diff --git a/notNeededPackages.json b/notNeededPackages.json
index 8f3270392f..b193a7fa83 100644
--- a/notNeededPackages.json
+++ b/notNeededPackages.json
@@ -1530,6 +1530,12 @@
             "sourceRepoURL": "github.com/node-xmpp/node-xmpp/",
             "asOfVersion": "1.2.0"
         },
+        {
+            "libraryName": "xterm.js",
+            "typingsPackageName": "xterm",
+            "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/sourcelair/xterm.js/",
+            "asOfVersion": "3.0.0"
+        },
         {
             "libraryName": "zetapush-js",
             "typingsPackageName": "zetapush-js",
diff --git a/types/xterm/index.d.ts b/types/xterm/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 37bc104747..0000000000
--- a/types/xterm/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,96 +0,0 @@
-// Type definitions for xterm.js 2.0.1
-// Project: https://github.com/sourcelair/xterm.js/
-// Definitions by: Steven Silvester <https://github.com/blink1073>
-//                 Lucian Buzzo <https://github.com/LucianBuzzo>
-// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
-
-/**
- * Typing for an xterm terminal object.
- */
-interface Xterm {
-
-  cols: number;
-
-  rows: number;
-
-  options: Xterm.IOptions;
-
-  element: HTMLElement;
-
-  textarea: HTMLElement;
-
-  attachCustomKeydownHandler(callback: (event: KeyboardEvent) => boolean): void;
-
-  blur(): void;
-
-  clear(): void;
-
-  destroy(): void;
-
-  focus(): void;
-
-  getOption(key: string): any;
-
-  on(event: string, callback: (...args: any[]) => void): void;
-
-  off(event: string, callback: (...args: any[]) => void): void;
-
-  open(parent: HTMLElement, focus?: boolean): void;
-
-  refresh(start: number, end: number, queue?: boolean): void;
-
-  reset(): void;
-
-  resize(x: number, y: number): void;
-
-  scrollDisp(n: number): void;
-
-  setOption(key: string, value: any): void;
-
-  write(text: string): void;
-
-  writeln(text: string): void;
-
-  fit?(): void;
-}
-
-
-interface XtermConstructor {
-  new (options?: Xterm.IOptions): Xterm;
-  (options?: Xterm.IOptions): Xterm;
-}
-
-
-/**
- * A terminal options.
- */
-declare namespace Xterm {
-  interface IOptions {
-    colors?: string[];
-
-    theme?: string;
-
-    convertEol?: boolean;
-
-    termName?: string;
-
-    geometry?: number[];
-
-    cursorBlink?: boolean;
-
-    visualBell?: boolean;
-
-    popOnBell?: boolean;
-
-    scrollback?: number;
-
-    debug?: boolean;
-
-    cancelEvents?: boolean;
-  }
-}
-
-
-declare var Xterm: XtermConstructor;
-export = Xterm;
-export as namespace Xterm;
diff --git a/types/xterm/tsconfig.json b/types/xterm/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3d75f99636..0000000000
--- a/types/xterm/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "compilerOptions": {
-        "module": "commonjs",
-        "lib": [
-            "es6",
-            "dom"
-        ],
-        "noImplicitAny": true,
-        "noImplicitThis": true,
-        "strictNullChecks": false,
-        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
-        "baseUrl": "../",
-        "typeRoots": [
-            "../"
-        ],
-        "types": [],
-        "noEmit": true,
-        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
-    },
-    "files": [
-        "index.d.ts",
-        "xterm-tests.ts"
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/types/xterm/tslint.json b/types/xterm/tslint.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a41bf5d19a..0000000000
--- a/types/xterm/tslint.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
-    "rules": {
-        "adjacent-overload-signatures": false,
-        "array-type": false,
-        "arrow-return-shorthand": false,
-        "ban-types": false,
-        "callable-types": false,
-        "comment-format": false,
-        "dt-header": false,
-        "eofline": false,
-        "export-just-namespace": false,
-        "import-spacing": false,
-        "interface-name": false,
-        "interface-over-type-literal": false,
-        "jsdoc-format": false,
-        "max-line-length": false,
-        "member-access": false,
-        "new-parens": false,
-        "no-any-union": false,
-        "no-boolean-literal-compare": false,
-        "no-conditional-assignment": false,
-        "no-consecutive-blank-lines": false,
-        "no-construct": false,
-        "no-declare-current-package": false,
-        "no-duplicate-imports": false,
-        "no-duplicate-variable": false,
-        "no-empty-interface": false,
-        "no-for-in-array": false,
-        "no-inferrable-types": false,
-        "no-internal-module": false,
-        "no-irregular-whitespace": false,
-        "no-mergeable-namespace": false,
-        "no-misused-new": false,
-        "no-namespace": false,
-        "no-object-literal-type-assertion": false,
-        "no-padding": false,
-        "no-redundant-jsdoc": false,
-        "no-redundant-jsdoc-2": false,
-        "no-redundant-undefined": false,
-        "no-reference-import": false,
-        "no-relative-import-in-test": false,
-        "no-self-import": false,
-        "no-single-declare-module": false,
-        "no-string-throw": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-callback-wrapper": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-class": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-generics": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-qualifier": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-type-assertion": false,
-        "no-useless-files": false,
-        "no-var-keyword": false,
-        "no-var-requires": false,
-        "no-void-expression": false,
-        "no-trailing-whitespace": false,
-        "object-literal-key-quotes": false,
-        "object-literal-shorthand": false,
-        "one-line": false,
-        "one-variable-per-declaration": false,
-        "only-arrow-functions": false,
-        "prefer-conditional-expression": false,
-        "prefer-const": false,
-        "prefer-declare-function": false,
-        "prefer-for-of": false,
-        "prefer-method-signature": false,
-        "prefer-template": false,
-        "radix": false,
-        "semicolon": false,
-        "space-before-function-paren": false,
-        "space-within-parens": false,
-        "strict-export-declare-modifiers": false,
-        "trim-file": false,
-        "triple-equals": false,
-        "typedef-whitespace": false,
-        "unified-signatures": false,
-        "void-return": false,
-        "whitespace": false
-    }
-}
diff --git a/types/xterm/xterm-tests.ts b/types/xterm/xterm-tests.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 238cbcc8be..0000000000
--- a/types/xterm/xterm-tests.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,129 +0,0 @@
-import * as Terminal from 'xterm';
-
-declare var fetch: any;
-
-var term: Terminal,
-    protocol: any,
-    socketURL: string,
-    socket: WebSocket,
-    pid: number,
-    charWidth: number,
-    charHeight: number;
-
-var terminalContainer = document.getElementById('terminal-container'),
-    optionElements = {
-      cursorBlink: document.querySelector('#option-cursor-blink')
-    },
-    colsElement = document.getElementById('cols') as any,
-    rowsElement = document.getElementById('rows') as any;
-
-function setTerminalSize () {
-  var cols = parseInt(colsElement.value),
-      rows = parseInt(rowsElement.value),
-      width = (cols * charWidth).toString() + 'px',
-      height = (rows * charHeight).toString() + 'px';
-
-  terminalContainer.style.width = width;
-  terminalContainer.style.height = height;
-  term.resize(cols, rows);
-}
-
-colsElement.addEventListener('change', setTerminalSize);
-rowsElement.addEventListener('change', setTerminalSize);
-
-optionElements.cursorBlink.addEventListener('change', createTerminal);
-
-createTerminal();
-
-function createTerminal() {
-  // Clean terminal
-  while (terminalContainer.children.length) {
-    terminalContainer.removeChild(terminalContainer.children[0]);
-  }
-  term = new Terminal({
-    cursorBlink: (optionElements.cursorBlink as any).checked
-  });
-  term.on('resize', function (size: any) {
-    if (!pid) {
-      return;
-    }
-    var cols = size.cols,
-        rows = size.rows,
-        url = '/terminals/' + pid + '/size?cols=' + cols + '&rows=' + rows;
-
-    fetch(url, {method: 'POST'});
-  });
-  protocol = (location.protocol === 'https:') ? 'wss://' : 'ws://';
-  socketURL = protocol + location.hostname + ((location.port) ? (':' + location.port) : '') + '/terminals/';
-
-  term.open(terminalContainer);
-  // term.fit();
-
-  var cols = 20,
-      rows = 30;
-
-  colsElement.value = cols;
-  rowsElement.value = rows;
-
-  fetch('/terminals?cols=' + cols + '&rows=' + rows, {method: 'POST'}).then(function (res: any) {
-
-    charWidth = Math.ceil(term.element.offsetWidth / cols);
-    charHeight = Math.ceil(term.element.offsetHeight / rows);
-
-    res.text().then(function (pid: number) {
-      (window as any).pid = pid;
-      socketURL += pid;
-      socket = new WebSocket(socketURL);
-      socket.onopen = runRealTerminal;
-      socket.onclose = runFakeTerminal;
-      socket.onerror = runFakeTerminal;
-    });
-  });
-}
-
-
-function runRealTerminal() {
-  //term.attach(socket);
-  //term._initialized = true;
-}
-
-function runFakeTerminal() {
-  // if (term._initialized) {
-  //   return;
-  // }
-
-  // term._initialized = true;
-
-  var shellprompt = '$ ';
-
-  // term.prompt = function () {
-  //   term.write('\r\n' + shellprompt);
-  // };
-
-  term.writeln('Welcome to xterm.js');
-  term.writeln('This is a local terminal emulation, without a real terminal in the back-end.');
-  term.writeln('Type some keys and commands to play around.');
-  term.writeln('');
-  // term.prompt();
-
-  term.on('key', function (key, ev) {
-    var printable = (
-      !ev.altKey && !ev.altGraphKey && !ev.ctrlKey && !ev.metaKey
-    );
-
-    if (ev.keyCode == 13) {
-      // term.prompt();
-    } else if (ev.keyCode == 8) {
-     // Do not delete the prompt
-      // if (term.x > 2) {
-      //   term.write('\b \b');
-      // }
-    } else if (printable) {
-      term.write(key);
-    }
-  });
-
-  term.on('paste', function (data, ev) {
-    term.write(data);
-  });
-}