diff --git a/notNeededPackages.json b/notNeededPackages.json
index f335e226f3..3f91535c94 100644
--- a/notNeededPackages.json
+++ b/notNeededPackages.json
@@ -2586,6 +2586,12 @@
             "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/nock/nock",
             "asOfVersion": "11.1.0"
         },
+        {
+            "libraryName": "node-cache",
+            "typingsPackageName": "node-cache",
+            "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/mpneuried/nodecache",
+            "asOfVersion": "4.2.0"
+        },
         {
             "libraryName": "node-pg-migrate",
             "typingsPackageName": "node-pg-migrate",
diff --git a/types/node-cache/index.d.ts b/types/node-cache/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 61100a574d..0000000000
--- a/types/node-cache/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,286 +0,0 @@
-// Type definitions for node-cache 4.1
-// Project: https://github.com/mpneuried/nodecache
-// Definitions by: Ilya Mochalov <https://github.com/chrootsu>
-//                 Daniel Thunell <https://github.com/dthunell>
-//                 Ulf Seltmann <https://github.com/useltmann>
-// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
-
-/// <reference types="node" />
-
-/**
- * Since 4.1.0: Key-validation: The keys can be given as either string or number,
- * but are casted to a string internally anyway.
- */
-type Key = string | number;
-
-declare namespace NodeCache {
-	interface NodeCache {
-		/** container for cached data */
-		data: Data;
-
-		/** module options */
-		options: Options;
-
-		/** statistics container */
-		stats: Stats;
-
-		/**
-		 * get a cached key and change the stats
-		 *
-		 * @param key cache key or an array of keys
-		 * @param cb Callback function
-		 */
-		get<T>(
-			key: Key,
-			cb?: Callback<T>
-		): T | undefined;
-
-		/**
-		 * get multiple cached keys at once and change the stats
-		 *
-		 * @param keys an array of keys
-		 * @param cb Callback function
-		 */
-		mget<T>(
-			keys: Key[],
-			cb?: Callback<{ [key: string]: T }>
-		): { [key: string]: T };
-
-		/**
-		 * set a cached key and change the stats
-		 *
-		 * @param key cache key
-		 * @param value A element to cache. If the option `option.forceString` is `true` the module trys to translate
-		 * it to a serialized JSON
-		 * @param ttl The time to live in seconds.
-		 * @param cb Callback function
-		 */
-		set<T>(
-			key: Key,
-			value: T,
-			ttl: number | string,
-			cb?: Callback<boolean>
-		): boolean;
-
-		set<T>(
-			key: Key,
-			value: T,
-			cb?: Callback<boolean>
-		): boolean;
-
-		/**
-		 * remove keys
-		 * @param keys cache key to delete or a array of cache keys
-		 * @param cb Callback function
-		 * @returns Number of deleted keys
-		 */
-		del(
-			keys: Key | Key[],
-			cb?: Callback<number>
-		): number;
-
-		/**
-		 * reset or redefine the ttl of a key. If `ttl` is not passed or set to 0 it's similar to `.del()`
-		 */
-		ttl(
-			key: Key,
-			ttl: number,
-			cb?: Callback<boolean>
-		): boolean;
-
-		ttl(
-			key: Key,
-			cb?: Callback<boolean>
-		): boolean;
-
-		getTtl(
-			key: Key,
-		): number|undefined;
-
-		getTtl(
-			key: Key,
-			cb?: Callback<boolean>
-		): boolean;
-
-		/**
-		 * list all keys within this cache
-		 * @param cb Callback function
-		 * @returns An array of all keys
-		 */
-		keys(cb?: Callback<string[]>): string[];
-
-		/**
-		 * get the stats
-		 *
-		 * @returns Stats data
-		 */
-		getStats(): Stats;
-
-		/**
-		 * flush the hole data and reset the stats
-		 */
-		flushAll(): void;
-
-		/**
-		 * This will clear the interval timeout which is set on checkperiod option.
-		 */
-		close(): void;
-	}
-
-	interface Data {
-		[key: string]: WrappedValue<any>;
-	}
-
-	interface Options {
-		forceString?: boolean;
-		objectValueSize?: number;
-		arrayValueSize?: number;
-		stdTTL?: number;
-		checkperiod?: number;
-		useClones?: boolean;
-		errorOnMissing?: boolean;
-		deleteOnExpire?: boolean;
-	}
-
-	interface Stats {
-		hits: number;
-		misses: number;
-		keys: number;
-		ksize: number;
-		vsize: number;
-	}
-
-	interface WrappedValue<T> {
-		// ttl
-		t: number;
-		// value
-		v: T;
-	}
-
-	type Callback<T> = (err: any, data: T | undefined) => void;
-}
-
-import events = require("events");
-
-import Data = NodeCache.Data;
-import Options = NodeCache.Options;
-import Stats = NodeCache.Stats;
-import Callback = NodeCache.Callback;
-
-declare class NodeCache extends events.EventEmitter implements NodeCache.NodeCache {
-	/** container for cached data */
-	data: Data;
-
-	/** module options */
-	options: Options;
-
-	/** statistics container */
-	stats: Stats;
-
-	constructor(options?: Options);
-
-	/**
-	 * get a cached key and change the stats
-	 *
-	 * @param key cache key or an array of keys
-	 * @param cb Callback function
-	 */
-	get<T>(
-		key: Key,
-		cb?: Callback<T>
-	): T | undefined;
-
-	/**
-	 * get multiple cached keys at once and change the stats
-	 *
-	 * @param keys an array of keys
-	 * @param cb Callback function
-	 */
-	mget<T>(
-		keys: Key[],
-		cb?: Callback<{ [key: string]: T }>
-	): { [key: string]: T };
-
-	/**
-	 * set a cached key and change the stats
-	 *
-	 * @param key cache key
-	 * @param value A element to cache. If the option `option.forceString` is `true` the module trys to translate
-	 * it to a serialized JSON
-	 * @param ttl The time to live in seconds.
-	 * @param cb Callback function
-	 */
-	set<T>(
-		key: Key,
-		value: T,
-		ttl: number | string,
-		cb?: Callback<boolean>
-	): boolean;
-
-	set<T>(
-		key: Key,
-		value: T,
-		cb?: Callback<boolean>
-	): boolean;
-
-	/**
-	 * remove keys
-	 * @param keys cache key to delete or a array of cache keys
-	 * @param cb Callback function
-	 * @returns Number of deleted keys
-	 */
-	del(
-		keys: Key | Key[],
-		cb?: Callback<number>
-	): number;
-
-	/**
-	 * reset or redefine the ttl of a key. If `ttl` is not passed or set to 0 `stdTtl` is used. if set lt 0 it's similar to `.del()`
-	 */
-	ttl(
-		key: Key,
-		ttl: number,
-		cb?: Callback<boolean>
-	): boolean;
-
-	ttl(
-		key: Key,
-		cb?: Callback<boolean>
-	): boolean;
-
-	getTtl(
-		key: Key
-	): number|undefined;
-
-	getTtl(
-		key: Key,
-		cb?: Callback<boolean>,
-	): boolean;
-
-	/**
-	 * list all keys within this cache
-	 * @param cb Callback function
-	 * @returns An array of all keys
-	 */
-	keys(cb?: Callback<string[]>): string[];
-
-	/**
-	 * get the stats
-	 *
-	 * @returns Stats data
-	 */
-	getStats(): Stats;
-
-	/**
-	 * flush the hole data and reset the stats
-	 */
-	flushAll(): void;
-
-	/**
-	 * This will clear the interval timeout which is set on checkperiod option.
-	 */
-	close(): void;
-}
-
-export = NodeCache;
-export as namespace NodeCache;
diff --git a/types/node-cache/node-cache-tests.ts b/types/node-cache/node-cache-tests.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ebf1b88688..0000000000
--- a/types/node-cache/node-cache-tests.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,98 +0,0 @@
-import NodeCache = require('node-cache');
-
-import Options = NodeCache.Options;
-import Stats = NodeCache.Stats;
-import Callback = NodeCache.Callback;
-
-interface TypeSample {
-	a: number;
-	b: string;
-	c: boolean;
-}
-
-{
-	let options: Options;
-	let cache: NodeCache.NodeCache;
-	cache = new NodeCache();
-	cache = new NodeCache(options);
-}
-
-{
-	let cache: NodeCache;
-	let key: string;
-	let cb: Callback<TypeSample>;
-	let result: TypeSample | undefined;
-	result = cache.get<TypeSample>(key);
-	result = cache.get<TypeSample>(key, cb);
-}
-
-{
-	let cache: NodeCache;
-	let keys: string[];
-	let cb: Callback<{ [key: string]: TypeSample }>;
-	let result: { [key: string]: TypeSample };
-	result = cache.mget<TypeSample>(keys);
-	result = cache.mget<TypeSample>(keys, cb);
-}
-
-{
-	let cache: NodeCache;
-	let key: string;
-	let value: TypeSample;
-	let ttl: number | string;
-	let cb: Callback<boolean>;
-	let result: boolean;
-	result = cache.set<TypeSample>(key, value);
-	result = cache.set<TypeSample>(key, value, ttl);
-	result = cache.set<TypeSample>(key, value, ttl, cb);
-	result = cache.set<TypeSample>(key, value, cb);
-}
-
-{
-	let cache: NodeCache;
-	let keys: string | string[];
-	let cb: Callback<number>;
-	let result: number;
-	result = cache.del(keys);
-	result = cache.del(keys, cb);
-}
-
-{
-	let cache: NodeCache;
-	let key: string;
-	let ttl: number;
-	let cb: Callback<boolean>;
-	let result: boolean;
-	result = cache.ttl(key);
-	result = cache.ttl(key, ttl);
-	result = cache.ttl(key, ttl, cb);
-	result = cache.ttl(key, cb);
-}
-
-{
-	let cache: NodeCache;
-	let cb: Callback<string[]>;
-	let result: string[];
-	result = cache.keys();
-	result = cache.keys(cb);
-}
-
-{
-	let cache: NodeCache;
-	let result: Stats;
-	result = cache.getStats();
-}
-
-/* tslint-:disable void-return no-void-expression
-{
-	let cache: NodeCache;
-	let result: void;
-	result = cache.flushAll();
-}
-
-{
-	let cache: NodeCache;
-	let result: void;
-	result = cache.close();
-}
- tslint-:enable void-return */
diff --git a/types/node-cache/tsconfig.json b/types/node-cache/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index e024dba82d..0000000000
--- a/types/node-cache/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "compilerOptions": {
-        "module": "commonjs",
-        "lib": [
-            "es6"
-        ],
-        "noImplicitAny": true,
-        "noImplicitThis": true,
-        "strictNullChecks": false,
-        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
-        "baseUrl": "../",
-        "typeRoots": [
-            "../"
-        ],
-        "types": [],
-        "noEmit": true,
-        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
-    },
-    "files": [
-        "index.d.ts",
-        "node-cache-tests.ts"
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/types/node-cache/tslint.json b/types/node-cache/tslint.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 6c1ac808bb..0000000000
--- a/types/node-cache/tslint.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
-    "rules": {
-        // TODO
-        "prefer-const": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-generics": false
-    }
-}