diff --git a/components/dashboard/tsconfig.json b/components/dashboard/tsconfig.json
index 8dc61586d0a971..61c2c4f7030a45 100644
--- a/components/dashboard/tsconfig.json
+++ b/components/dashboard/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
   "compilerOptions": {
+    "incremental": true,
     "paths": {
       "@podkit/*": ["./src/components/podkit/*"]
     },
diff --git a/components/gitpod-db/package.json b/components/gitpod-db/package.json
index 1a03e39a65bc3c..7b278fc7d92e63 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-db/package.json
+++ b/components/gitpod-db/package.json
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
   "license": "AGPL-3.0",
   "version": "0.1.5",
   "scripts": {
-    "build": "yarn lint && npx tsc",
-    "build:clean": "yarn clean && yarn build",
+    "build": "npx tsc",
+    "build:clean": "yarn clean && yarn lint && yarn build",
     "lint": "yarn eslint src/*.ts src/**/*.ts",
     "lint:fix": "yarn eslint src/*.ts src/**/*.ts --fix",
     "rebuild": "yarn build:clean",
diff --git a/components/gitpod-db/tsconfig.json b/components/gitpod-db/tsconfig.json
index 184c6682b88bcd..eca1b22ab0e60b 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-db/tsconfig.json
+++ b/components/gitpod-db/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
     "compilerOptions": {
+        "incremental": true,
         "outDir": "lib",
         "experimentalDecorators": true,
         "lib": [
diff --git a/components/gitpod-protocol/package.json b/components/gitpod-protocol/package.json
index 0ea7db93b48362..32b3708a6eaefd 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-protocol/package.json
+++ b/components/gitpod-protocol/package.json
@@ -38,7 +38,8 @@
     },
     "scripts": {
         "clean": "rimraf lib",
-        "build": "yarn lint && tsc",
+        "build": "tsc",
+        "build:clean": "yarn clean && yarn lint && yarn build",
         "lint": "yarn eslint src/*.ts src/**/*.ts",
         "lint:fix": "yarn eslint src/*.ts src/**/*.ts --fix",
         "test": "mocha './**/*.spec.js' --exclude './node_modules/**' --exit",
diff --git a/components/gitpod-protocol/tsconfig.json b/components/gitpod-protocol/tsconfig.json
index 524efe5bb9f3ed..7e5676d913ab24 100644
--- a/components/gitpod-protocol/tsconfig.json
+++ b/components/gitpod-protocol/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
     "compilerOptions": {
+        "incremental": true,
         "strict": true,
         "noEmitOnError": false,
         "noUnusedLocals": true,
diff --git a/components/server/package.json b/components/server/package.json
index 1226a6364fa48d..7c3030297a861b 100644
--- a/components/server/package.json
+++ b/components/server/package.json
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@
     "start": "node ./dist/main.js",
     "start-inspect": "node --inspect=0.0.0.0:9229 ./dist/main.js",
     "generate": "leeway run components/spicedb:generate-ts > src/authorization/definitions.ts && npx prettier --write src/authorization/definitions.ts",
-    "build": "yarn clean && yarn generate && yarn lint && npx tsc",
+    "build:clean": "yarn clean && yarn lint && yarn build",
+    "build": "yarn generate && npx tsc",
     "lint": "yarn eslint src/*.ts src/**/*.ts",
     "lint:fix": "yarn eslint src/*.ts src/**/*.ts --fix",
     "rebuild": "yarn build:clean",
diff --git a/components/server/tsconfig.json b/components/server/tsconfig.json
index c29fcebcedb467..52619f874a018f 100644
--- a/components/server/tsconfig.json
+++ b/components/server/tsconfig.json
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 {
     "compilerOptions": {
+        "incremental": true,
         "outDir": "dist",
         "experimentalDecorators": true,
         "lib": [