diff --git a/types/ejs/index.d.ts b/types/ejs/index.d.ts
index 0fade248a9..b7a8c6a191 100644
--- a/types/ejs/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/ejs/index.d.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@
 // Definitions by: Ben Liddicott <https://github.com/benliddicott>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
-export type Data = { [name: string]: any };
+export interface Data {
+    [name: string]: any;
+}
 export type Dependencies = string[];
 export let cache: Cache;
 export let localsName: string;
diff --git a/types/ejs/tslint.json b/types/ejs/tslint.json
index a3126dd180..ffc654f941 100644
--- a/types/ejs/tslint.json
+++ b/types/ejs/tslint.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
     "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
     "rules": {
-        "interface-over-type-literal": false,
         "object-literal-shorthand": false,
         "unified-signatures": false
     }