diff --git a/notNeededPackages.json b/notNeededPackages.json
index a405dd4741..de7d9e5d3a 100644
--- a/notNeededPackages.json
+++ b/notNeededPackages.json
@@ -3864,6 +3864,12 @@
             "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/sindresorhus/rev-hash",
             "asOfVersion": "3.0.0"
         },
+        {
+            "libraryName": "rfc4648",
+            "typingsPackageName": "rfc4648",
+            "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/swansontec/rfc4648",
+            "asOfVersion": "1.3.0"
+        },
         {
             "libraryName": "rgb-hex",
             "typingsPackageName": "rgb-hex",
diff --git a/types/rfc4648/index.d.ts b/types/rfc4648/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index d2992c1656..0000000000
--- a/types/rfc4648/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,63 +0,0 @@
-// Type definitions for rfc4648 1.2
-// Project: https://github.com/swansontec/rfc4648
-// Definitions by: Thibault Meunier <https://github.com/thibmeu>
-// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
-// TypeScript Version: 2.3
-
-type parseBase = <T = Uint8Array>(
-    data: string,
-    options?: {
-        out?: { new(): T };
-        loose?: boolean;
-    },
-) => T;
-
-type stringifyBase = (data: object, options?: { pad?: boolean }) => string;
-
-export namespace base64 {
-    const parse: parseBase;
-    const stringify: stringifyBase;
-}
-
-export namespace base64url {
-    const parse: parseBase;
-    const stringify: stringifyBase;
-}
-
-export namespace base32 {
-    const parse: parseBase;
-    const stringify: stringifyBase;
-}
-
-export namespace base32hex {
-    const parse: parseBase;
-    const stringify: stringifyBase;
-}
-
-export namespace base16 {
-    const parse: parseBase;
-    const stringify: stringifyBase;
-}
-
-interface Encoding {
-    bits: number;
-    chars: string;
-}
-
-export namespace codec {
-    function parse<T = Uint8Array>(
-        data: string,
-        encoding: Encoding,
-        options?: {
-            out?: { new(): T };
-            loose?: boolean;
-        },
-    ): T;
-    function stringify(
-        data: object,
-        encoding: Encoding,
-        options?: { pad?: boolean }
-    ): string;
-}
-
-export {};
diff --git a/types/rfc4648/rfc4648-tests.ts b/types/rfc4648/rfc4648-tests.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e8034be699..0000000000
--- a/types/rfc4648/rfc4648-tests.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import { base32, base64, codec } from "rfc4648";
-
-base32.stringify([42, 121, 160]);
-base32.parse("FJ42A===");
-base32.parse("He1l0==", { loose: true });
-base64.parse("AOk=", { out: Array });
-base64.parse("AOk", { loose: true });
-
-const myEncoding = {
-    chars: "01234567",
-    bits: 3
-};
-
-codec.stringify([220, 10], myEncoding);
-codec.parse("670050", myEncoding, { loose: true });
diff --git a/types/rfc4648/tsconfig.json b/types/rfc4648/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index d62faa5420..0000000000
--- a/types/rfc4648/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "compilerOptions": {
-        "module": "commonjs",
-        "lib": [
-            "es6"
-        ],
-        "noImplicitAny": true,
-        "noImplicitThis": true,
-        "strictNullChecks": true,
-        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
-        "baseUrl": "../",
-        "typeRoots": [
-            "../"
-        ],
-        "types": [],
-        "noEmit": true,
-        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
-    },
-    "files": [
-        "index.d.ts",
-        "rfc4648-tests.ts"
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/types/rfc4648/tslint.json b/types/rfc4648/tslint.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3db14f85ea..0000000000
--- a/types/rfc4648/tslint.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }