diff --git a/.dependency-cruiser.cjs b/.dependency-cruiser.cjs
index 40a9785aeaf..d4d1b5aa863 100644
--- a/.dependency-cruiser.cjs
+++ b/.dependency-cruiser.cjs
@@ -1,6 +1,18 @@
 /** @type {import('dependency-cruiser').IConfiguration} */
 module.exports = {
   forbidden: [
+    {
+      name: "no-non-type-@type-exports",
+      severity: "error",
+      comment:
+        "Files in @types should not export anything but types and interfaces. " +
+        "The folder is intended to house imports that are removed at runtime, " +
+        "and thus should not contain anything with a bearing on runtime code.",
+      to: {
+        path: "(^|/)src/@types",
+        dependencyTypesNot: ["type-only"],
+      },
+    },
     {
       name: "only-type-imports",
       severity: "error",
@@ -218,7 +230,7 @@ module.exports = {
        module systems it knows of. It's the default because it's the safe option
        It might come at a performance penalty, though.
        moduleSystems: ['amd', 'cjs', 'es6', 'tsd']
-      
+
        As in practice only commonjs ('cjs') and ecmascript modules ('es6')
        are widely used, you can limit the moduleSystems to those.
      */
@@ -226,7 +238,7 @@ module.exports = {
     // moduleSystems: ['cjs', 'es6'],
 
     /* prefix for links in html and svg output (e.g. 'https://github.com/you/yourrepo/blob/main/'
-       to open it on your online repo or `vscode://file/${process.cwd()}/` to 
+       to open it on your online repo or `vscode://file/${process.cwd()}/` to
        open it in visual studio code),
      */
     // prefix: `vscode://file/${process.cwd()}/`,
@@ -271,7 +283,7 @@ module.exports = {
        to './webpack.conf.js'.
 
        The (optional) `env` and `arguments` attributes contain the parameters
-       to be passed if your webpack config is a function and takes them (see 
+       to be passed if your webpack config is a function and takes them (see
         webpack documentation for details)
      */
     // webpackConfig: {
@@ -322,8 +334,8 @@ module.exports = {
          A list of alias fields in package.jsons
          See [this specification](https://github.com/defunctzombie/package-browser-field-spec) and
          the webpack [resolve.alias](https://webpack.js.org/configuration/resolve/#resolvealiasfields)
-         documentation 
-         
+         documentation
+
          Defaults to an empty array (= don't use alias fields).
        */
       // aliasFields: ["browser"],