diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index a5aa3e2603..8f8d7e87e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
 - Sentry Module Collection Script Fails with Spaces in Node Path on iOS ([#4559](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/4559))
 - Various crashes and issues of Session Replay on Android. See the Android SDK version bump for more details. ([#4529](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/4529))
 - `Sentry.setUser(null)` doesn't crash on iOS with RN 0.77.1 ([#4567](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/4567))
+- Avoid importing `tslib` in Sentry Metro Plugin ([#4573](https://github.com/getsentry/sentry-react-native/pull/4573))
 
 ### Dependencies
 
diff --git a/packages/core/tsconfig.build.json b/packages/core/tsconfig.build.json
index aa8afa3015..e5da411ec9 100644
--- a/packages/core/tsconfig.build.json
+++ b/packages/core/tsconfig.build.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
     "skipLibCheck": true,
     "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
     "strictBindCallApply": true,
-    "strictNullChecks": false
+    "strictNullChecks": false,
+    "importHelpers": false
   }
 }
diff --git a/packages/core/tsconfig.build.tools.json b/packages/core/tsconfig.build.tools.json
index ba2f455258..ac4f55f2cd 100644
--- a/packages/core/tsconfig.build.tools.json
+++ b/packages/core/tsconfig.build.tools.json
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
     "target": "es6",
     "module": "CommonJS",
     "skipLibCheck": true,
-    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true
+    "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true,
+    "importHelpers": false
   }
 }