diff --git a/notNeededPackages.json b/notNeededPackages.json
index dab1b669ad..9725414e8a 100644
--- a/notNeededPackages.json
+++ b/notNeededPackages.json
@@ -5604,6 +5604,12 @@
             "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/donavon/use-dark-mode#readme",
             "asOfVersion": "2.3.1"
         },
+        {
+            "libraryName": "username",
+            "typingsPackageName": "username",
+            "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/sindresorhus/username",
+            "asOfVersion": "5.0.0"
+        },
         {
             "libraryName": "UUID.js",
             "typingsPackageName": "uuidjs",
diff --git a/types/username/index.d.ts b/types/username/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 4d8c34ee10..0000000000
--- a/types/username/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-// Type definitions for username v3.0.0
-// Project: https://www.npmjs.com/package/username
-// Definitions by: Klaus Reimer <https://github.com/kayahr>
-//                 Akos Krivachy <https://github.com/krivachy>
-// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
-
-
-/**
- * Tries to get the username from the LOGNAME, USER, LNAME or USERNAME environment variables.
- * Falls back to `id -un` on OS X / Linux and `whoami` on Windows in the rare case none of the environment
- * variables are set. The result is cached.
- *
- * @return Promise<string> A promise containing the username or empty string if not found.
- */
-declare function username(): Promise<string>;
-
-declare namespace username {
-    /**
-     * Tries to get the username from the LOGNAME, USER, LNAME or USERNAME environment variables. Falls back
-     * to returning an empty string in the reare case none of the environment variables are set.
-     *
-     * @return The username or empty string if not found.
-     */
-    function sync(): string;
-}
-
-export = username;
diff --git a/types/username/tsconfig.json b/types/username/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a67f3c05b6..0000000000
--- a/types/username/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "compilerOptions": {
-        "module": "commonjs",
-        "lib": [
-            "es6"
-        ],
-        "noImplicitAny": true,
-        "noImplicitThis": true,
-        "strictNullChecks": true,
-        "strictFunctionTypes": true,
-        "baseUrl": "../",
-        "typeRoots": [
-            "../"
-        ],
-        "types": [],
-        "noEmit": true,
-        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
-    },
-    "files": [
-        "index.d.ts",
-        "username-tests.ts"
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/types/username/tslint.json b/types/username/tslint.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 71c6c663ac..0000000000
--- a/types/username/tslint.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
-    "rules": {
-        "callable-types": false,
-        "dt-header": false,
-        "no-consecutive-blank-lines": false,
-        "no-redundant-jsdoc": false,
-        "prefer-method-signature": false,
-        "trim-file": false
-    }
-}
diff --git a/types/username/username-tests.ts b/types/username/username-tests.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index a5bbe51aca..0000000000
--- a/types/username/username-tests.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-
-import username = require("username");
-
-username()
-    .then((username) => {
-        username === "string";
-    })
-    .catch((err) => {
-        err === new Error();
-    });
-
-username.sync() === "string";