diff --git a/helloworld-web-sample/webpack.config.js b/helloworld-web-sample/webpack.config.js
index ffab662a..fb5f7f9e 100644
--- a/helloworld-web-sample/webpack.config.js
+++ b/helloworld-web-sample/webpack.config.js
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const webpack = require('webpack');
 
-const webExtensionConfig = /** @type WebpackConfig */ {
+/** @type WebpackConfig */
+const webExtensionConfig = {
 	mode: 'none', // this leaves the source code as close as possible to the original (when packaging we set this to 'production')
 	target: 'webworker', // extensions run in a webworker context
 	entry: {
diff --git a/lsp-web-extension-sample/webpack.config.js b/lsp-web-extension-sample/webpack.config.js
index bf1e7931..dd08b562 100644
--- a/lsp-web-extension-sample/webpack.config.js
+++ b/lsp-web-extension-sample/webpack.config.js
@@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
 
 const path = require('path');
 
-const browserClientConfig = /** @type WebpackConfig */ {
+/** @type WebpackConfig */
+const browserClientConfig = {
 	context: path.join(__dirname, 'client'),
 	mode: 'none',
 	target: 'webworker', // web extensions run in a webworker context
@@ -55,7 +56,8 @@ const browserClientConfig = /** @type WebpackConfig */ {
 	devtool: 'source-map',
 };
 
-const browserServerConfig = /** @type WebpackConfig */ {
+/** @type WebpackConfig */
+const browserServerConfig = {
 	context: path.join(__dirname, 'server'),
 	mode: 'none',
 	target: 'webworker', // web extensions run in a webworker context