diff --git a/scripts/build/helpers.ts b/scripts/build/helpers.ts
index a26cb4d0..ea6615cf 100644
--- a/scripts/build/helpers.ts
+++ b/scripts/build/helpers.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,20 @@
 import { readdirSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import { camelCase, clone } from 'lodash';
 import { join, resolve } from 'path';
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
+import {
+  ArrayLiteralExpression,
+  createArrayLiteral,
+  createLiteral,
+  createNumericLiteral,
+  createObjectLiteral,
+  createPropertyAssignment,
+  Decorator,
+  Expression,
+  Node,
+  ObjectLiteralElementLike,
+  ObjectLiteralExpression,
+  SyntaxKind,
+} from 'typescript';
 
 import { Logger } from '../logger';
 
@@ -12,13 +25,13 @@ export const COMPILER_OPTIONS = TS_CONFIG.compilerOptions;
 export const PLUGINS_ROOT = join(ROOT, 'src/@awesome-cordova-plugins/plugins/');
 export const PLUGIN_PATHS = readdirSync(PLUGINS_ROOT).map(d => join(PLUGINS_ROOT, d, 'index.ts'));
 
-export function getDecorator(node: ts.Node, index = 0): ts.Decorator {
+export function getDecorator(node: Node, index = 0): Decorator {
   if (node.decorators && node.decorators[index]) {
     return node.decorators[index];
   }
 }
 
-export function hasDecorator(decoratorName: string, node: ts.Node): boolean {
+export function hasDecorator(decoratorName: string, node: Node): boolean {
   return (
     node.decorators &&
     node.decorators.length &&
@@ -43,24 +56,24 @@ export function getDecoratorArgs(decorator: any) {
     let val: number | boolean;
 
     switch (prop.initializer.kind) {
-      case ts.SyntaxKind.StringLiteral:
-      case ts.SyntaxKind.Identifier:
+      case SyntaxKind.StringLiteral:
+      case SyntaxKind.Identifier:
         val = prop.initializer.text;
         break;
 
-      case ts.SyntaxKind.ArrayLiteralExpression:
+      case SyntaxKind.ArrayLiteralExpression:
         val = prop.initializer.elements.map((e: any) => e.text);
         break;
 
-      case ts.SyntaxKind.TrueKeyword:
+      case SyntaxKind.TrueKeyword:
         val = true;
         break;
 
-      case ts.SyntaxKind.FalseKeyword:
+      case SyntaxKind.FalseKeyword:
         val = false;
         break;
 
-      case ts.SyntaxKind.NumericLiteral:
+      case SyntaxKind.NumericLiteral:
         val = Number(prop.initializer.text);
         break;
 
@@ -89,9 +102,9 @@ export function convertValueToLiteral(val: any) {
     return objectToObjectLiteral(val);
   }
   if (typeof val === 'number') {
-    return ts.createNumericLiteral(String(val));
+    return createNumericLiteral(String(val));
   }
-  return ts.createLiteral(val);
+  return createLiteral(val);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -100,14 +113,12 @@ export function convertValueToLiteral(val: any) {
  * @param obj key value object
  * @returns Typescript Object Literal Expression
  */
-function objectToObjectLiteral(obj: { [key: string]: any }): ts.ObjectLiteralExpression {
-  const newProperties: ts.ObjectLiteralElementLike[] = Object.keys(obj).map(
-    (key: string): ts.ObjectLiteralElementLike => {
-      return ts.createPropertyAssignment(ts.createLiteral(key), convertValueToLiteral(obj[key]) as ts.Expression);
-    }
-  );
+function objectToObjectLiteral(obj: { [key: string]: any }): ObjectLiteralExpression {
+  const newProperties: ObjectLiteralElementLike[] = Object.keys(obj).map((key: string): ObjectLiteralElementLike => {
+    return createPropertyAssignment(createLiteral(key), convertValueToLiteral(obj[key]) as Expression);
+  });
 
-  return ts.createObjectLiteral(newProperties);
+  return createObjectLiteral(newProperties);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -116,9 +127,9 @@ function objectToObjectLiteral(obj: { [key: string]: any }): ts.ObjectLiteralExp
  * @param list array
  * @returns Typescript Array Literal Expression
  */
-function arrayToArrayLiteral(list: any[]): ts.ArrayLiteralExpression {
+function arrayToArrayLiteral(list: any[]): ArrayLiteralExpression {
   const newList: any[] = list.map(convertValueToLiteral);
-  return ts.createArrayLiteral(newList);
+  return createArrayLiteral(newList);
 }
 
 export function getMethodsForDecorator(decoratorName: string) {
diff --git a/scripts/build/ngx.ts b/scripts/build/ngx.ts
index a9cc9fba..22bc0f94 100644
--- a/scripts/build/ngx.ts
+++ b/scripts/build/ngx.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import { clone } from 'lodash';
 import { dirname, join, resolve } from 'path';
 import * as rimraf from 'rimraf';
 import * as rollup from 'rollup';
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
+import { ModuleKind, ModuleResolutionKind, ScriptTarget } from 'typescript';
 
 import { COMPILER_OPTIONS, PLUGIN_PATHS, ROOT } from './helpers';
 import { importsTransformer } from './transformers/imports';
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ import { generateDeclarations } from './transpile';
 export function getProgram(rootNames: string[] = createSourceFiles()) {
   const options: CompilerOptions = clone(COMPILER_OPTIONS);
   options.basePath = ROOT;
-  options.moduleResolution = ts.ModuleResolutionKind.NodeJs;
-  options.module = ts.ModuleKind.ES2015;
-  options.target = ts.ScriptTarget.ES5;
+  options.moduleResolution = ModuleResolutionKind.NodeJs;
+  options.module = ModuleKind.ES2015;
+  options.target = ScriptTarget.ES5;
   options.lib = ['dom', 'es2017'];
   options.inlineSourceMap = true;
   options.importHelpers = true;
diff --git a/scripts/build/transformers/extract-injectables.ts b/scripts/build/transformers/extract-injectables.ts
index b66c17b3..b3f002e7 100644
--- a/scripts/build/transformers/extract-injectables.ts
+++ b/scripts/build/transformers/extract-injectables.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { unlinkSync, writeJSONSync } from 'fs-extra';
 import { resolve } from 'path';
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
+import { ClassDeclaration, SyntaxKind, TransformationContext, visitEachChild } from 'typescript';
 
 import { hasDecorator, ROOT } from '../helpers';
 
@@ -22,13 +22,13 @@ export const EMIT_PATH = resolve(ROOT, 'injectable-classes.json');
  * window['IonicNative'] object.
  */
 export function extractInjectables() {
-  return (ctx: ts.TransformationContext) => {
+  return (ctx: TransformationContext) => {
     return tsSourceFile => {
       if (tsSourceFile.fileName.indexOf('src/@awesome-cordova-plugins/plugins') > -1) {
-        ts.visitEachChild(
+        visitEachChild(
           tsSourceFile,
           node => {
-            if (node.kind !== ts.SyntaxKind.ClassDeclaration) {
+            if (node.kind !== SyntaxKind.ClassDeclaration) {
               return node;
             }
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function extractInjectables() {
             if (isInjectable) {
               injectableClasses.push({
                 file: tsSourceFile.path,
-                className: (node as ts.ClassDeclaration).name.text,
+                className: (node as ClassDeclaration).name.text,
                 dirName: tsSourceFile.path.split(/[\\\/]+/).reverse()[1],
               });
             }
diff --git a/scripts/build/transformers/imports.ts b/scripts/build/transformers/imports.ts
index ff1c324c..0a2503ce 100644
--- a/scripts/build/transformers/imports.ts
+++ b/scripts/build/transformers/imports.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,19 @@
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
+import { createIdentifier, SourceFile, SyntaxKind, TransformationContext } from 'typescript';
+
 import { getMethodsForDecorator } from '../helpers';
 
-function transformImports(file: ts.SourceFile, ctx: ts.TransformationContext, ngcBuild?: boolean) {
+function transformImports(file: SourceFile, ctx: TransformationContext, ngcBuild?: boolean) {
   // remove angular imports
   if (!ngcBuild) {
     // @ts-expect-error
     file.statements = (file.statements as any).filter(
-      (s: any) => !(s.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.ImportDeclaration && s.moduleSpecifier.text === '@angular/core')
+      (s: any) => !(s.kind === SyntaxKind.ImportDeclaration && s.moduleSpecifier.text === '@angular/core')
     );
   }
 
   // find the @awesome-cordova-plugins/core import statement
   const importStatement = (file.statements as any).find((s: any) => {
-    return s.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.ImportDeclaration && s.moduleSpecifier.text === '@awesome-cordova-plugins/core';
+    return s.kind === SyntaxKind.ImportDeclaration && s.moduleSpecifier.text === '@awesome-cordova-plugins/core';
   });
 
   // we're only interested in files containing @awesome-cordova-plugins/core import statement
@@ -40,11 +41,11 @@ function transformImports(file: ts.SourceFile, ctx: ts.TransformationContext, ng
 
     decorators.forEach(d => (methods = getMethodsForDecorator(d).concat(methods)));
 
-    const methodElements = methods.map(m => ts.createIdentifier(m));
+    const methodElements = methods.map(m => createIdentifier(m));
     const methodNames = methodElements.map(el => el.escapedText);
 
     importStatement.importClause.namedBindings.elements = [
-      ts.createIdentifier('AwesomeCordovaNativePlugin'),
+      createIdentifier('AwesomeCordovaNativePlugin'),
       ...methodElements,
       ...importStatement.importClause.namedBindings.elements.filter(
         el => keep.indexOf(el.name.text) !== -1 && methodNames.indexOf(el.name.text) === -1
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ function transformImports(file: ts.SourceFile, ctx: ts.TransformationContext, ng
 }
 
 export function importsTransformer(ngcBuild?: boolean) {
-  return (ctx: ts.TransformationContext) => {
+  return (ctx: TransformationContext) => {
     return tsSourceFile => {
       return transformImports(tsSourceFile, ctx, ngcBuild);
     };
diff --git a/scripts/build/transformers/members.ts b/scripts/build/transformers/members.ts
index cb212386..662e7385 100644
--- a/scripts/build/transformers/members.ts
+++ b/scripts/build/transformers/members.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
+import { ClassDeclaration, createConstructor, SyntaxKind } from 'typescript';
+
 import { transformMethod } from './methods';
 import { transformProperty } from './properties';
 
-export function transformMembers(cls: ts.ClassDeclaration) {
+export function transformMembers(cls: ClassDeclaration) {
   const propertyIndices: number[] = [];
 
   const members = cls.members.map((member: any, index: number) => {
@@ -10,13 +11,13 @@ export function transformMembers(cls: ts.ClassDeclaration) {
     if (!member.decorators || !member.decorators.length) return member;
 
     switch (member.kind) {
-      case ts.SyntaxKind.MethodDeclaration:
+      case SyntaxKind.MethodDeclaration:
         return transformMethod(member);
-      case ts.SyntaxKind.PropertyDeclaration:
+      case SyntaxKind.PropertyDeclaration:
         propertyIndices.push(index);
         return member;
-      case ts.SyntaxKind.Constructor:
-        return ts.createConstructor(undefined, undefined, member.parameters, member.body);
+      case SyntaxKind.Constructor:
+        return createConstructor(undefined, undefined, member.parameters, member.body);
       default:
         return member; // in case anything gets here by accident...
     }
diff --git a/scripts/build/transformers/methods.ts b/scripts/build/transformers/methods.ts
index 32e1d413..09117a01 100644
--- a/scripts/build/transformers/methods.ts
+++ b/scripts/build/transformers/methods.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,20 @@
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
+import {
+  createBinary,
+  createBlock,
+  createCall,
+  createIdentifier,
+  createIf,
+  createImmediatelyInvokedArrowFunction,
+  createLiteral,
+  createMethod,
+  createReturn,
+  createThis,
+  createTrue,
+  Expression,
+  MethodDeclaration,
+  SyntaxKind,
+} from 'typescript';
+
 import { Logger } from '../../logger';
 import {
   convertValueToLiteral,
@@ -8,7 +24,7 @@ import {
   getMethodsForDecorator,
 } from '../helpers';
 
-export function transformMethod(method: ts.MethodDeclaration) {
+export function transformMethod(method: MethodDeclaration) {
   if (!method) return;
 
   const decorator = getDecorator(method),
@@ -16,7 +32,7 @@ export function transformMethod(method: ts.MethodDeclaration) {
     decoratorArgs = getDecoratorArgs(decorator);
 
   try {
-    return ts.createMethod(
+    return createMethod(
       undefined,
       undefined,
       undefined,
@@ -25,7 +41,7 @@ export function transformMethod(method: ts.MethodDeclaration) {
       method.typeParameters,
       method.parameters,
       method.type,
-      ts.createBlock([ts.createReturn(getMethodBlock(method, decoratorName, decoratorArgs))])
+      createBlock([createReturn(getMethodBlock(method, decoratorName, decoratorArgs))])
     );
   } catch (e) {
     Logger.error('Error transforming method: ' + (method.name as any).text);
@@ -33,30 +49,30 @@ export function transformMethod(method: ts.MethodDeclaration) {
   }
 }
 
-function getMethodBlock(method: ts.MethodDeclaration, decoratorName: string, decoratorArgs: any): ts.Expression {
+function getMethodBlock(method: MethodDeclaration, decoratorName: string, decoratorArgs: any): Expression {
   const decoratorMethod = getMethodsForDecorator(decoratorName)[0];
 
   switch (decoratorName) {
     case 'CordovaCheck':
     case 'InstanceCheck':
       // TODO remove function wrapper
-      return ts.createImmediatelyInvokedArrowFunction([
-        ts.createIf(
-          ts.createBinary(
-            ts.createCall(ts.createIdentifier(decoratorMethod), undefined, [ts.createThis()]),
-            ts.SyntaxKind.EqualsEqualsEqualsToken,
-            ts.createTrue()
+      return createImmediatelyInvokedArrowFunction([
+        createIf(
+          createBinary(
+            createCall(createIdentifier(decoratorMethod), undefined, [createThis()]),
+            SyntaxKind.EqualsEqualsEqualsToken,
+            createTrue()
           ),
           method.body
         ),
       ]);
 
     default:
-      return ts.createCall(ts.createIdentifier(decoratorMethod), undefined, [
-        ts.createThis(),
-        ts.createLiteral(decoratorArgs?.methodName || (method.name as any).text),
+      return createCall(createIdentifier(decoratorMethod), undefined, [
+        createThis(),
+        createLiteral(decoratorArgs?.methodName || (method.name as any).text),
         convertValueToLiteral(decoratorArgs),
-        ts.createIdentifier('arguments'),
+        createIdentifier('arguments'),
       ]);
   }
 }
diff --git a/scripts/build/transformers/plugin-class.ts b/scripts/build/transformers/plugin-class.ts
index 2dde23f2..45f146d4 100644
--- a/scripts/build/transformers/plugin-class.ts
+++ b/scripts/build/transformers/plugin-class.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,14 @@
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
+import {
+  createClassDeclaration,
+  createIdentifier,
+  createProperty,
+  createToken,
+  SourceFile,
+  SyntaxKind,
+  TransformationContext,
+  TransformerFactory,
+  visitEachChild,
+} from 'typescript';
 
 import { Logger } from '../../logger';
 import { convertValueToLiteral, getDecorator, getDecoratorArgs, getDecoratorName } from '../helpers';
@@ -16,10 +26,10 @@ function transformClass(cls: any, ngcBuild?: boolean) {
     // add plugin decorator args as static properties of the plugin's class
     for (const prop in pluginDecoratorArgs) {
       pluginStatics.push(
-        ts.createProperty(
+        createProperty(
           undefined,
-          [ts.createToken(ts.SyntaxKind.StaticKeyword)],
-          ts.createIdentifier(prop),
+          [createToken(SyntaxKind.StaticKeyword)],
+          createIdentifier(prop),
           undefined,
           undefined,
           convertValueToLiteral(pluginDecoratorArgs[prop])
@@ -28,11 +38,11 @@ function transformClass(cls: any, ngcBuild?: boolean) {
     }
   }
 
-  cls = ts.createClassDeclaration(
+  cls = createClassDeclaration(
     ngcBuild && cls.decorators && cls.decorators.length
       ? cls.decorators.filter(d => getDecoratorName(d) === 'Injectable')
       : undefined, // remove Plugin and Injectable decorators
-    [ts.createToken(ts.SyntaxKind.ExportKeyword)],
+    [createToken(SyntaxKind.ExportKeyword)],
     cls.name,
     cls.typeParameters,
     cls.heritageClauses,
@@ -43,14 +53,14 @@ function transformClass(cls: any, ngcBuild?: boolean) {
   return cls;
 }
 
-function transformClasses(file: ts.SourceFile, ctx: ts.TransformationContext, ngcBuild?: boolean) {
+function transformClasses(file: SourceFile, ctx: TransformationContext, ngcBuild?: boolean) {
   Logger.silly('Transforming file: ' + file.fileName);
-  return ts.visitEachChild(
+  return visitEachChild(
     file,
     node => {
       if (
-        node.kind !== ts.SyntaxKind.ClassDeclaration ||
-        (node.modifiers && node.modifiers.find(v => v.kind === ts.SyntaxKind.DeclareKeyword))
+        node.kind !== SyntaxKind.ClassDeclaration ||
+        (node.modifiers && node.modifiers.find(v => v.kind === SyntaxKind.DeclareKeyword))
       ) {
         return node;
       }
@@ -60,11 +70,12 @@ function transformClasses(file: ts.SourceFile, ctx: ts.TransformationContext, ng
   );
 }
 
-export function pluginClassTransformer(ngcBuild?: boolean): ts.TransformerFactory<ts.SourceFile> {
-  return (ctx: ts.TransformationContext) => {
+export function pluginClassTransformer(ngcBuild?: boolean): TransformerFactory<SourceFile> {
+  return (ctx: TransformationContext) => {
     return tsSourceFile => {
-      if (tsSourceFile.fileName.indexOf('src/@awesome-cordova-plugins/plugins') > -1)
+      if (tsSourceFile.fileName.indexOf('src/@awesome-cordova-plugins/plugins') > -1) {
         return transformClasses(tsSourceFile, ctx, ngcBuild);
+      }
       return tsSourceFile;
     };
   };
diff --git a/scripts/build/transformers/properties.ts b/scripts/build/transformers/properties.ts
index 94566578..11b5a4a7 100644
--- a/scripts/build/transformers/properties.ts
+++ b/scripts/build/transformers/properties.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,21 @@
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
+import {
+  createBlock,
+  createCall,
+  createGetAccessor,
+  createIdentifier,
+  createLiteral,
+  createParameter,
+  createReturn,
+  createSetAccessor,
+  createStatement,
+  createThis,
+  PropertyDeclaration,
+} from 'typescript';
 
 import { getDecorator, getDecoratorName } from '../helpers';
 
 export function transformProperty(members: any[], index: number) {
-  const property = members[index] as ts.PropertyDeclaration,
+  const property = members[index] as PropertyDeclaration,
     decorator = getDecorator(property),
     decoratorName = getDecoratorName(decorator);
 
@@ -22,33 +34,33 @@ export function transformProperty(members: any[], index: number) {
       return property;
   }
 
-  const getter = ts.createGetAccessor(
+  const getter = createGetAccessor(
     undefined,
     undefined,
     property.name,
     undefined,
     property.type,
-    ts.createBlock([
-      ts.createReturn(
-        ts.createCall(ts.createIdentifier(type + 'PropertyGet'), undefined, [
-          ts.createThis(),
-          ts.createLiteral((property.name as any).text),
+    createBlock([
+      createReturn(
+        createCall(createIdentifier(type + 'PropertyGet'), undefined, [
+          createThis(),
+          createLiteral((property.name as any).text),
         ])
       ),
     ])
   );
 
-  const setter = ts.createSetAccessor(
+  const setter = createSetAccessor(
     undefined,
     undefined,
     property.name,
-    [ts.createParameter(undefined, undefined, undefined, 'value', undefined, property.type)],
-    ts.createBlock([
-      ts.createStatement(
-        ts.createCall(ts.createIdentifier(type + 'PropertySet'), undefined, [
-          ts.createThis(),
-          ts.createLiteral((property.name as any).text),
-          ts.createIdentifier('value'),
+    [createParameter(undefined, undefined, undefined, 'value', undefined, property.type)],
+    createBlock([
+      createStatement(
+        createCall(createIdentifier(type + 'PropertySet'), undefined, [
+          createThis(),
+          createLiteral((property.name as any).text),
+          createIdentifier('value'),
         ])
       ),
     ])
diff --git a/scripts/build/transpile.ts b/scripts/build/transpile.ts
index 5f1c2490..f6d044bf 100644
--- a/scripts/build/transpile.ts
+++ b/scripts/build/transpile.ts
@@ -1,28 +1,37 @@
-import * as ts from 'typescript';
-import { pluginClassTransformer } from './transformers/plugin-class';
-import { importsTransformer } from './transformers/imports';
 import { clone } from 'lodash';
-import { emitInjectableClasses, extractInjectables } from './transformers/extract-injectables';
-import { COMPILER_OPTIONS, PLUGIN_PATHS, TS_CONFIG } from './helpers';
+import {
+  CompilerHost,
+  CompilerOptions,
+  createCompilerHost,
+  createProgram,
+  ModuleKind,
+  ModuleResolutionKind,
+  ScriptTarget,
+} from 'typescript';
 
-let host: ts.CompilerHost;
+import { COMPILER_OPTIONS, PLUGIN_PATHS, TS_CONFIG } from './helpers';
+import { emitInjectableClasses, extractInjectables } from './transformers/extract-injectables';
+import { importsTransformer } from './transformers/imports';
+import { pluginClassTransformer } from './transformers/plugin-class';
+
+let host: CompilerHost;
 
 export function getCompilerHost() {
-  if (!host) host = ts.createCompilerHost(TS_CONFIG);
+  if (!host) host = createCompilerHost(TS_CONFIG);
   return host;
 }
 
 export function getProgram(declaration = false, pluginPaths: string[] = PLUGIN_PATHS) {
-  const compilerOptions: ts.CompilerOptions = clone(COMPILER_OPTIONS);
+  const compilerOptions: CompilerOptions = clone(COMPILER_OPTIONS);
   compilerOptions.declaration = declaration;
-  compilerOptions.moduleResolution = ts.ModuleResolutionKind.NodeJs;
-  compilerOptions.target = ts.ScriptTarget.ES5;
-  compilerOptions.module = ts.ModuleKind.ES2015;
+  compilerOptions.moduleResolution = ModuleResolutionKind.NodeJs;
+  compilerOptions.target = ScriptTarget.ES5;
+  compilerOptions.module = ModuleKind.ES2015;
   compilerOptions.inlineSourceMap = true;
   compilerOptions.inlineSources = true;
   compilerOptions.lib = ['lib.dom.d.ts', 'lib.es5.d.ts', 'lib.es2015.d.ts', 'lib.es2016.d.ts', 'lib.es2017.d.ts'];
 
-  return ts.createProgram(pluginPaths, compilerOptions, getCompilerHost());
+  return createProgram(pluginPaths, compilerOptions, getCompilerHost());
 }
 
 export function generateDeclarations(sourceFiles?: string[]) {