diff --git a/packages/admin-ui/angular.json b/packages/admin-ui/angular.json
index 9efd42fe33..9db82ea064 100644
--- a/packages/admin-ui/angular.json
+++ b/packages/admin-ui/angular.json
@@ -35,7 +35,14 @@
                 "./src/lib/static/styles"
               ]
             },
-            "showCircularDependencies": false
+            "showCircularDependencies": false,
+            "allowedCommonJsDependencies": [
+              "graphql-tag",
+              "zen-observable",
+              "lodash",
+              "apollo-upload-client",
+              "@vendure/common/lib/simple-deep-clone"
+            ]
           },
           "configurations": {
             "production": {
diff --git a/packages/admin-ui/src/tsconfig.app.json b/packages/admin-ui/src/tsconfig.app.json
index b49c16c011..e8351690f3 100644
--- a/packages/admin-ui/src/tsconfig.app.json
+++ b/packages/admin-ui/src/tsconfig.app.json
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
     "src/**/*.d.ts"
   ],
   "angularCompilerOptions": {
-    "strictMetadataEmit": true,
     "fullTemplateTypeCheck": true,
     "strictInjectionParameters": true
   }
diff --git a/packages/ui-devkit/scaffold/angular.json b/packages/ui-devkit/scaffold/angular.json
index 67886e54f7..6287483e75 100644
--- a/packages/ui-devkit/scaffold/angular.json
+++ b/packages/ui-devkit/scaffold/angular.json
@@ -44,7 +44,14 @@
                 "./src/styles"
               ]
             },
-            "showCircularDependencies": false
+            "showCircularDependencies": false,
+            "allowedCommonJsDependencies": [
+              "graphql-tag",
+              "zen-observable",
+              "lodash",
+              "apollo-upload-client",
+              "@vendure/common/lib/simple-deep-clone"
+            ]
           },
           "configurations": {
             "production": {