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preset-typescript option "onlyRemoveTypeImports" is not working

See original GitHub issue

Bug Report

I would like to work on a fix!

Current behavior

Input Code I am trying transpile ts with babel using @babel/preset-typescript, but one of the challange I am facing is that, when injecting classes as parameter, import assigned type is removed by preset-typescript. I then came accross "onlyRemoveTypeImports": true which promises to do exactly what I am trying to achieve. However, this does not seem to work 😦

Here is my ts file

some-service.ts

// THIS SHALL NOT BE REMOVED
import AWS from 'aws-sdk';

@Injectable()
export class SomeService {

 constructor(
    @Inject(AWS_TOKEN.DOCUMENT_CLIENT) private dc: AWS.DynamoDB.DocumentClient,
  ) {}

// ... do some stuff with this.dc 
}

But in final output AWS import is removed as it wan’t used within a service. and running transpiled file gives me "ReferenceError: AWS is not defined" error

Expected behavior when onlyRemoveTypeImports option is given, typescript preset should only ever remove type imports as stated in documentation.

Babel Configuration (babel.config.js, .babelrc, package.json#babel, cli command, .eslintrc)

Filename: .babelrc

{
  "presets": [
    [
      "@babel/preset-env"
    ],
    [
      "@babel/preset-typescript",
      {
        "onlyRemoveTypeImports": true
      }
    ]
  ],
  "plugins": [
    "babel-plugin-transform-typescript-metadata",
    [
      "@babel/plugin-proposal-decorators",
      {
        "legacy": true
      }
    ],
    ["@babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties"]
  ]
}

Environment

  System:
    OS: Linux 4.15 elementary OS 5.1.3 Hera
  Binaries:
    Node: 12.5.0 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v12.5.0/bin/node
    npm: 6.13.7 - ~/.nvm/versions/node/v12.5.0/bin/npm
  npmPackages:
    @babel/plugin-proposal-class-properties: ^7.10.4 => 7.10.4 
    @babel/plugin-proposal-decorators: ^7.10.5 => 7.10.5 
    @babel/preset-env: ^7.11.5 => 7.11.5 
    @babel/preset-typescript: ^7.9.0 => 7.10.4 
    babel-plugin-transform-typescript-metadata: ^0.3.0 => 0.3.0

Babel version(s): [ v6.26.0]
How you are using Babel: [cli]