diff --git a/types/uritemplate/tslint.json b/types/uritemplate/tslint.json
index f93cf8562a..cf21118d0e 100644
--- a/types/uritemplate/tslint.json
+++ b/types/uritemplate/tslint.json
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
 {
-    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json"
+    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
+    "rules": {
+        "no-unnecessary-class": false
+    }
 }