diff --git a/src/lib/typedoc.json b/src/lib/typedoc.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 1644e8a9ea4..00000000000
--- a/src/lib/typedoc.json
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@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "mode": "modules",
-  "out": "./dist/api",
-  "json": "./dist/api/api.json",
-  "theme": "default",
-  "experimentalDecorators": "true",
-  "emitDecoratorMetadata": "true",
-  "excludePrivate": "true",
-  "excludeExternals": "true",
-  "includeDeclarations": "true",
-  "target": "ES6",
-  "exclude": "**/+(*.spec.ts|*.scss|*.html)",
-  "name": "Angular Material",
-  "moduleResolution": "node",
-  "preserveConstEnums": "true",
-  "stripInternal": "true",
-  "suppressExcessPropertyErrors": "true",
-  "suppressImplicitAnyIndexErrors": "true",
-  "module": "commonjs"
-}