diff --git a/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts b/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts
index b254bfc1031..b6921253f57 100644
--- a/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/commandLineParser.ts
@@ -1796,7 +1796,7 @@ namespace ts {
 
     function getDefaultCompilerOptions(configFileName?: string) {
         const options: CompilerOptions = getBaseFileName(configFileName) === "jsconfig.json"
-            ? { allowJs: true, maxNodeModuleJsDepth: 2, allowSyntheticDefaultImports: true, skipLibCheck: true }
+            ? { allowJs: true, maxNodeModuleJsDepth: 2, allowSyntheticDefaultImports: true, skipLibCheck: true, noEmit: true }
             : {};
         return options;
     }
diff --git a/src/harness/unittests/convertCompilerOptionsFromJson.ts b/src/harness/unittests/convertCompilerOptionsFromJson.ts
index 0bad2ba1e3a..6a88f2ba67e 100644
--- a/src/harness/unittests/convertCompilerOptionsFromJson.ts
+++ b/src/harness/unittests/convertCompilerOptionsFromJson.ts
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         maxNodeModuleJsDepth: 2,
                         allowSyntheticDefaultImports: true,
                         skipLibCheck: true,
+                        noEmit: true,
                         module: ModuleKind.CommonJS,
                         target: ScriptTarget.ES5,
                         noImplicitAny: false,
@@ -486,6 +487,7 @@ namespace ts {
                         maxNodeModuleJsDepth: 2,
                         allowSyntheticDefaultImports: true,
                         skipLibCheck: true,
+                        noEmit: true,
                         module: ModuleKind.CommonJS,
                         target: ScriptTarget.ES5,
                         noImplicitAny: false,
@@ -510,7 +512,8 @@ namespace ts {
                         allowJs: true,
                         maxNodeModuleJsDepth: 2,
                         allowSyntheticDefaultImports: true,
-                        skipLibCheck: true
+                        skipLibCheck: true,
+                        noEmit: true
                     },
                     errors: [{
                         file: undefined,
@@ -532,7 +535,8 @@ namespace ts {
                         allowJs: true,
                         maxNodeModuleJsDepth: 2,
                         allowSyntheticDefaultImports: true,
-                        skipLibCheck: true
+                        skipLibCheck: true,
+                        noEmit: true
                     },
                     errors: []
                 }
diff --git a/src/harness/unittests/telemetry.ts b/src/harness/unittests/telemetry.ts
index 9bb2db73801..5cea42efcf5 100644
--- a/src/harness/unittests/telemetry.ts
+++ b/src/harness/unittests/telemetry.ts
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ namespace ts.projectSystem {
             allowSyntheticDefaultImports: true,
             maxNodeModuleJsDepth: 2,
             skipLibCheck: true,
+            noEmit: true
         };
 
         it("sends telemetry for typeAcquisition settings", () => {