diff --git a/google.analytics/google.analytics-tests.ts b/google.analytics/google.analytics-tests.ts
index 6b7962899b..32df930cc9 100644
--- a/google.analytics/google.analytics-tests.ts
+++ b/google.analytics/google.analytics-tests.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-
-/// <reference types="jasmine" />
+declare function describe(desc: string, fn: () => void): void;
+declare function it(desc: string, fn: () => void): void;
 
 describe("tester Google Analytics Tracker _gat object", () => {
     it("can set ga script element", () => {
diff --git a/jasmine-fixture/index.d.ts b/jasmine-fixture/index.d.ts
index 8ea5956f1e..9a8c7b98b2 100644
--- a/jasmine-fixture/index.d.ts
+++ b/jasmine-fixture/index.d.ts
@@ -2,10 +2,14 @@
 // Project: https://github.com/searls/jasmine-fixture
 // Definitions by: Craig Brett <https://github.com/craigbrett17/>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.1
 
-/** Affixes the given jquery selectors into the body and will be removed after each spec
-* @param {string} selector The JQuery selector to be added to the dom
-*/
+/// <reference types="jasmine" />
+
+/**
+ * Affixes the given jquery selectors into the body and will be removed after each spec
+ * @param {string} selector The JQuery selector to be added to the dom
+ */
 declare function affix(selector: string): JQuery;
 
 interface JQuery {
diff --git a/jasmine-fixture/jasmine-fixture-tests.ts b/jasmine-fixture/jasmine-fixture-tests.ts
index b0ec42d512..74eb750590 100644
--- a/jasmine-fixture/jasmine-fixture-tests.ts
+++ b/jasmine-fixture/jasmine-fixture-tests.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
-/// <reference types="jasmine" />
 /// <reference types="jquery" />
 /// <reference types="jasmine-jquery" />
 
-
 describe("Jasmine fixture extension", () => {
     describe("Affixes dom elements to body", () => {
         it("Inserts a new element on affix", () => {
diff --git a/js-quantities/js-quantities-tests.ts b/js-quantities/js-quantities-tests.ts
index 95819381b5..ed69816dc3 100644
--- a/js-quantities/js-quantities-tests.ts
+++ b/js-quantities/js-quantities-tests.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
-/// <reference types="jasmine" />
 import Qty from "js-quantities";
 
+declare function describe(desc: string, fn: () => void): void;
+declare function it(desc: string, fn: () => void): void;
+interface Expect<T> {
+  not: this;
+  toBe(y: T): void;
+  toEqual(y: T): void;
+  toBeTruthy(): void;
+  toBeNull(): void;
+  toBeCloseTo(this: Expect<number>, x: number, sigFigs: number): void;
+  toThrow(this: Expect<() => void>, msg?: string): void;
+  toContain<U>(this: Expect<U[]>, x: U): void;
+};
+declare function expect<T>(x: T): Expect<T>;
+declare function beforeEach(f: () => void): void;
+declare function afterEach(f: () => void): void;
+
 // From project readme
 
 let qty: Qty;
diff --git a/react-ga/react-ga-tests.tsx b/react-ga/react-ga-tests.tsx
index 10770f04f5..0db1be21c2 100644
--- a/react-ga/react-ga-tests.tsx
+++ b/react-ga/react-ga-tests.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-/// <reference types="jasmine" />
-
 import * as ga from "react-ga";
 
+declare function describe(desc: string, f: () => void): void;
+declare function it(desc: string, f: () => void): void;
+
 describe("Testing react-ga initialize object", () => {
     it("Able to initialize react-ga object", () => {
         ga.initialize("UA-65432-1");
diff --git a/react-highlighter/index.d.ts b/react-highlighter/index.d.ts
index 74468c9b7c..6e34a4dbe3 100644
--- a/react-highlighter/index.d.ts
+++ b/react-highlighter/index.d.ts
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 // Project: https://github.com/helior/react-highlighter
 // Definitions by: Pedro Pereira <https://github.com/oizie>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.1
+
+/// <reference types="react" />
 
 declare var Highlight: any;
 export = Highlight;
diff --git a/redux-ui/index.d.ts b/redux-ui/index.d.ts
index 3b1f8f4a58..1c3468233d 100644
--- a/redux-ui/index.d.ts
+++ b/redux-ui/index.d.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,9 @@
 // Project: https://github.com/tonyhb/redux-ui
 // Definitions by: Andy Shu Xin <https://github.com/andyshuxin>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
+// TypeScript Version: 2.1
 
+/// <reference types="react" />
 import * as Redux from 'redux';
 
 export interface uiParams<UIStateShape> {
diff --git a/reflux/reflux-tests.ts b/reflux/reflux-tests.ts
index 7a392282fa..150e40db03 100644
--- a/reflux/reflux-tests.ts
+++ b/reflux/reflux-tests.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import Reflux = require("reflux");
-import React = require("react");
 
 var syncActions = Reflux.createActions([
     "statusUpdate",
diff --git a/supertest-as-promised/supertest-as-promised-tests.ts b/supertest-as-promised/supertest-as-promised-tests.ts
index c20f9a92b6..35cbc68388 100644
--- a/supertest-as-promised/supertest-as-promised-tests.ts
+++ b/supertest-as-promised/supertest-as-promised-tests.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-
-/// <reference types="jasmine" />
-
 import * as request from 'supertest-as-promised';
 import * as express from 'express';
 
+declare function describe(desc: string, f: () => void): void;
+declare function it(desc: string, f: () => void): void;
+
 var app = express();
 
 // chain your requests like you were promised:
diff --git a/tcomb/tcomb-tests.ts b/tcomb/tcomb-tests.ts
index 02982faae7..7aa7d9a786 100644
--- a/tcomb/tcomb-tests.ts
+++ b/tcomb/tcomb-tests.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-// ReSharper disable InconsistentNaming
-// ReSharper disable WrongExpressionStatement
-
 /// <reference types="node"/>
-/// <reference types="jasmine" />
+
+declare function describe(desc: string, f: () => void): void;
+declare function it(desc: string, f: () => void): void;
 
 // tests adapted from/for tcomb's test folder