diff --git a/types/react-mailchimp-subscribe/index.d.ts b/types/react-mailchimp-subscribe/index.d.ts
index 55b5c487ed..ed0165ed00 100644
--- a/types/react-mailchimp-subscribe/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-mailchimp-subscribe/index.d.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 // Project: https://revolunet.github.io/react-mailchimp-subscribe/
 // Definitions by: Omar Diab <https://github.com/osdiab>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
-// TypeScript Version: 2.8
+// TypeScript Version: 2.9
 
 import { Component, ReactNode } from "react";
 
diff --git a/types/react-mailchimp-subscribe/react-mailchimp-subscribe-tests.tsx b/types/react-mailchimp-subscribe/react-mailchimp-subscribe-tests.tsx
index 0507d7657a..d09ef6cc9a 100644
--- a/types/react-mailchimp-subscribe/react-mailchimp-subscribe-tests.tsx
+++ b/types/react-mailchimp-subscribe/react-mailchimp-subscribe-tests.tsx
@@ -25,9 +25,7 @@ const Example: React.StatelessComponent = () => (
       </>)}
       url="spam.biz/subscribe"
     />
-    { /* once Typescript 2.9 is out, generics in components will be allowed, at that point uncomment these. */ }
-    { /* https://github.com/Microsoft/TypeScript/pull/22415 */ }
-    {/* <MailchimpSubscribe<any>
+    <MailchimpSubscribe<any>
       render={(hooks) => (
         <form
           onSubmit={e => {
@@ -52,6 +50,6 @@ const Example: React.StatelessComponent = () => (
         />
       )}
       url="spam.biz/subscribe"
-    /> */}
+    />
   </>
 );