diff --git a/types/bs58/index.d.ts b/types/bs58/index.d.ts
index 1539910e12..bb0ef823e6 100644
--- a/types/bs58/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/bs58/index.d.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@
 // Definitions by: Ilya Mochalov <https://github.com/chrootsu>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
-/// <reference types="base-x" />
-
 import * as BaseX from 'base-x';
 
 declare namespace base58 { }
diff --git a/types/bs58/tsconfig.json b/types/bs58/tsconfig.json
index 9e0ed25701..fe7563905d 100644
--- a/types/bs58/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/bs58/tsconfig.json
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@
         "typeRoots": [
             "../"
         ],
+        "paths": {
+            "base-x": [
+                "base-x/v1"
+            ]
+        },
         "types": [],
         "noEmit": true,
         "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
@@ -20,4 +25,4 @@
         "index.d.ts",
         "bs58-tests.ts"
     ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}