diff --git a/types/swagger-ui-express/index.d.ts b/types/swagger-ui-express/index.d.ts
index 4af7308533..f4165355fe 100644
--- a/types/swagger-ui-express/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/swagger-ui-express/index.d.ts
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@
 import { RequestHandler } from "express";
 import { ServeStaticOptions } from "serve-static";
 
-declare namespace SwaggerUiExpress {
-    interface JsonObject { [key: string]: any; }
-    interface SwaggerUiOptions { [key: string]: any; }
-    interface SwaggerOptions { [key: string]: any; }
+interface JsonObject { [key: string]: any; }
+interface SwaggerUiOptions { [key: string]: any; }
+interface SwaggerOptions { [key: string]: any; }
 
+interface SwaggerUiExpress {
     /**
      * Creates a middleware function that returns the pre-generated html file for the Swagger UI page.
      *
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ declare namespace SwaggerUiExpress {
      * @param customeSiteTitle custom title for a page
      * @returns an express middleware function that returns the generated html page.
      */
-    function setup(swaggerDoc?: JsonObject | null,
+    setup(swaggerDoc?: JsonObject | null,
         opts?: SwaggerUiOptions | false | null,
         options?: SwaggerOptions,
         customCss?: string | false | null,
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ declare namespace SwaggerUiExpress {
      *
      * @returns Express handlers that process requests and return files for Swagger UI.
      */
-    function serve(): RequestHandler[];
+    serve(): RequestHandler[];
 
     /**
      * Returns handlers for serving Swagger UI files.
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ declare namespace SwaggerUiExpress {
      * @param options options object that is passed to the express.static middleware.
      * @returns Express handlers that process requests and return files for Swagger UI.
      */
-    function serveWithOptions(options: ServeStaticOptions): RequestHandler[];
+    serveWithOptions(options: ServeStaticOptions): RequestHandler[];
 
     /**
      * Generates the custom html page for the UI API.
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ declare namespace SwaggerUiExpress {
      * @param customeSiteTitle custom title for a page
      * @returns the generated html page.
      */
-    function generateHTML(swaggerDoc?: JsonObject | null,
+    generateHTML(swaggerDoc?: JsonObject | null,
         opts?: SwaggerUiOptions | false | null,
         options?: SwaggerOptions,
         customCss?: string | false | null,
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ declare namespace SwaggerUiExpress {
      * @param opts options to pass to Swagger UI.
      * @returns Express handlers that process requests and return files for Swagger UI.
      */
-    function serveFiles(swaggerDoc?: JsonObject, opts?: SwaggerUiOptions): RequestHandler[];
+    serveFiles(swaggerDoc?: JsonObject, opts?: SwaggerUiOptions): RequestHandler[];
 }
 
-export default SwaggerUiExpress;
+declare const swaggerUiExpress: SwaggerUiExpress;
+
+export = swaggerUiExpress;
diff --git a/types/swagger-ui-express/swagger-ui-express-tests.ts b/types/swagger-ui-express/swagger-ui-express-tests.ts
index 7338bd1f7b..f91128205c 100644
--- a/types/swagger-ui-express/swagger-ui-express-tests.ts
+++ b/types/swagger-ui-express/swagger-ui-express-tests.ts
@@ -2,21 +2,25 @@
  * Tests are taken from the module's repository at https://github.com/scottie1984/swagger-ui-express/blob/master/test/testapp/app.js
  */
 
-import swaggerUi from "swagger-ui-express";
+import swaggerUi = require('swagger-ui-express');
+import express = require('express');
 
-const express = require('express');
 const app = express();
-const swaggerDocument = require('./swagger.json');
-const swaggerDocumentSplit = require('./swagger-split.json');
+const swaggerDocument = {
+	swagger: '2.0',
+	info: { version: '1.0.0', title: 'Example API' },
+	paths: { '/user': { get: { responses: { 200: { description: 'all users' } } } } }
+};
+const swaggerDocumentSplit = swaggerDocument;
 
 const options = {
 	validatorUrl: null,
 	oauth: {
-		clientId: "your-client-id1",
-		clientSecret: "your-client-secret-if-required1",
-		realm: "your-realms1",
-		appName: "your-app-name1",
-		scopeSeparator: ",",
+		clientId: 'your-client-id1',
+		clientSecret: 'your-client-secret-if-required1',
+		realm: 'your-realms1',
+		appName: 'your-app-name1',
+		scopeSeparator: ',',
 		additionalQueryStringParams: {}
 	},
 	docExpansion: 'full',
diff --git a/types/swagger-ui-express/tslint.json b/types/swagger-ui-express/tslint.json
index 1e30988418..f93cf8562a 100644
--- a/types/swagger-ui-express/tslint.json
+++ b/types/swagger-ui-express/tslint.json
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
-    "rules": {
-        "no-var-requires": false
-    }
+    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json"
 }