPrNHPKSgLxGo9YuQzz20o+w==",
+            "dev": true
+        },
         "jsonfile": {
             "version": "6.1.0",
             "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/jsonfile/-/jsonfile-6.1.0.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 6a15e7ac3a00b..24e15520192e8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
         "fs-extra": "^9.1.0",
         "glob": "latest",
         "hereby": "^1.6.4",
+        "jsonc-parser": "^3.2.0",
         "minimist": "latest",
         "mkdirp": "latest",
         "mocha": "latest",
diff --git a/scripts/build/utils.mjs b/scripts/build/utils.mjs
index 9cca5c278aee1..3bf99758d8d13 100644
--- a/scripts/build/utils.mjs
+++ b/scripts/build/utils.mjs
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
-import ts from "../../lib/typescript.js";
 import chalk from "chalk";
 import which from "which";
 import { spawn } from "child_process";
 import assert from "assert";
+import JSONC from "jsonc-parser";
 
 /**
  * Executes the provided command once with the supplied arguments.
@@ -46,48 +46,13 @@ export async function exec(cmd, args, options = {}) {
     }));
 }
 
-/**
- * @param {ts.Diagnostic[]} diagnostics
- * @param {{ cwd?: string, pretty?: boolean }} [options]
- */
-function formatDiagnostics(diagnostics, options) {
-    return options && options.pretty
-        ? ts.formatDiagnosticsWithColorAndContext(diagnostics, getFormatDiagnosticsHost(options && options.cwd))
-        : ts.formatDiagnostics(diagnostics, getFormatDiagnosticsHost(options && options.cwd));
-}
-
-/**
- * @param {ts.Diagnostic[]} diagnostics
- * @param {{ cwd?: string }} [options]
- */
-function reportDiagnostics(diagnostics, options) {
-    console.log(formatDiagnostics(diagnostics, { cwd: options && options.cwd, pretty: process.stdout.isTTY }));
-}
-
-/**
- * @param {string | undefined} cwd
- * @returns {ts.FormatDiagnosticsHost}
- */
-function getFormatDiagnosticsHost(cwd) {
-    return {
-        getCanonicalFileName: fileName => fileName,
-        getCurrentDirectory: () => cwd ?? process.cwd(),
-        getNewLine: () => ts.sys.newLine,
-    };
-}
-
 /**
  * Reads JSON data with optional comments using the LKG TypeScript compiler
  * @param {string} jsonPath
  */
 export function readJson(jsonPath) {
     const jsonText = fs.readFileSync(jsonPath, "utf8");
-    const result = ts.parseConfigFileTextToJson(jsonPath, jsonText);
-    if (result.error) {
-        reportDiagnostics([result.error]);
-        throw new Error("An error occurred during parse.");
-    }
-    return result.config;
+    return JSONC.parse(jsonText);
 }
 
 /**