diff --git a/runtime.d.ts b/runtime.d.ts
index 0d5105eb73794b7ab88a7c30502977d10a836f45..a8e8768addd7c424eb8e82372eb3d955582eb456 100644
--- a/runtime.d.ts
+++ b/runtime.d.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 import Handlebars = require('handlebars')
 
-declare module "handlebars/runtime" {
-   
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+export = Handlebars;
diff --git a/types/index.d.ts b/types/index.d.ts
index 3f2f8b792edbd621d06c399ff4c722234f233742..3b3d8cb0d3c9f264b00104c3ea0ba96a2e63d485 100644
--- a/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/index.d.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@
  */
 // TypeScript Version: 2.3
 
-declare namespace Handlebars {
+declare global {
+namespace Handlebars {
   export interface TemplateDelegate<T = any> {
       (context: T, options?: RuntimeOptions): string;
   }
@@ -243,7 +244,7 @@ interface PrecompileOptions extends CompileOptions {
   destName?: string;
 }
 
-declare namespace hbs {
+namespace hbs {
   // for backward compatibility of this typing
   type SafeString = Handlebars.SafeString;
 
@@ -264,7 +265,7 @@ interface Logger {
 
 type CompilerInfo = [number/* revision */, string /* versions */];
 
-declare namespace hbs {
+namespace hbs {
   namespace AST {
       interface Node {
           type: string;
@@ -412,11 +413,6 @@ declare namespace hbs {
       }
   }
 }
-
-declare module "handlebars" {
-  export = Handlebars;
 }
 
-declare module "handlebars/runtime" {
-  export = Handlebars;
-}
+export = Handlebars;