diff --git a/types/jquery-mockjax/index.d.ts b/types/jquery-mockjax/index.d.ts
index f5dc5c8db1..2e8441131f 100644
--- a/types/jquery-mockjax/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/jquery-mockjax/index.d.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 // Project: https://github.com/jakerella/jquery-mockjax
 // Definitions by: Laszlo Jakab <https://github.com/laszlojakab/>, Vladimir Đokić <https://github.com/vladeck/>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.3
+
+/// <reference types="jquery" />
 
 interface MockJaxSettingsHeaders {
     [key: string]: string;
diff --git a/types/jquery-mockjax/jquery-mockjax-tests.ts b/types/jquery-mockjax/jquery-mockjax-tests.ts
index a0df96dad6..3090a1c3cc 100644
--- a/types/jquery-mockjax/jquery-mockjax-tests.ts
+++ b/types/jquery-mockjax/jquery-mockjax-tests.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 /// <reference types="qunit" />
 
-import $ = require('jquery');
-
 class Tests {
     private _noErrorCallbackExpected: (jqXHR: JQueryXHR, textStatus: string, errorThrown: string) => any;
     private _defaultMockjaxSettings: MockJaxSettings;
diff --git a/types/jquery-mockjax/tsconfig.json b/types/jquery-mockjax/tsconfig.json
index 5fcedf714e..660cf14287 100644
--- a/types/jquery-mockjax/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/jquery-mockjax/tsconfig.json
@@ -12,11 +12,6 @@
         "typeRoots": [
             "../"
         ],
-        "paths": {
-            "jquery": [
-                "jquery/v2"
-            ]
-        },
         "types": [],
         "noEmit": true,
         "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true