diff --git a/notNeededPackages.json b/notNeededPackages.json
index 02607322dd..09ac3e0f98 100644
--- a/notNeededPackages.json
+++ b/notNeededPackages.json
@@ -528,6 +528,12 @@
             "sourceRepoURL": "http://www.mendix.com",
             "asOfVersion": "0.8.1"
         },
+        {
+            "libraryName": "metisMenu",
+            "typingsPackageName": "metismenu",
+            "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/onokumus/metisMenu",
+            "asOfVersion": "2.7.1"
+        },
         {
             "libraryName": "mobservable",
             "typingsPackageName": "mobservable",
diff --git a/types/metismenu/index.d.ts b/types/metismenu/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6cc1eab886..0000000000
--- a/types/metismenu/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-// Type definitions for metisMenu 2.6
-// Project: https://github.com/onokumus/metisMenu
-// Definitions by: onokums <https://github.com/onokumus>, denis <https://github.com/denisname>
-// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
-// TypeScript Version: 2.3
-
-/// <reference types="jquery"/>
-
-interface MetisMenuOptions {
-    toggle?: boolean;
-    activeClass?: string;
-    collapseClass?: string;
-    collapseInClass?: string;
-    collapsingClass?: string;
-    preventDefault?: boolean;
-}
-
-type MetisMenuEvents = "show.metisMenu" | "shown.metisMenu" | "hide.metisMenu" | "hidden.metisMenu";
-
-interface JQuery {
-    metisMenu(options?: MetisMenuOptions | "dispose"): JQuery;
-    on(events: MetisMenuEvents, handler: (eventObject: JQueryEventObject) => any): JQuery;
-}
diff --git a/types/metismenu/metismenu-tests.ts b/types/metismenu/metismenu-tests.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 64aa809cf7..0000000000
--- a/types/metismenu/metismenu-tests.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-$('#menu').metisMenu();
-
-$('.metismenu').metisMenu({toggle: false});
-
-$('.test').metisMenu({
-    toggle: false,
-    activeClass: 'active',
-    collapseClass: 'collapse',
-    collapseInClass: 'in',
-    collapsingClass: 'collapsing',
-    preventDefault: true
-});
-
-$('.metismenu').metisMenu('dispose');
-
-$('.metismenu')
-    .metisMenu()
-    .on('show.metisMenu', function(e) {
-        // empty logic
-    }).on('shown.metisMenu', function(e) {
-        // empty logic
-    }).on('hide.metisMenu', function(e) {
-        // empty logic
-    }).on('hidden.metisMenu', function(e) {
-        // empty logic
-    });
diff --git a/types/metismenu/tsconfig.json b/types/metismenu/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 643934b421..0000000000
--- a/types/metismenu/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",
-        "metismenu-tests.ts"
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/types/metismenu/tslint.json b/types/metismenu/tslint.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a41bf5d19a..0000000000
--- a/types/metismenu/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
-    }
-}