diff --git a/goldens/public-api/localize/tools/index.md b/goldens/public-api/localize/tools/index.md
index 9bd2233f402..45bd11e73e3 100644
--- a/goldens/public-api/localize/tools/index.md
+++ b/goldens/public-api/localize/tools/index.md
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 ```ts
 
 /// <reference types="@angular/compiler-cli/private/babel" />
-/// <reference types="@types/babel__core" />
 
 import { AbsoluteFsPath } from '@angular/compiler-cli/private/localize';
 import { Element as Element_2 } from '@angular/compiler';
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/private/babel.d.ts b/packages/compiler-cli/private/babel.d.ts
index 0b5acaacc0e..e0edb00d243 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/private/babel.d.ts
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/private/babel.d.ts
@@ -20,5 +20,9 @@
 // that is not governed by Bazel, and therefore not expected by the `strict_deps` rule.
 // Declaring the modules here allows `strict_deps` to always find a declaration of the modules
 // in an input file to the compilation, therefore accepting the module import.
-declare module '@babel/core' {}
-declare module '@babel/generator' {}
+declare module '@babel/core' {
+  export * from '@types/babel__core';
+}
+declare module '@babel/generator' {
+  export { default } from '@types/babel__generator';
+}
diff --git a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/linked/BUILD.bazel b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/linked/BUILD.bazel
index cbb4f209ad7..da796356b98 100644
--- a/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/linked/BUILD.bazel
+++ b/packages/compiler-cli/test/compliance/linked/BUILD.bazel
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ ts_library(
     deps = [
         "//packages/compiler-cli/linker",
         "//packages/compiler-cli/linker/babel",
+        "//packages/compiler-cli/private",
         "//packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/file_system",
         "//packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/logging",
         "//packages/compiler-cli/src/ngtsc/sourcemaps",
diff --git a/tools/postinstall-patches.js b/tools/postinstall-patches.js
index 1cbef7d6283..5eb0416bdfa 100644
--- a/tools/postinstall-patches.js
+++ b/tools/postinstall-patches.js
@@ -45,22 +45,6 @@ sed('-i', '(\'response\' in xhr)', '(\'response\' in (xhr as any))',
     'node_modules/rxjs/src/observable/dom/AjaxObservable.ts');
 */
 
-// Workaround https://github.com/bazelbuild/rules_nodejs/issues/1033
-// TypeScript doesn't understand typings without "declare module" unless
-// they are actually resolved by the @types default mechanism
-log('\n# patch: @types/babel__* adding declare module wrappers');
-ls('node_modules/@types').filter(f => f.startsWith('babel__')).forEach(pkg => {
-  const modName = '@' + pkg.replace('__', '/');
-  const typingsFile = `node_modules/@types/${pkg}/index.d.ts`;
-  // Only add the patch if it is not already there.
-  if (readFileSync(typingsFile, 'utf8').indexOf('/*added by tools/postinstall_patches.js*/') ===
-      -1) {
-    const insertPrefix = `/*added by tools/postinstall_patches.js*/ declare module "${modName}" { `;
-    sed('-i', `(// Type definitions for ${modName})`, insertPrefix + '$1', typingsFile);
-    echo('}').toEnd(typingsFile);
-  }
-});
-
 log('\n# patch: delete d.ts files referring to rxjs-compat');
 // more info in https://github.com/angular/angular/pull/33786
 rm('-rf', [