diff --git a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/jest-config.ts b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/jest-config.ts
index 6f25adc34..ab0b72243 100644
--- a/extensions/ql-vscode/test/jest-config.ts
+++ b/extensions/ql-vscode/test/jest-config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,26 @@
-export const transformIgnorePatterns = [
-  // These use ES modules, so need to be transformed
-  "node_modules/(?!(?:@vscode/webview-ui-toolkit|@microsoft/.+|@octokit/.+|before-after-hook|d3|d3-(.*)|delaunator|exenv-es6|internmap|nanoid|p-queue|p-timeout|robust-predicates|universal-user-agent)/.*)",
+// These are all the packages that DO need to be transformed. All other packages will be ignored.
+// These pacakges all use ES modules, so need to be transformed
+const transformScopes = ["@microsoft", "@octokit"];
+const transformPackages = [
+  "@vscode/webview-ui-toolkit",
+  "before-after-hook",
+  "d3",
+  "delaunator",
+  "exenv-es6",
+  "internmap",
+  "nanoid",
+  "p-queue",
+  "p-timeout",
+  "robust-predicates",
+  "universal-user-agent",
+];
+const transformWildcards = ["d3-(.*)"];
+const transformPatterns = [
+  ...transformScopes.map((scope) => `${scope}/.+`),
+  ...transformPackages,
+  ...transformWildcards,
+];
+
+export const transformIgnorePatterns = [
+  `node_modules/(?!(?:${transformPatterns.join("|")})/.*)`,
 ];