diff --git a/types/jest-axe/index.d.ts b/types/jest-axe/index.d.ts
index f16f4e7651..60375e3605 100644
--- a/types/jest-axe/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/jest-axe/index.d.ts
@@ -82,4 +82,7 @@ declare global {
             toHaveNoViolations: IToHaveNoViolations;
         }
     }
+
+    // axe-core depends on a global Node
+    interface Node {}
 }
diff --git a/types/jest-axe/tsconfig.json b/types/jest-axe/tsconfig.json
index 1889f0045d..887813c869 100644
--- a/types/jest-axe/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/jest-axe/tsconfig.json
@@ -2,8 +2,7 @@
     "compilerOptions": {
         "module": "commonjs",
         "lib": [
-            "es6",
-            "dom"
+            "es6"
         ],
         "noImplicitAny": true,
         "noImplicitThis": true,
diff --git a/types/jest-axe/tslint.json b/types/jest-axe/tslint.json
index 3db14f85ea..4f44991c3c 100644
--- a/types/jest-axe/tslint.json
+++ b/types/jest-axe/tslint.json
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }
+{
+    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
+    "rules": {
+        "no-empty-interface": false
+    }
+}