diff --git a/src/backend/mi2/mi2.ts b/src/backend/mi2/mi2.ts
index d8d2879..116bfaa 100644
--- a/src/backend/mi2/mi2.ts
+++ b/src/backend/mi2/mi2.ts
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import * as fs from "fs"
 import { posix } from "path"
 import * as nativePath from "path"
 const path = posix;
-const Client = require("ssh2").Client;
+import { Client } from "ssh2";
 
 export function escape(str: string) {
 	return str.replace(/\\/g, "\\\\").replace(/"/g, "\\\"");
diff --git a/test/index.ts b/test/index.ts
index 93023b9..23a298b 100644
--- a/test/index.ts
+++ b/test/index.ts
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 // to report the results back to the caller. When the tests are finished, return
 // a possible error to the callback or null if none.
 
-const testRunner = require('vscode/lib/testrunner');
+import * as testRunner from "vscode/lib/testrunner";
 
 // You can directly control Mocha options by uncommenting the following lines
 // See https://github.com/mochajs/mocha/wiki/Using-mocha-programmatically#set-options for more info
diff --git a/tslint.json b/tslint.json
index 92c3442..cfab942 100644
--- a/tslint.json
+++ b/tslint.json
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@
 		"no-shadowed-variable": false,
 		"no-trailing-whitespace": false,
 		"no-unnecessary-initializer": false,
-		"no-var-requires": false,
 		"object-literal-shorthand": false,
 		"object-literal-sort-keys": false,
 		"one-line": false,