diff --git a/i18next-sprintf-postprocessor/i18next-sprintf-postprocessor-tests.ts b/i18next-sprintf-postprocessor/i18next-sprintf-postprocessor-tests.ts
index 36a948d620..b251acba91 100644
--- a/i18next-sprintf-postprocessor/i18next-sprintf-postprocessor-tests.ts
+++ b/i18next-sprintf-postprocessor/i18next-sprintf-postprocessor-tests.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 ///<reference path="./i18next-sprintf-postprocessor.d.ts"/>
 
-import * as i18next from "i18next";
+import i18next from "i18next";
 import * as sprintfA from "i18next-sprintf-postprocessor";
 import sprintfB from "i18next-sprintf-postprocessor/dist/commonjs";
 
diff --git a/i18next/i18next-tests.ts b/i18next/i18next-tests.ts
index 373b7394b4..81c1c214b0 100644
--- a/i18next/i18next-tests.ts
+++ b/i18next/i18next-tests.ts
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 /// <reference path="../jquery/jquery.d.ts" />
 /// <reference path="i18next.d.ts" />
 
-import * as i18n from 'i18next';
+import i18n from 'i18next';
 
 i18n.init({
     debug: true,
diff --git a/i18next/i18next.d.ts b/i18next/i18next.d.ts
index 5e2f8dcd20..02efffbc87 100644
--- a/i18next/i18next.d.ts
+++ b/i18next/i18next.d.ts
@@ -125,5 +125,5 @@ declare namespace I18next {
 declare module 'i18next' {
     var i18n:I18next.I18n;
 
-    export = i18n;
+    export default i18n;
 }