diff --git a/types/flexslider/flexslider-tests.ts b/types/flexslider/flexslider-tests.ts
index 967a351604..8bf2d28db1 100644
--- a/types/flexslider/flexslider-tests.ts
+++ b/types/flexslider/flexslider-tests.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
-import $ = require('jquery');
-
-// Can also be used with $(document).ready()
-$(window).load(function() {
+$(window).ready(function() {
 	$('.flexslider').flexslider({
 		animation: "slide"
 	});
 });
 
-// Can also be used with $(document).ready()
-$(window).load(function() {
+$(window).ready(function() {
 	$('.flexslider').flexslider({
 		animation: "slide",
 		controlNav: "thumbnails"
 	});
 });
 
-$(window).load(function() {
+$(window).ready(function() {
   // The slider being synced must be initialized first
   $('#carousel').flexslider({
     animation: "slide",
@@ -36,7 +32,7 @@ $(window).load(function() {
   });
 });
 
-$(window).load(function() {
+$(window).ready(function() {
   $('.flexslider').flexslider({
     animation: "slide",
     animationLoop: false,
@@ -45,8 +41,7 @@ $(window).load(function() {
   });
 });
 
-// Can also be used with $(document).ready()
-$(window).load(function() {
+$(window).ready(function() {
  $('.flexslider').flexslider({
 		animation: "slide",
 		animationLoop: false,
@@ -57,8 +52,7 @@ $(window).load(function() {
 	});
 });
 
-// Can also be used with $(document).ready()
-$(window).load(function() {
+$(window).ready(function() {
 
 	// Vimeo API nonsense
 	var player = document.getElementById('player_1');
diff --git a/types/flexslider/index.d.ts b/types/flexslider/index.d.ts
index cf38995f94..d9110a26f5 100644
--- a/types/flexslider/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/flexslider/index.d.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.3
 
+/// <reference types="jquery" />
+
 interface SliderObject { //Object: The slider element itself
 	container: Object;              //Object: The ul.slides within the slider
 	slides: Object;                 //Object: The slides of the slider
diff --git a/types/flexslider/tsconfig.json b/types/flexslider/tsconfig.json
index a2425d596e..12c0cc9692 100644
--- a/types/flexslider/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/flexslider/tsconfig.json
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@
         "typeRoots": [
             "../"
         ],
-        "paths": {
-            "jquery": [
-                "jquery/v2"
-            ]
-        },
         "types": [],
         "noEmit": true,
         "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true