diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6a4223a1..9af8c0dd 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+## [3.9.3](https://github.com/kaisermann/svelte-preprocess/compare/v3.9.2...v3.9.3) (2020-06-06)
+
+
+
 ## [3.9.2](https://github.com/kaisermann/svelte-preprocess/compare/v3.7.4...v3.9.2) (2020-06-06)
 
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ef6d00c3..4415a6e7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -659,3 +659,5 @@ import preprocess from 'svelte-preprocess'
 }
 ...
 ```
+
+Warning: If you do this, you can't import types or interfaces into your svelte component without using the new TS 3.8 `type` import modifier: `import type { SomeInterface } from './MyModule.ts'` otherwise Rollup (and possibly others) will complain that the name is not exported by `MyModule`)
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diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 0d6330d8..60689f16 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "svelte-preprocess",
-  "version": "3.9.2",
+  "version": "3.9.3",
   "license": "MIT",
   "main": "dist/index.js",
   "types": "dist/index.d.ts",
diff --git a/src/transformers/typescript.ts b/src/transformers/typescript.ts
index 999baa65..51f82495 100644
--- a/src/transformers/typescript.ts
+++ b/src/transformers/typescript.ts
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ function isValidSvelteImportDiagnostic(filename: string, diagnostic: any) {
 const importTransformer: ts.TransformerFactory<ts.SourceFile> = (context) => {
   const visit: ts.Visitor = (node) => {
     if (ts.isImportDeclaration(node)) {
+      if (node.importClause?.isTypeOnly) {
+        return ts.createEmptyStatement();
+      }
+
       return ts.createImportDeclaration(
         node.decorators,
         node.modifiers,
@@ -112,6 +116,89 @@ function isValidSvelteReactiveValueDiagnostic(
   return !(usedVar && proposedVar && usedVar === proposedVar);
 }
 
+function createImportTransformerFromProgram(program: ts.Program) {
+  const checker = program.getTypeChecker();
+
+  const importedTypeRemoverTransformer: ts.TransformerFactory<ts.SourceFile> = (
+    context,
+  ) => {
+    const visit: ts.Visitor = (node) => {
+      if (!ts.isImportDeclaration(node)) {
+        return ts.visitEachChild(node, (child) => visit(child), context);
+      }
+
+      let newImportClause: ts.ImportClause = node.importClause;
+
+      if (node.importClause) {
+        // import type {...} from './blah'
+        if (node.importClause?.isTypeOnly) {
+          return ts.createEmptyStatement();
+        }
+
+        // import Blah, { blah } from './blah'
+        newImportClause = ts.getMutableClone(node.importClause);
+
+        // types can't be default exports, so we just worry about { blah } and { blah as name } exports
+        if (
+          newImportClause.namedBindings &&
+          ts.isNamedImports(newImportClause.namedBindings)
+        ) {
+          const newBindings = ts.getMutableClone(newImportClause.namedBindings);
+          const newElements = [];
+
+          newImportClause.namedBindings = undefined;
+
+          for (const spec of newBindings.elements) {
+            const ident = spec.name;
+
+            const symbol = checker.getSymbolAtLocation(ident);
+            const aliased = checker.getAliasedSymbol(symbol);
+
+            if (aliased) {
+              if (
+                (aliased.flags &
+                  (ts.SymbolFlags.TypeAlias | ts.SymbolFlags.Interface)) >
+                0
+              ) {
+                // We found an imported type, don't add to our new import clause
+                continue;
+              }
+            }
+            newElements.push(spec);
+          }
+
+          if (newElements.length > 0) {
+            newBindings.elements = ts.createNodeArray(
+              newElements,
+              newBindings.elements.hasTrailingComma,
+            );
+            newImportClause.namedBindings = newBindings;
+          }
+        }
+
+        // we ended up removing all named bindings and we didn't have a name? nothing left to import.
+        if (
+          newImportClause.namedBindings == null &&
+          newImportClause.name == null
+        ) {
+          return ts.createEmptyStatement();
+        }
+      }
+
+      return ts.createImportDeclaration(
+        node.decorators,
+        node.modifiers,
+        newImportClause,
+        node.moduleSpecifier,
+      );
+    };
+
+    return (node) => ts.visitNode(node, visit);
+  };
+
+  return importedTypeRemoverTransformer;
+}
+
 function compileFileFromMemory(
   compilerOptions: CompilerOptions,
   { filename, content }: { filename: string; content: string },
@@ -172,12 +259,17 @@ function compileFileFromMemory(
   };
 
   const program = ts.createProgram([dummyFileName], compilerOptions, host);
+
+  const transformers = {
+    before: [createImportTransformerFromProgram(program)],
+  };
+
   const emitResult = program.emit(
+    program.getSourceFile(dummyFileName),
     undefined,
     undefined,
     undefined,
-    undefined,
-    TS_TRANSFORMERS,
+    transformers,
   );
 
   // collect diagnostics without svelte import errors
diff --git a/test/fixtures/types.ts b/test/fixtures/types.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..c25ea1d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/types.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+export type AType = "test1" | "test2"
+export interface AInterface {
+    test: string
+}
+export const AValue: string = "test"
+
+export default "String"
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diff --git a/test/transformers/typescript.test.ts b/test/transformers/typescript.test.ts
index 36e3eca7..e9686184 100644
--- a/test/transformers/typescript.test.ts
+++ b/test/transformers/typescript.test.ts
@@ -175,5 +175,49 @@ describe('transformer - typescript', () => {
 
       expect(diagnostics.some((d) => d.code === 2552)).toBe(true);
     });
+
+    it('should remove imports containing types only', async () => {
+      const { code } = await transpile(
+        `
+          import { AType, AInterface } from './fixtures/types'
+          let name: AType = "test1";
+        `,
+      );
+
+      expect(code).not.toContain('/fixtures/types');
+    });
+
+    it('should remove type only imports', async () => {
+      const { code } = await transpile(
+        `
+          import type { AType, AInterface } from './fixtures/types'
+          let name: AType = "test1";
+        `,
+      );
+
+      expect(code).not.toContain('/fixtures/types');
+    });
+
+    it('should remove only the types from the imports', async () => {
+      const { code } = await transpile(
+        `
+          import { AValue, AType, AInterface } from './fixtures/types'
+          let name: AType = "test1";
+        `,
+      );
+
+      expect(code).toContain("import { AValue } from './fixtures/types'");
+    });
+
+    it('should remove the named imports completely if they were all types', async () => {
+      const { code } = await transpile(
+        `
+          import Default, { AType, AInterface } from './fixtures/types'
+          let name: AType = "test1";
+        `,
+      );
+
+      expect(code).toContain("import Default from './fixtures/types'");
+    });
   });
 });