diff --git a/types/react-global-configuration/index.d.ts b/types/react-global-configuration/index.d.ts
index 30ce772f10..d2a4157720 100644
--- a/types/react-global-configuration/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/react-global-configuration/index.d.ts
@@ -9,11 +9,7 @@ export interface Options {
     assign: boolean;
 }
 
-declare namespace ReactGlobalConfiguration {
-    function set(newConfiguration: any, newOptions?: Options): void;
-    function get(key?: string): any;
-    function get<Value = any>(key: string, fallbackValue: Value): Value;
-    function serialize(): string;
-}
-
-export default ReactGlobalConfiguration;
+export function set(newConfiguration: any, newOptions?: Options): void;
+export function get(key?: string): any;
+export function get<Value = any>(key: string, fallbackValue: Value): Value;
+export function serialize(): string;
diff --git a/types/react-global-configuration/tsconfig.json b/types/react-global-configuration/tsconfig.json
index d55b74d8f8..c75d7c7cce 100644
--- a/types/react-global-configuration/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/react-global-configuration/tsconfig.json
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
         ],
         "types": [],
         "noEmit": true,
-        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
+        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true,
+        "allowSyntheticDefaultImports": true
     },
     "files": [
         "index.d.ts",