diff --git a/notNeededPackages.json b/notNeededPackages.json
index ef1d1143ae..486b055d78 100644
--- a/notNeededPackages.json
+++ b/notNeededPackages.json
@@ -624,6 +624,12 @@
             "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/moment/moment",
             "asOfVersion": "2.13.0"
         },
+        {
+            "libraryName": "Monk",
+            "typingsPackageName": "monk",
+            "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/LearnBoost/monk.git",
+            "asOfVersion": "6.0.0"
+        },
         {
             "libraryName": "MQTT",
             "typingsPackageName": "mqtt",
diff --git a/types/monk/index.d.ts b/types/monk/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 8e732bd9c4..0000000000
--- a/types/monk/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,69 +0,0 @@
-// Type definitions for Monk v1.0.1
-// Project: https://github.com/LearnBoost/monk.git
-// Definitions by: Patrick Bartsch <https://github.com/wzr1337>
-// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/Monk
-
-declare module "monk" {
-  function m(database: string): m.Monk;
-  module m {
-    export interface promise {
-      type:string
-      on(eventName:string, fn:Function):void;
-      error(fn:Function):promise;
-      success(fn:Function):promise;
-    }
-
-    export interface Collection {
-      id(hexstring:string):string // returns ObjectId
-      id(obj:Object):string // returns ObjectId
-      id():string // returns new generated ObjectId
-
-      /*
-      * All commands accept the simple data[, …], options and a callback.
-      * You can pass fields to select as an array: data[, …], ['field', …], fn
-      * You can pass fields as a string delimited by spaces: data[, …], 'field1 field2', fn
-      * To exclude a field, prefix the field name with '-': data[, …], '-field1', fn
-      */
-      cast(obj?:Object):Object;
-
-      count(needle:Object, fn?:Function):promise;
-
-      distinct(field:string, options?:Object, fn?:Function):promise;
-
-      drop(fn?:Function):promise;
-
-      insert(data:Object, options?:Object, fn?:Function):promise;
-
-      find(needle:Object, options?:Object, fn?:Function):promise;
-      findOne(needle:Object, options?:Object, fn?:Function):promise;
-      /**
-       * findAndModify
-       *
-       * @param {Object} search query, or { query, update } object
-       * @param {Object} optional, update object
-       * @param {Object|String|Array} optional, options or fields
-       * @param {Function} callback
-       * @return {Promise}
-       * @api public
-       */
-      findAndModify(needle:Object, update?:Object, filter?:string[], options?:Object, fn?:Function):promise;
-      findById(id:string, options?:Object, fn?:Function):promise;
-
-      update(needle:Object, update:Object, filter?:string[], options?:Object, fn?:Function):promise;
-      updateById(id:string, update:Object, filter?:string[], options?:Object, fn?:Function):promise;
-
-      remove(needle:Object, options?:Object, fn?:Function):promise;
-      removeById(id:string, options?:Object, fn?:Function):promise;
-
-    }
-
-    export interface Monk {
-      (database: string): void;
-      close():void;
-
-      get(collection:string):Collection;
-    }
-  }
-
-  export = m;
-}
diff --git a/types/monk/tsconfig.json b/types/monk/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 02963e3afd..0000000000
--- a/types/monk/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "compilerOptions": {
-        "module": "commonjs",
-        "lib": [
-            "es6"
-        ],
-        "noImplicitAny": true,
-        "noImplicitThis": true,
-        "strictNullChecks": false,
-        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
-        "baseUrl": "../",
-        "typeRoots": [
-            "../"
-        ],
-        "types": [],
-        "noEmit": true,
-        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
-    },
-    "files": [
-        "index.d.ts"
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/types/monk/tslint.json b/types/monk/tslint.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a41bf5d19a..0000000000
--- a/types/monk/tslint.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
-    "rules": {
-        "adjacent-overload-signatures": false,
-        "array-type": false,
-        "arrow-return-shorthand": false,
-        "ban-types": false,
-        "callable-types": false,
-        "comment-format": false,
-        "dt-header": false,
-        "eofline": false,
-        "export-just-namespace": false,
-        "import-spacing": false,
-        "interface-name": false,
-        "interface-over-type-literal": false,
-        "jsdoc-format": false,
-        "max-line-length": false,
-        "member-access": false,
-        "new-parens": false,
-        "no-any-union": false,
-        "no-boolean-literal-compare": false,
-        "no-conditional-assignment": false,
-        "no-consecutive-blank-lines": false,
-        "no-construct": false,
-        "no-declare-current-package": false,
-        "no-duplicate-imports": false,
-        "no-duplicate-variable": false,
-        "no-empty-interface": false,
-        "no-for-in-array": false,
-        "no-inferrable-types": false,
-        "no-internal-module": false,
-        "no-irregular-whitespace": false,
-        "no-mergeable-namespace": false,
-        "no-misused-new": false,
-        "no-namespace": false,
-        "no-object-literal-type-assertion": false,
-        "no-padding": false,
-        "no-redundant-jsdoc": false,
-        "no-redundant-jsdoc-2": false,
-        "no-redundant-undefined": false,
-        "no-reference-import": false,
-        "no-relative-import-in-test": false,
-        "no-self-import": false,
-        "no-single-declare-module": false,
-        "no-string-throw": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-callback-wrapper": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-class": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-generics": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-qualifier": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-type-assertion": false,
-        "no-useless-files": false,
-        "no-var-keyword": false,
-        "no-var-requires": false,
-        "no-void-expression": false,
-        "no-trailing-whitespace": false,
-        "object-literal-key-quotes": false,
-        "object-literal-shorthand": false,
-        "one-line": false,
-        "one-variable-per-declaration": false,
-        "only-arrow-functions": false,
-        "prefer-conditional-expression": false,
-        "prefer-const": false,
-        "prefer-declare-function": false,
-        "prefer-for-of": false,
-        "prefer-method-signature": false,
-        "prefer-template": false,
-        "radix": false,
-        "semicolon": false,
-        "space-before-function-paren": false,
-        "space-within-parens": false,
-        "strict-export-declare-modifiers": false,
-        "trim-file": false,
-        "triple-equals": false,
-        "typedef-whitespace": false,
-        "unified-signatures": false,
-        "void-return": false,
-        "whitespace": false
-    }
-}