diff --git a/notNeededPackages.json b/notNeededPackages.json
index 182d9133b8..8cb03264b9 100644
--- a/notNeededPackages.json
+++ b/notNeededPackages.json
@@ -425,6 +425,12 @@
             "typingsPackageName": "xmpp-jid",
             "sourceRepoURL": "github.com/node-xmpp/node-xmpp/",
             "asOfVersion": "1.2.0"
+        },
+        {
+            "libraryName": "Zone.js",
+            "typingsPackageName": "zone.js",
+            "sourceRepoURL": "https://github.com/angular/zone.js",
+            "asOfVersion": "0.5.12"
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/types/zone.js/index.d.ts b/types/zone.js/index.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 06b6b5943b..0000000000
--- a/types/zone.js/index.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-// Type definitions for Zone.js
-// Project: https://github.com/angular/zone.js
-// Definitions by: angular team <https://github.com/angular/>
-// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
-
-declare class Zone {
-    constructor(parentZone: Zone, data: any);
-
-    fork(locals?: {[key: string]: any}): Zone;
-    bind(fn: Function, skipEnqueue?: boolean): void;
-    bindOnce(fn: Function): any;
-    run(fn: Function, applyTo?: any, applyWith?: any): void;
-    isRootZone(): boolean;
-
-    static bindPromiseFn<T extends () => Promise<any>>(fn: T): T;
-
-    static longStackTraceZone: {[key: string]: any};
-}
diff --git a/types/zone.js/tsconfig.json b/types/zone.js/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index c61351295e..0000000000
--- a/types/zone.js/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "compilerOptions": {
-        "module": "commonjs",
-        "lib": [
-            "es6",
-            "dom"
-        ],
-        "noImplicitAny": true,
-        "noImplicitThis": true,
-        "strictNullChecks": false,
-        "baseUrl": "../",
-        "typeRoots": [
-            "../"
-        ],
-        "types": [],
-        "noEmit": true,
-        "forceConsistentCasingInFileNames": true
-    },
-    "files": [
-        "index.d.ts",
-        "zone.js-tests.ts"
-    ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/types/zone.js/zone.js-tests.ts b/types/zone.js/zone.js-tests.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 22eb77f867..0000000000
--- a/types/zone.js/zone.js-tests.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,11 +0,0 @@
-
-
-declare var zone: Zone;
-
-zone.fork().fork({
-    beforeTask: function () {
-        console.log('from beforeTask');
-    }
-}).run(function () {
-    console.log('from main');
-});