diff --git a/notNeededPackages.json b/notNeededPackages.json
index a91bf4f1e5..cace28f147 100644
--- a/notNeededPackages.json
+++ b/notNeededPackages.json
@@ -1800,6 +1800,12 @@
             "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/vuejs/vue-router",
             "asOfVersion": "2.0.0"
         },
+        {
+            "libraryName": "wait-for-localhost",
+            "typingsPackageName": "wait-for-localhost",
+            "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/sindresorhus/wait-for-localhost",
+            "asOfVersion": "3.1.0"
+        },
         {
             "libraryName": "webcola",
             "typingsPackageName": "webcola",
diff --git a/types/wait-for-localhost/index.d.ts b/types/wait-for-localhost/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index e0262e563a..0000000000
--- a/types/wait-for-localhost/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-// Type definitions for wait-for-localhost 3.0
-// Project: https://github.com/sindresorhus/wait-for-localhost#readme
-// Definitions by: BendingBender <https://github.com/BendingBender>
-// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
-
-export = waitForLocalhost;
-
-/**
- * Wait for localhost to be ready.
- */
-declare function waitForLocalhost(options?: waitForLocalhost.Options): Promise<void>;
-
-declare namespace waitForLocalhost {
-    interface Options {
-        /**
-         * @default 80
-         */
-        port?: number;
-
-        /**
-         * Use the `GET` HTTP-method instead of `HEAD` to check if the server is running.
-         * @default false
-         */
-        useGet?: boolean;
-    }
-}
diff --git a/types/wait-for-localhost/tsconfig.json b/types/wait-for-localhost/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index fb190a232f..0000000000
--- a/types/wait-for-localhost/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",
-        "wait-for-localhost-tests.ts"
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/types/wait-for-localhost/tslint.json b/types/wait-for-localhost/tslint.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 3db14f85ea..0000000000
--- a/types/wait-for-localhost/tslint.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }
diff --git a/types/wait-for-localhost/wait-for-localhost-tests.ts b/types/wait-for-localhost/wait-for-localhost-tests.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a4f95b9622..0000000000
--- a/types/wait-for-localhost/wait-for-localhost-tests.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-import waitForLocalhost = require('wait-for-localhost');
-
-waitForLocalhost(); // $ExpectType Promise<void>
-waitForLocalhost({ port: 8080 }); // $ExpectType Promise<void>
-waitForLocalhost({ useGet: true }); // $ExpectType Promise<void>