diff --git a/types/pg/pg-tests.ts b/types/pg/pg-tests.ts
index b9b3f80d4e..7f9fb04d69 100644
--- a/types/pg/pg-tests.ts
+++ b/types/pg/pg-tests.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-import * as pg from "pg";
+import { types, Client, QueryArrayConfig, Pool } from "pg";
 
 // https://github.com/brianc/node-pg-types
 // tslint:disable-next-line no-unnecessary-callback-wrapper
-pg.types.setTypeParser(20, val => Number(val));
+types.setTypeParser(20, val => Number(val));
 
-const client = new pg.Client({
+const client = new Client({
   host: 'my.database-server.com',
   port: 5334,
   user: 'database-user',
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ client.query(query)
     console.error(e.stack);
   });
 
-const queryArrMode: pg.QueryArrayConfig = {
+const queryArrMode: QueryArrayConfig = {
   name: 'get-name-array',
   text: 'SELECT $1::text',
   values: ['brianc'],
@@ -103,11 +103,11 @@ client.end()
   .then(() => console.log('client has disconnected'))
   .catch(err => console.error('error during disconnection', err.stack));
 
-const poolOne = new pg.Pool({
+const poolOne = new Pool({
   connectionString: 'postgresql://dbuser:secretpassword@database.server.com:3211/mydb'
 });
 
-const pool = new pg.Pool({
+const pool = new Pool({
   host: 'localhost',
   port: 5432,
   user: 'database-user',