diff --git a/types/three/test/references.d.ts b/types/three/test/references.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 0e13b1e2ac..0000000000
--- a/types/three/test/references.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-// References used by tests
-// Includes using THREE as a global namespace rather than as a module
-
-/// <reference types="dat-gui" />
-/// <reference types="stats.js" />
-/// <reference types="tween.js" />
-
-/// <reference path="../index.d.ts" />
-/// <reference path="../detector.d.ts" />
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/types/three/test/references.ts b/types/three/test/references.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c5d3c66909
--- /dev/null
+++ b/types/three/test/references.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+// References used by tests
+
+/// <reference types="dat-gui" />
+/// <reference types="stats.js" />
+/// <reference types="tween.js" />
diff --git a/types/three/tsconfig.json b/types/three/tsconfig.json
index 4570abc6d4..b2038f113c 100644
--- a/types/three/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/three/tsconfig.json
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@
         "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
     },
     "files": [
-        "test/references.d.ts",
+        "index.d.ts",
+        "detector.d.ts",
+        "test/references.ts",
         "test/math/test_unit_math.ts",
         "test/webgl/webgl_animation_cloth.ts",
         "test/webgl/webgl_animation_skinning_morph.ts",