diff --git a/types/minimatch/index.d.ts b/types/minimatch/index.d.ts
index 5c9bd38a28..d5942d536b 100644
--- a/types/minimatch/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/minimatch/index.d.ts
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ declare namespace M {
      */
     function makeRe(pattern: string, options?: IOptions): RegExp;
 
-    var Minimatch: IMinimatchStatic;
+    let Minimatch: IMinimatchStatic;
 
     interface IOptions {
         /**
diff --git a/types/minimatch/minimatch-tests.ts b/types/minimatch/minimatch-tests.ts
index 5b7a3bdb18..def9a43310 100644
--- a/types/minimatch/minimatch-tests.ts
+++ b/types/minimatch/minimatch-tests.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 import mm = require("minimatch");
-
-var pattern = "**/*.ts";
-var options = {
+let b: boolean;
+let pattern = "**/*.ts";
+let options = {
 	debug: true
 };
-var m = new mm.Minimatch(pattern, options);
-var r = m.makeRe();
+let m = new mm.Minimatch(pattern, options);
+let r = m.makeRe();
 
-var f = ["test.ts"];
+let f = ["test.ts"];
 mm.match(f, pattern, options);
 
 f.filter(mm.filter(pattern, options));
 
-var s: string = "hello";
-var b: boolean = mm(s, pattern, options);
-var b: boolean = mm(s, pattern);
+let s: string = "hello";
+b = mm(s, pattern, options);
+b = mm(s, pattern);
diff --git a/types/minimatch/tslint.json b/types/minimatch/tslint.json
index 79acfd4fbe..d3e917b578 100644
--- a/types/minimatch/tslint.json
+++ b/types/minimatch/tslint.json
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
         "no-duplicate-variable": false,
         "no-inferrable-types": false,
         "no-redundant-jsdoc-2": false,
-        "no-var-keyword": false,
         "prefer-const": false
     }
 }