diff --git a/types/aframe/tslint.json b/types/aframe/tslint.json
index db9795d41a..6a970e9769 100644
--- a/types/aframe/tslint.json
+++ b/types/aframe/tslint.json
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 {
     "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
     "rules": {
-        "no-unnecessary-type-assertion": false,
         "npm-naming": [
             true,
             {