diff --git a/notNeededPackages.json b/notNeededPackages.json
index f6dc3f972d..220f79c24e 100644
--- a/notNeededPackages.json
+++ b/notNeededPackages.json
@@ -318,6 +318,12 @@
             "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/bjyoungblood/es6-error",
             "asOfVersion": "4.0.2"
         },
+        {
+            "libraryName": "es6-promise",
+            "typingsPackageName": "es6-promise",
+            "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/jakearchibald/ES6-Promise",
+            "asOfVersion": "3.3.0"
+        },
         {
             "libraryName": "eventemitter2",
             "typingsPackageName": "eventemitter2",
diff --git a/types/es6-promise/es6-promise-tests.ts b/types/es6-promise/es6-promise-tests.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index ac9910df46..0000000000
--- a/types/es6-promise/es6-promise-tests.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,193 +0,0 @@
-
-
-
-var promiseString: Promise<string>,
- 	promiseStringArr: Promise<string[]>,
-	arrayOfPromise: Promise<string>[],
-	promiseNumber: Promise<number>,
-	promiseAny: Promise<any>,
-	thenable: Thenable<string>;
-
-// constructor test
-var constructResult = new Promise<string>((resolve, reject) => {
-	resolve('a string');
-});
-promiseString = constructResult;
-
-
-var constructResult1 = new Promise<string>((resolve:(promise: Thenable<string>) => void) => {
-	resolve(Promise.resolve('a string'));
-});
-promiseString = constructResult1;
-
-//resolve test
-var resolveResult = Promise.resolve('a string');
-promiseString = resolveResult;
-
-var resolveResult1 = Promise.resolve(thenable);
-promiseString = resolveResult1;
-
-//reject test
-var rejectResult = Promise.reject('there is an error');
-promiseAny = rejectResult;
-
-//all test
-var allResult = Promise.all(arrayOfPromise);
-promiseStringArr = allResult;
-
-//race test
-var raceResult = Promise.race(arrayOfPromise);
-promiseString = raceResult;
-
-
-//then test
-var thenWithPromiseResult = promiseString.then(word => Promise.resolve(word.length));
-promiseNumber = thenWithPromiseResult;
-
-var thenWithPromiseResultAndPromiseReject = promiseString.then(word => Promise.resolve(word.length), error => Promise.resolve(10));
-promiseNumber = thenWithPromiseResultAndPromiseReject;
-
-var thenWithPromiseResultAndSimpleReject = promiseString.then(word => Promise.resolve(word.length), error => 10);
-promiseNumber = thenWithPromiseResultAndSimpleReject;
-
-var thenWithSimpleResult = promiseString.then(word => word.length);
-promiseNumber = thenWithSimpleResult;
-
-var thenWithSimpleResultAndPromiseReject = promiseString.then(word => word.length, error => Promise.resolve(10));
-promiseNumber = thenWithSimpleResultAndPromiseReject;
-
-var thenWithSimpleResultAndSimpleReject = promiseString.then(word => word.length, error => 10);
-promiseNumber = thenWithSimpleResultAndSimpleReject;
-
-var thenWithUndefinedFullFillAndSimpleReject = promiseString.then(undefined, error => 10);
-promiseNumber = thenWithUndefinedFullFillAndSimpleReject;
-
-var thenWithUndefinedFullFillAndPromiseReject = promiseString.then(undefined, error => Promise.resolve(10));
-promiseNumber = thenWithUndefinedFullFillAndPromiseReject;
-
-var thenWithNoResultAndNoReject = promiseString.then<number>();
-promiseNumber = thenWithNoResultAndNoReject;
-
-var catchAfterThen = promiseString.then().catch<number>();
-promiseNumber = catchAfterThen;
-
-var voidPromise = new Promise<void>(function (resolve) { resolve(); });
-
-//catch test
-var catchWithSimpleResult = promiseString.catch(error => 10);
-promiseNumber = catchWithSimpleResult;
-
-var catchWithPromiseResult = promiseString.catch(error => Promise.resolve(10));
-promiseNumber = catchWithPromiseResult;
-
-promiseString = promiseString.catch<string>(function (): string {
-  throw new Error('Better error msg');
-});
-
-//examples coming from http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/es6/promises/
-
-function get(url: string) {
-    // Return a new promise.
-    return new Promise<string>(function(resolve, reject) {
-        // Do the usual XHR stuff
-        var req = new XMLHttpRequest();
-        req.open('GET', url);
-
-        req.onload = function() {
-            // This is called even on 404 etc
-            // so check the status
-            if (req.status == 200) {
-                // Resolve the promise with the response text
-                resolve(req.response);
-            }
-            else {
-                // Otherwise reject with the status text
-                // which will hopefully be a meaningful error
-                reject(Error(req.statusText));
-            }
-        };
-
-        // Handle network errors
-        req.onerror = function() {
-            reject(Error("Network Error"));
-        };
-
-        // Make the request
-        req.send();
-    });
-}
-
-
-
-function getJSON(url: string) {
-	return get(url).then(JSON.parse);
-}
-
-function addHtmlToPage(html: string) {
-
-}
-
-function addTextToPage(text: string) {
-
-}
-
-interface Story {
-	heading: string;
-	chapterUrls: string[]
-}
-
-getJSON('story.json').then(function(story: Story) {
-  addHtmlToPage(story.heading);
-
-  // Map our array of chapter urls to
-  // an array of chapter json promises.
-  // This makes sure they all download parallel.
-  return story.chapterUrls.map(getJSON)
-    .reduce(function(sequence, chapterPromise) {
-      // Use reduce to chain the promises together,
-      // adding content to the page for each chapter
-      return sequence.then(function() {
-        // Wait for everything in the sequence so far,
-        // then wait for this chapter to arrive.
-        return chapterPromise;
-      }).then(function(chapter) {
-        addHtmlToPage(chapter.html);
-      });
-    }, Promise.resolve());
-}).then(function() {
-  addTextToPage("All done");
-}).catch(function(err) {
-  // catch any error that happened along the way
-  addTextToPage("Argh, broken: " + err.message);
-}).then(function() {
-  (<HTMLElement>document.querySelector('.spinner')).style.display = 'none';
-});
-
-interface T1 {
-    __t1: string;
-}
-
-interface T2 {
-    __t2: string;
-}
-
-interface T3 {
-    __t3: string;
-}
-
-function f1(): Promise<T1> {
-    return Promise.resolve({ __t1: "foo_t1" });
-}
-
-function f2(x: T1): T2 {
-    return { __t2: x.__t1 + ":foo_21" };
-}
-
-var x3 = f1()
-    .then(f2, (e: Error) => {
-    console.log("error 1");
-    throw e;
-})
-    .then((x: T2) => {
-    return { __t3: x.__t2 + "bar" };
-});
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/types/es6-promise/index.d.ts b/types/es6-promise/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 56e0682491..0000000000
--- a/types/es6-promise/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,84 +0,0 @@
-// Type definitions for es6-promise
-// Project: https://github.com/jakearchibald/ES6-Promise
-// Definitions by: François de Campredon <https://github.com/fdecampredon>, vvakame <https://github.com/vvakame>
-// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
-
-interface Thenable<T> {
-    then<U>(onFulfilled?: (value: T) => U | Thenable<U>, onRejected?: (error: any) => U | Thenable<U>): Thenable<U>;
-    then<U>(onFulfilled?: (value: T) => U | Thenable<U>, onRejected?: (error: any) => void): Thenable<U>;
-}
-
-declare class Promise<T> implements Thenable<T> {
-	/**
-	 * If you call resolve in the body of the callback passed to the constructor,
-	 * your promise is fulfilled with result object passed to resolve.
-	 * If you call reject your promise is rejected with the object passed to reject.
-	 * For consistency and debugging (eg stack traces), obj should be an instanceof Error.
-	 * Any errors thrown in the constructor callback will be implicitly passed to reject().
-	 */
-	constructor(callback: (resolve : (value?: T | Thenable<T>) => void, reject: (error?: any) => void) => void);
-
-	/**
-	 * onFulfilled is called when/if "promise" resolves. onRejected is called when/if "promise" rejects.
-	 * Both are optional, if either/both are omitted the next onFulfilled/onRejected in the chain is called.
-	 * Both callbacks have a single parameter , the fulfillment value or rejection reason.
-	 * "then" returns a new promise equivalent to the value you return from onFulfilled/onRejected after being passed through Promise.resolve.
-	 * If an error is thrown in the callback, the returned promise rejects with that error.
-	 *
-	 * @param onFulfilled called when/if "promise" resolves
-	 * @param onRejected called when/if "promise" rejects
-	 */
-    then<U>(onFulfilled?: (value: T) => U | Thenable<U>, onRejected?: (error: any) => U | Thenable<U>): Promise<U>;
-    then<U>(onFulfilled?: (value: T) => U | Thenable<U>, onRejected?: (error: any) => void): Promise<U>;
-
-	/**
-	 * Sugar for promise.then(undefined, onRejected)
-	 *
-	 * @param onRejected called when/if "promise" rejects
-	 */
-	catch<U>(onRejected?: (error: any) => U | Thenable<U>): Promise<U>;
-}
-
-declare namespace Promise {
-	/**
-	 * Make a new promise from the thenable.
-	 * A thenable is promise-like in as far as it has a "then" method.
-	 */
-	function resolve<T>(value?: T | Thenable<T>): Promise<T>;
-
-	/**
-	 * Make a promise that rejects to obj. For consistency and debugging (eg stack traces), obj should be an instanceof Error
-	 */
-	function reject(error: any): Promise<any>;
-	function reject<T>(error: T): Promise<T>;
-
-	/**
-	 * Make a promise that fulfills when every item in the array fulfills, and rejects if (and when) any item rejects.
-	 * the array passed to all can be a mixture of promise-like objects and other objects.
-	 * The fulfillment value is an array (in order) of fulfillment values. The rejection value is the first rejection value.
-	 */
-	function all<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10>(values: [T1 | Thenable<T1>, T2 | Thenable<T2>, T3 | Thenable<T3>, T4 | Thenable <T4>, T5 | Thenable<T5>, T6 | Thenable<T6>, T7 | Thenable<T7>, T8 | Thenable<T8>, T9 | Thenable<T9>, T10 | Thenable<T10>]): Promise<[T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9, T10]>;
-    function all<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9>(values: [T1 | Thenable<T1>, T2 | Thenable<T2>, T3 | Thenable<T3>, T4 | Thenable <T4>, T5 | Thenable<T5>, T6 | Thenable<T6>, T7 | Thenable<T7>, T8 | Thenable<T8>, T9 | Thenable<T9>]): Promise<[T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8, T9]>;
-    function all<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8>(values: [T1 | Thenable<T1>, T2 | Thenable<T2>, T3 | Thenable<T3>, T4 | Thenable <T4>, T5 | Thenable<T5>, T6 | Thenable<T6>, T7 | Thenable<T7>, T8 | Thenable<T8>]): Promise<[T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7, T8]>;
-    function all<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7>(values: [T1 | Thenable<T1>, T2 | Thenable<T2>, T3 | Thenable<T3>, T4 | Thenable <T4>, T5 | Thenable<T5>, T6 | Thenable<T6>, T7 | Thenable<T7>]): Promise<[T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6, T7]>;
-    function all<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6>(values: [T1 | Thenable<T1>, T2 | Thenable<T2>, T3 | Thenable<T3>, T4 | Thenable <T4>, T5 | Thenable<T5>, T6 | Thenable<T6>]): Promise<[T1, T2, T3, T4, T5, T6]>;
-    function all<T1, T2, T3, T4, T5>(values: [T1 | Thenable<T1>, T2 | Thenable<T2>, T3 | Thenable<T3>, T4 | Thenable <T4>, T5 | Thenable<T5>]): Promise<[T1, T2, T3, T4, T5]>;
-    function all<T1, T2, T3, T4>(values: [T1 | Thenable<T1>, T2 | Thenable<T2>, T3 | Thenable<T3>, T4 | Thenable <T4>]): Promise<[T1, T2, T3, T4]>;
-    function all<T1, T2, T3>(values: [T1 | Thenable<T1>, T2 | Thenable<T2>, T3 | Thenable<T3>]): Promise<[T1, T2, T3]>;
-    function all<T1, T2>(values: [T1 | Thenable<T1>, T2 | Thenable<T2>]): Promise<[T1, T2]>;
-    function all<T>(values: (T | Thenable<T>)[]): Promise<T[]>;
-
-	/**
-	 * Make a Promise that fulfills when any item fulfills, and rejects if any item rejects.
-	 */
-	function race<T>(promises: (T | Thenable<T>)[]): Promise<T>;
-}
-
-declare module 'es6-promise' {
-	var foo: typeof Promise; // Temp variable to reference Promise in local context
-	namespace rsvp {
-		export var Promise: typeof foo;
-		export function polyfill(): void;
-	}
-	export = rsvp;
-}
diff --git a/types/es6-promise/tsconfig.json b/types/es6-promise/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b3cc9da2a..0000000000
--- a/types/es6-promise/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,24 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "compilerOptions": {
-        "module": "commonjs",
-        "lib": [
-            "es5",
-            "dom"
-        ],
-        "noImplicitAny": true,
-        "noImplicitThis": true,
-        "strictNullChecks": false,
-        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
-        "baseUrl": "../",
-        "typeRoots": [
-            "../"
-        ],
-        "types": [],
-        "noEmit": true,
-        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
-    },
-    "files": [
-        "index.d.ts",
-        "es6-promise-tests.ts"
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/types/es6-promise/tslint.json b/types/es6-promise/tslint.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a41bf5d19a..0000000000
--- a/types/es6-promise/tslint.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,79 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
-    "rules": {
-        "adjacent-overload-signatures": false,
-        "array-type": false,
-        "arrow-return-shorthand": false,
-        "ban-types": false,
-        "callable-types": false,
-        "comment-format": false,
-        "dt-header": false,
-        "eofline": false,
-        "export-just-namespace": false,
-        "import-spacing": false,
-        "interface-name": false,
-        "interface-over-type-literal": false,
-        "jsdoc-format": false,
-        "max-line-length": false,
-        "member-access": false,
-        "new-parens": false,
-        "no-any-union": false,
-        "no-boolean-literal-compare": false,
-        "no-conditional-assignment": false,
-        "no-consecutive-blank-lines": false,
-        "no-construct": false,
-        "no-declare-current-package": false,
-        "no-duplicate-imports": false,
-        "no-duplicate-variable": false,
-        "no-empty-interface": false,
-        "no-for-in-array": false,
-        "no-inferrable-types": false,
-        "no-internal-module": false,
-        "no-irregular-whitespace": false,
-        "no-mergeable-namespace": false,
-        "no-misused-new": false,
-        "no-namespace": false,
-        "no-object-literal-type-assertion": false,
-        "no-padding": false,
-        "no-redundant-jsdoc": false,
-        "no-redundant-jsdoc-2": false,
-        "no-redundant-undefined": false,
-        "no-reference-import": false,
-        "no-relative-import-in-test": false,
-        "no-self-import": false,
-        "no-single-declare-module": false,
-        "no-string-throw": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-callback-wrapper": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-class": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-generics": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-qualifier": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-type-assertion": false,
-        "no-useless-files": false,
-        "no-var-keyword": false,
-        "no-var-requires": false,
-        "no-void-expression": false,
-        "no-trailing-whitespace": false,
-        "object-literal-key-quotes": false,
-        "object-literal-shorthand": false,
-        "one-line": false,
-        "one-variable-per-declaration": false,
-        "only-arrow-functions": false,
-        "prefer-conditional-expression": false,
-        "prefer-const": false,
-        "prefer-declare-function": false,
-        "prefer-for-of": false,
-        "prefer-method-signature": false,
-        "prefer-template": false,
-        "radix": false,
-        "semicolon": false,
-        "space-before-function-paren": false,
-        "space-within-parens": false,
-        "strict-export-declare-modifiers": false,
-        "trim-file": false,
-        "triple-equals": false,
-        "typedef-whitespace": false,
-        "unified-signatures": false,
-        "void-return": false,
-        "whitespace": false
-    }
-}