diff --git a/types/feathersjs__socketio/index.d.ts b/types/feathersjs__socketio/index.d.ts
index 7ba889dfbe..f0e082bf45 100644
--- a/types/feathersjs__socketio/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/feathersjs__socketio/index.d.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@
 // Definitions: https://github.com/feathersjs-ecosystem/feathers-typescript
 // TypeScript Version: 2.3
 
-/// <reference types="socket.io" />
 /// <reference types="feathersjs__socket-commons"/>
+import SocketIO = require("socket.io");
 
 export default function feathersSocketIO(callback?: (io: SocketIO.Server) => void): () => void;
 export default function feathersSocketIO(options: number | SocketIO.ServerOptions, callback?: (io: SocketIO.Server) => void): () => void;
diff --git a/types/socket.io-redis/index.d.ts b/types/socket.io-redis/index.d.ts
index 3de732084b..0335dcb300 100644
--- a/types/socket.io-redis/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/socket.io-redis/index.d.ts
@@ -4,14 +4,10 @@
 //                 seeLuck <https://github.com/seeLuck>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
+import SocketIO = require("socket.io");
 
-/// <reference types="socket.io" />
-
-declare module 'socket.io-redis' {
-	let redis: SocketIORedisStatic;
-
-	export = redis;
-}
+declare const SocketIORedis: SocketIORedisStatic;
+export = SocketIORedis;
 
 interface SocketIORedisStatic {
 	/**
diff --git a/types/socket.io.users/index.d.ts b/types/socket.io.users/index.d.ts
index 053d80450c..bfc16cd5a4 100644
--- a/types/socket.io.users/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/socket.io.users/index.d.ts
@@ -4,15 +4,10 @@
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.2
 
-/// <reference types="node" />
-
-/// <reference types="express-session" />
-/// <reference types="socket.io" />
-
-
 import { EventEmitter } from 'events';
 import { Application } from "express";
 import { SessionOptions } from "express-session";
+import SocketIO = require("socket.io");
 
 declare var CONNECTION_EVENTS: string[];
 declare var Middleware: () => (socket: SocketIO.Socket, next: () => any) => void;
diff --git a/types/socket.io/index.d.ts b/types/socket.io/index.d.ts
index 0d77110716..1583eac66b 100644
--- a/types/socket.io/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/socket.io/index.d.ts
@@ -5,11 +5,8 @@
 
 ///<reference types="node" />
 
-declare module 'socket.io' {
-	var server: SocketIOStatic;
-
-	export = server;
-}
+declare const SocketIO: SocketIOStatic;
+export = SocketIO;
 
 interface SocketIOStatic {
 	/**
@@ -45,7 +42,6 @@ interface SocketIOStatic {
 }
 
 declare namespace SocketIO {
-
 	interface Server {
 		engine: { ws: any };
 
diff --git a/types/socket.io/socket.io-tests.ts b/types/socket.io/socket.io-tests.ts
index cd0cecf6cf..7bfddb1271 100644
--- a/types/socket.io/socket.io-tests.ts
+++ b/types/socket.io/socket.io-tests.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import socketIO = require('socket.io');
 
 function testUsingWithNodeHTTPServer() {
     var app = require('http').createServer(handler);
-    var io = socketIO(app);
+    var io: socketIO.Server = socketIO(app);
     var fs = require('fs');
 
     app.listen(80);
diff --git a/types/socketio-wildcard/index.d.ts b/types/socketio-wildcard/index.d.ts
index 3170a27ca5..76598d59ae 100644
--- a/types/socketio-wildcard/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/socketio-wildcard/index.d.ts
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
 // Definitions by: BendingBender <https://github.com/BendingBender>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
-/// <reference types="socket.io" />
 /// <reference types="socket.io-client" />
+import SocketIO = require("socket.io");
 
 import EventEmitter = NodeJS.EventEmitter;
 import Socket = SocketIO.Socket;