diff --git a/types/bluebird-retry/bluebird-retry-tests.ts b/types/bluebird-retry/bluebird-retry-tests.ts
index ce094918f9..69712384bd 100644
--- a/types/bluebird-retry/bluebird-retry-tests.ts
+++ b/types/bluebird-retry/bluebird-retry-tests.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ function promiseSuccess(text: string) {
     return Promise.resolve(text);
 }
 
-var count = 0;
+let count = 0;
 function myfunc() {
     console.log('myfunc called ' + (++count) + ' times');
     if (count < 3) {
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ function logFail() {
     throw new Error('bail');
 }
 
-var options: retry.Options = {
+const options: retry.Options = {
     max_tries: 4,
     interval: 500
 };
diff --git a/types/bluebird-retry/tslint.json b/types/bluebird-retry/tslint.json
index bd08097d46..4d6d0732aa 100644
--- a/types/bluebird-retry/tslint.json
+++ b/types/bluebird-retry/tslint.json
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
     "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
     "rules": {
         "no-reference-import": false,
-        "no-var-keyword": false,
         "only-arrow-functions": false,
-        "prefer-const": false,
         "prefer-template": false,
         "strict-export-declare-modifiers": false
     }