diff --git a/types/index.d.ts b/types/index.d.ts
index ba118e243..99a80bb6a 100644
--- a/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.d.ts
@@ -1,21 +1,17 @@
 import "./vue";
-import * as R from "./router";
 
-// `VueRouter` in `export = VueRouter` must be a namespace
-// All available types are exported via this namespace
-declare namespace VueRouter {
-  export type RouterMode = R.RouterMode;
-  export type RawLocation = R.RawLocation;
-  export type RedirectOption = R.RedirectOption;
-  export type RouterOptions = R.RouterOptions;
-  export type RouteConfig = R.RouteConfig;
-  export type RouteRecord = R.RouteRecord;
-  export type Location = R.Location;
-  export type Route = R.Route;
-  export type NavigationGuard = R.NavigationGuard;
-}
+import { VueRouter } from "./router";
 
-// TS cannot merge imported class with namespace, declare a subclass to bypass
-declare class VueRouter extends R.VueRouter {}
+export default VueRouter
 
-export = VueRouter;
+export {
+  RouterMode,
+  RawLocation,
+  RedirectOption,
+  RouterOptions,
+  RouteConfig,
+  RouteRecord,
+  Location,
+  Route,
+  NavigationGuard
+} from "./router";
diff --git a/types/router.d.ts b/types/router.d.ts
index 60ad25e2c..15b5a82f4 100644
--- a/types/router.d.ts
+++ b/types/router.d.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import Vue = require("vue");
+import Vue from "vue";
 import { ComponentOptions, PluginFunction } from "vue";
 
 type Component = ComponentOptions<Vue> | typeof Vue;
diff --git a/types/test/index.ts b/types/test/index.ts
index 591181f67..2751de206 100644
--- a/types/test/index.ts
+++ b/types/test/index.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-import Vue = require("vue");
+import Vue from "vue";
 import { ComponentOptions } from "vue";
 
-import VueRouter = require("../index");
+import VueRouter from "../index";
 import { Route, RouteRecord, RedirectOption } from "../index";
 
 Vue.use(VueRouter);
diff --git a/types/vue.d.ts b/types/vue.d.ts
index 37c3c44db..7c1d116d6 100644
--- a/types/vue.d.ts
+++ b/types/vue.d.ts
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
  * Augment the typings of Vue.js
  */
 
-import Vue = require("vue");
-import VueRouter = require("./index");
+import Vue from "vue";
+import VueRouter from "./index";
 import { Route, RawLocation, NavigationGuard } from "./index";
 
 declare module "vue/types/vue" {