diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-fbtee/package.json b/packages/babel-plugin-fbtee/package.json
index 3a67fc6e..812fffcb 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-fbtee/package.json
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-fbtee/package.json
@@ -44,8 +44,5 @@
     "@types/babel__core": "^7.20.5",
     "@types/babel__traverse": "^7.20.6",
     "@types/glob": "^8.1.0"
-  },
-  "peerDependencies": {
-    "typescript": "^5.7.0"
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/babel-plugin-fbtee/src/bin/manifestUtils.tsx b/packages/babel-plugin-fbtee/src/bin/manifestUtils.tsx
index 468cb4e7..03f296c8 100644
--- a/packages/babel-plugin-fbtee/src/bin/manifestUtils.tsx
+++ b/packages/babel-plugin-fbtee/src/bin/manifestUtils.tsx
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 import fs from 'node:fs';
 import { parse, relative, resolve } from 'node:path';
+import { transformSync } from '@babel/core';
+import presetReact from '@babel/preset-react';
+import presetTypeScript from '@babel/preset-typescript';
 import { globSync } from 'glob';
 import invariant from 'invariant';
-import ts from 'typescript';
 import {
   FBT_ENUM_MODULE_SUFFIX as ENUM_FILE,
   ModuleNameRegExp,
@@ -34,18 +36,22 @@ export async function generateManifest(
     );
 
     for (const filepath of enumFiles) {
+      const name = parse(filepath).name;
       const tsContent = fs.readFileSync(filepath, 'utf8');
-      const jsContent = ts.transpile(tsContent, {
-        module: ts.ModuleKind.ESNext,
-        target: ts.ScriptTarget.ESNext,
+      const result = transformSync(tsContent, {
+        ast: false,
+        filename: filepath,
+        presets: [presetTypeScript, presetReact],
+        sourceType: 'module',
       });
 
-      const jsDataUrl = `data:text/javascript;base64,${Buffer.from(jsContent).toString('base64')}`;
+      invariant(result?.code, 'Unable to transform `%s`', filepath);
+
+      const jsDataUrl = `data:text/javascript;base64,${Buffer.from(result.code).toString('base64')}`;
 
       const module = await import(jsDataUrl);
       const enumValue: EnumModule = module.default;
 
-      const name = parse(filepath).name;
       invariant(
         enumValue != null,
         'No valid enum found for `%s`, ensure you are exporting your enum ' +
diff --git a/pnpm-lock.yaml b/pnpm-lock.yaml
index 73a8fcd3..a7b64bc0 100644
--- a/pnpm-lock.yaml
+++ b/pnpm-lock.yaml
@@ -198,9 +198,6 @@ importers:
       nullthrows:
         specifier: ^1.1.1
         version: 1.1.1
-      typescript:
-        specifier: ^5.7.0
-        version: 5.7.2
       yargs:
         specifier: ^17.7.2
         version: 17.7.2