diff --git a/commitlint/obviouswords.ts b/commitlint/obviouswords.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 6be09defe..000000000
--- a/commitlint/obviouswords.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-export let obviousWords = ["change", "update", "modify"];
diff --git a/commitlint/plugins.ts b/commitlint/plugins.ts
index c9efc021d..c3ebce05a 100644
--- a/commitlint/plugins.ts
+++ b/commitlint/plugins.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { abbr } from "./abbreviations";
-import { obviousWords } from "./obviouswords";
 import { Helpers } from "./helpers";
+const obviousWords = ["change", "update", "modify"];
+
 
 export abstract class Plugins {
     public static bodyProse(rawStr: string) {