diff --git a/notNeededPackages.json b/notNeededPackages.json
index 9fd585e83b..b8a48cefa0 100644
--- a/notNeededPackages.json
+++ b/notNeededPackages.json
@@ -3240,6 +3240,12 @@
             "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/tanem/react-svg",
             "asOfVersion": "5.0.0"
         },
+        {
+            "libraryName": "react-tether",
+            "typingsPackageName": "react-tether",
+            "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/danreeves/react-tether",
+            "asOfVersion": "1.0.0"
+        },
         {
             "libraryName": "react-webcam",
             "typingsPackageName": "react-webcam",
diff --git a/types/react-tether/index.d.ts b/types/react-tether/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index bf272c035b..0000000000
--- a/types/react-tether/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-// Type definitions for react-tether 0.5
-// Project: https://github.com/danreeves/react-tether
-// Definitions by: Ryan Price <https://github.com/ryprice>
-// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
-// TypeScript Version: 2.8
-
-export default TetherComponent;
-export as namespace ReactTether;
-
-import * as React from 'react';
-import * as Tether from 'tether';
-
-declare class TetherComponent extends React.Component<ReactTether.TetherComponentProps> { }
-
-declare namespace ReactTether {
-    interface TetherComponentProps extends React.Props<TetherComponent>, Tether.ITetherOptions {
-        renderElementTag?: string;
-        renderElementTo?: string | { appendChild(element: HTMLElement): void };
-        id?: string;
-        className?: string;
-        style?: React.CSSProperties;
-        onUpdate?(): void;
-        onRepositioned?(): void;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/types/react-tether/react-tether-tests.tsx b/types/react-tether/react-tether-tests.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 531fbbf9e1..0000000000
--- a/types/react-tether/react-tether-tests.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-import TetherComponent from "react-tether";
-import * as React from "react";
-
-const ReactTetherAllOptions: JSX.Element =
-    <TetherComponent
-        attachment="bottom middle"
-        id="id123"
-        className="react-tether"
-        onUpdate={() => {}}
-        onRepositioned={() => {}}
-        renderElementTag="div"
-        renderElementTo=".container"
-    />;
-
-const ReactTetherRequiredOptions: JSX.Element =
-    <TetherComponent attachment="bottom middle" />;
diff --git a/types/react-tether/tsconfig.json b/types/react-tether/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3190ba8cf1..0000000000
--- a/types/react-tether/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "compilerOptions": {
-        "module": "commonjs",
-        "lib": [
-            "es6",
-            "dom"
-        ],
-        "noImplicitAny": true,
-        "noImplicitThis": true,
-        "strictNullChecks": true,
-        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
-        "jsx": "react",
-        "baseUrl": "../",
-        "typeRoots": [
-            "../"
-        ],
-        "types": [],
-        "noEmit": true,
-        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
-    },
-    "files": [
-        "index.d.ts",
-        "react-tether-tests.tsx"
-    ]
-}
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diff --git a/types/react-tether/tslint.json b/types/react-tether/tslint.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 03f37e72ca..0000000000
--- a/types/react-tether/tslint.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }
-