diff --git a/MODULE.bazel.lock b/MODULE.bazel.lock
index c71bdfe2ca83..00cd9ced0bea 100644
--- a/MODULE.bazel.lock
+++ b/MODULE.bazel.lock
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@
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@@ -208,7 +207,6 @@
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diff --git a/src/google-maps/deprecated-map-marker-clusterer/deprecated-marker-clusterer-types.ts b/src/google-maps/deprecated-map-marker-clusterer/deprecated-marker-clusterer-types.ts
index 1af086fb15d0..9e4cf32e1603 100644
--- a/src/google-maps/deprecated-map-marker-clusterer/deprecated-marker-clusterer-types.ts
+++ b/src/google-maps/deprecated-map-marker-clusterer/deprecated-marker-clusterer-types.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
  */
 
-/// <reference types="google.maps" preserve="true" />
-
 /**
  * Class for clustering markers on a Google Map.
  *
diff --git a/src/google-maps/google-map/google-map.ts b/src/google-maps/google-map/google-map.ts
index 55a197e40c67..e2e7386f3f2d 100644
--- a/src/google-maps/google-map/google-map.ts
+++ b/src/google-maps/google-map/google-map.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
  */
 
+// We need this to ensure that the type reference is present in the generated .d.ts
+// that we publish to npm. Internally this is removed during import.
+/// <reference types="google.maps" preserve="true" />
+
 import {
   Component,
   ElementRef,
diff --git a/src/google-maps/map-marker-clusterer/map-marker-clusterer-types.ts b/src/google-maps/map-marker-clusterer/map-marker-clusterer-types.ts
index 23d5813ad8f3..45e3e108fc61 100644
--- a/src/google-maps/map-marker-clusterer/map-marker-clusterer-types.ts
+++ b/src/google-maps/map-marker-clusterer/map-marker-clusterer-types.ts
@@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
  * found in the LICENSE file at https://angular.dev/license
  */
 
-/// <reference types="google.maps" preserve="true" />
-
 import {Marker} from '../marker-utilities';
 
 // This file duplicates the necessary types from the `@googlemaps/markerclusterer`