diff --git a/types/vinyl-buffer/index.d.ts b/types/vinyl-buffer/index.d.ts
index bdda31817c..949efd20cc 100644
--- a/types/vinyl-buffer/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/vinyl-buffer/index.d.ts
@@ -6,9 +6,7 @@
 /// <reference types="node" />
 
 declare namespace buffer {
-    interface Buffer {
-        (): NodeJS.ReadWriteStream;
-    }
+    type Buffer = () => NodeJS.ReadWriteStream;
 }
 
 declare var buffer: buffer.Buffer;
diff --git a/types/vinyl-buffer/tslint.json b/types/vinyl-buffer/tslint.json
index a4bcc87748..3db14f85ea 100644
--- a/types/vinyl-buffer/tslint.json
+++ b/types/vinyl-buffer/tslint.json
@@ -1,6 +1 @@
-{
-    "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
-    "rules": {
-        "callable-types": false
-    }
-}
+{ "extends": "dtslint/dt.json" }