diff --git a/packages/apps-config/src/api/spec/subsocial.ts b/packages/apps-config/src/api/spec/subsocial.ts
index ce8dbb557b..b44890f765 100644
--- a/packages/apps-config/src/api/spec/subsocial.ts
+++ b/packages/apps-config/src/api/spec/subsocial.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 // Copyright 2017-2022 @polkadot/apps-config authors & contributors
 // SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
 
-import { types } from '@subsocial/types/substrate';
+// We only load the definitions here explicitly - if we try to go via
+//   import { types } from '@subsocial/types/substrate';
+// we end up with multiple version of types/API
+import definitions from '@subsocial/types/substrate/interfaces/subsocial/definitions';
 
-export default { types };
+export default definitions;