diff --git a/notNeededPackages.json b/notNeededPackages.json
index 4312283279..1d27654a31 100644
--- a/notNeededPackages.json
+++ b/notNeededPackages.json
@@ -444,6 +444,12 @@
             "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/EnoF/rest-io",
             "asOfVersion": "4.1.0"
         },
+        {
+            "libraryName": "route-recognizer",
+            "typingsPackageName": "route-recognizer",
+            "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/tildeio/route-recognizer",
+            "asOfVersion": "0.3.0"
+        },
         {
             "libraryName": "node-scanf",
             "typingsPackageName": "scanf",
diff --git a/types/route-recognizer/index.d.ts b/types/route-recognizer/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0d47c4818e..0000000000
--- a/types/route-recognizer/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-// Type definitions for route-recognizer
-// Project: https://github.com/tildeio/route-recognizer
-// Definitions by: Dave Keen <http://www.keendevelopment.ch>
-// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
-
-declare class RouteRecognizer<H> {
-constructor()
-	add: (routes: Route<H>[]) => void
-	recognize: (path: string) => MatchedRoute<H>[]
-}
-
-interface Route<H> {
-	path: string
-	handler: H
-}
-
-export = RouteRecognizer;
-export as namespace RouteRecognizer;
-
-interface MatchedRoute<H> {
-	handler: H
-	params: { [key: string]: string }
-}
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diff --git a/types/route-recognizer/route-recognizer-tests.ts b/types/route-recognizer/route-recognizer-tests.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e2fdfbf036..0000000000
--- a/types/route-recognizer/route-recognizer-tests.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-
-
-import RouteRecognizer = require('route-recognizer')
-
-var router = new RouteRecognizer<string>();
-router.add([{ path: "/posts", handler: "i am the handler" }]);
-var result = router.recognize("/posts");
diff --git a/types/route-recognizer/tsconfig.json b/types/route-recognizer/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 729884991a..0000000000
--- a/types/route-recognizer/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "compilerOptions": {
-        "module": "commonjs",
-        "lib": [
-            "es6"
-        ],
-        "noImplicitAny": true,
-        "noImplicitThis": true,
-        "strictNullChecks": false,
-        "baseUrl": "../",
-        "typeRoots": [
-            "../"
-        ],
-        "types": [],
-        "noEmit": true,
-        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
-    },
-    "files": [
-        "index.d.ts",
-        "route-recognizer-tests.ts"
-    ]
-}
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