diff --git a/types/deline/deline-tests.ts b/types/deline/deline-tests.ts
index 35f1696484..0eb0a3d8a3 100644
--- a/types/deline/deline-tests.ts
+++ b/types/deline/deline-tests.ts
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
-import * as dl from "deline";
+import deline = require("deline");
 
 const moduleName = "deline";
 
-dl.deline(`deline`); // $ExpectType string
-dl.deline(`module name: ${moduleName}`); // $ExpectType string
-dl.deline`deline`; // $ExpectType string
-dl.deline`tagged template: ${moduleName}`; // $ExpectType string
-dl.deline`
+deline(`deline`); // $ExpectType string
+deline(`module name: ${moduleName}`); // $ExpectType string
+deline`deline`; // $ExpectType string
+deline`tagged template: ${moduleName}`; // $ExpectType string
+deline`
 tagged template:
 
 ${moduleName}
diff --git a/types/deline/index.d.ts b/types/deline/index.d.ts
index b65cd80d5e..709f334361 100644
--- a/types/deline/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/deline/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // Type definitions for deline 1.0
 // Project: https://github.com/airbnb/deline#readme
 // Definitions by: Inaki Arroyo <https://github.com/iarroyo5>
+//                 Tim van der Horst <https://github.com/vdh>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
-export function deline(strings: string | TemplateStringsArray, ...values: any[]): string;
+declare function deline(strings: string | TemplateStringsArray, ...values: any[]): string;
+export = deline;