diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/index.ts b/src/dev/build/tasks/index.ts
index 0a3a67313d6a4..4c00e56faee6b 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/index.ts
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/index.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ export * from './create_archives_task';
 export * from './create_empty_dirs_and_files_task';
 export * from './create_package_json_task';
 export * from './create_readme_task';
-export * from './install_chromium';
 export * from './install_dependencies_task';
 export * from './license_file_task';
 export * from './nodejs';
@@ -41,3 +40,6 @@ export * from './transpile_scss_task';
 export * from './uuid_verification_task';
 export * from './verify_env_task';
 export * from './write_sha_sums_task';
+
+// @ts-expect-error this module can't be TS because it ends up pulling x-pack into Kibana
+export { InstallChromium } from './install_chromium';
diff --git a/src/dev/build/tasks/install_chromium.ts b/src/dev/build/tasks/install_chromium.js
similarity index 94%
rename from src/dev/build/tasks/install_chromium.ts
rename to src/dev/build/tasks/install_chromium.js
index 9aa228d43a331..3ae36d1615ccd 100644
--- a/src/dev/build/tasks/install_chromium.ts
+++ b/src/dev/build/tasks/install_chromium.js
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ import { first } from 'rxjs/operators';
 // eslint-disable-next-line @kbn/eslint/no-restricted-paths
 import { installBrowser } from '../../../../x-pack/plugins/reporting/server/browsers/install';
 
-import { Task } from '../lib';
-
-export const InstallChromium: Task = {
+export const InstallChromium = {
   description: 'Installing Chromium',
 
   async run(config, log, build) {
@@ -36,7 +34,7 @@ export const InstallChromium: Task = {
 
         const { binaryPath$ } = installBrowser(
           // TODO: https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/72496
-          log as any,
+          log,
           build.resolvePathForPlatform(platform, 'x-pack/plugins/reporting/chromium'),
           platform.getName(),
           platform.getArchitecture()