diff --git a/types/clone-deep/clone-deep-tests.ts b/types/clone-deep/clone-deep-tests.ts
index 0e99c6fbb2..6911c13de4 100644
--- a/types/clone-deep/clone-deep-tests.ts
+++ b/types/clone-deep/clone-deep-tests.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import cloneDeep from 'clone-deep';
+import cloneDeep = require('clone-deep');
 
 cloneDeep<object>(Object.create(null)); // $ExpectType object
 cloneDeep<object>({}); // $ExpectType object
diff --git a/types/clone-deep/index.d.ts b/types/clone-deep/index.d.ts
index 0ca60e6180..7918daaa40 100644
--- a/types/clone-deep/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/clone-deep/index.d.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 // TypeScript Version: 2.7
 
-export default function cloneDeep<T>(
+declare function cloneDeep<T>(
   val: T,
   instanceClone?: true | ((val: T) => T)
 ): T;
+
+export = cloneDeep;
diff --git a/types/clone-deep/tsconfig.json b/types/clone-deep/tsconfig.json
index d584681520..cb1cebdf1f 100644
--- a/types/clone-deep/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/clone-deep/tsconfig.json
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
     "typeRoots": ["../"],
     "types": [],
     "noEmit": true,
-    "esModuleInterop": true,
     "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
   },
   "files": ["index.d.ts", "clone-deep-tests.ts"]