diff --git a/notNeededPackages.json b/notNeededPackages.json
index 7541a88848..f8bce4f0c2 100644
--- a/notNeededPackages.json
+++ b/notNeededPackages.json
@@ -372,6 +372,12 @@
             "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/elitechance/lambda-phi",
             "asOfVersion": "1.0.1"
         },
+        {
+            "libraryName": "left-pad",
+            "typingsPackageName": "left-pad",
+            "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/stevemao/left-pad",
+            "asOfVersion": "1.2.0"
+        },
         {
             "libraryName": "Linq.JS",
             "typingsPackageName": "linq",
diff --git a/types/left-pad/index.d.ts b/types/left-pad/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 1296c4fe02..0000000000
--- a/types/left-pad/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-// Type definitions for left-pad 1.1
-// Project: https://github.com/stevemao/left-pad
-// Definitions by: Zlatko Andonovski <https://github.com/Goldsmith42>
-// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
-
-declare function leftPad(str: string|number, len: number, ch?: string|number): string;
-
-export = leftPad;
diff --git a/types/left-pad/left-pad-tests.ts b/types/left-pad/left-pad-tests.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a3749feb16..0000000000
--- a/types/left-pad/left-pad-tests.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-import leftPad = require("left-pad");
-
-// Tests based on examples in https://github.com/stevemao/left-pad#usage
-
-leftPad("foo", 5);
-// => "  foo"
-
-leftPad("foobar", 6);
-// => "foobar"'
-
-leftPad(1, 2, "0");
-// => "01"
-
-leftPad(17, 5, 0);
-// => "00017"
diff --git a/types/left-pad/tsconfig.json b/types/left-pad/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 383ebedf76..0000000000
--- a/types/left-pad/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "compilerOptions": {
-        "module": "commonjs",
-        "lib": [
-            "es6"
-        ],
-        "noImplicitAny": true,
-        "noImplicitThis": true,
-        "strictNullChecks": true,
-        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
-        "baseUrl": "../",
-        "typeRoots": [
-            "../"
-        ],
-        "types": [],
-        "noEmit": true,
-        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
-    },
-    "files": [
-        "index.d.ts",
-        "left-pad-tests.ts"
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/types/left-pad/tslint.json b/types/left-pad/tslint.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3db14f85ea..0000000000
--- a/types/left-pad/tslint.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }