diff --git a/types/bluebird-retry/index.d.ts b/types/bluebird-retry/index.d.ts
index 33239e28cc..0e39ef3b89 100644
--- a/types/bluebird-retry/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/bluebird-retry/index.d.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.3
 
-/// <reference types="bluebird" />
-
 import Promise = require('bluebird');
 
 declare function retry<T>(func: (param: T) => void, options?: retry.Options): Promise<T>;
diff --git a/types/bluebird-retry/tslint.json b/types/bluebird-retry/tslint.json
index 0388bdbbed..84c5ab57a3 100644
--- a/types/bluebird-retry/tslint.json
+++ b/types/bluebird-retry/tslint.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
     "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
     "rules": {
-        "no-reference-import": false,
         "prefer-template": false,
         "strict-export-declare-modifiers": false
     }