diff --git a/types/cordova-universal-links-plugin/cordova-universal-links-plugin-tests.ts b/types/cordova-universal-links-plugin/cordova-universal-links-plugin-tests.ts
index e16254312b..1a6981b2e9 100644
--- a/types/cordova-universal-links-plugin/cordova-universal-links-plugin-tests.ts
+++ b/types/cordova-universal-links-plugin/cordova-universal-links-plugin-tests.ts
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 const newsEventname = 'openNewsListPage';
 universalLinks.subscribe(newsEventname, onNewsListPageRequested);
 
-function onNewsListPageRequested(eventData: EventData) {
+function onNewsListPageRequested(eventData: universalLinks.EventData) {
   alert('Did launch application with news link: ' + eventData.url);
 }
 
 universalLinks.unsubscribe('openNewsListPage');
 
-window.universalLinks.subscribe(null, onOtherLinkRequested);
+universalLinks.subscribe(null, onOtherLinkRequested);
 
-function onOtherLinkRequested(eventData: EventData) {
+function onOtherLinkRequested(eventData: universalLinks.EventData) {
   alert('Did launch application with other link: ' + eventData.url);
 }
 
-window.universalLinks.unsubscribe(null);
+universalLinks.unsubscribe(null);
diff --git a/types/cordova-universal-links-plugin/index.d.ts b/types/cordova-universal-links-plugin/index.d.ts
index 6b29c1a37e..98217a1b0a 100644
--- a/types/cordova-universal-links-plugin/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/cordova-universal-links-plugin/index.d.ts
@@ -3,22 +3,16 @@
 // Definitions by: David Broder-Rodgers <https://github.com/broder>
 // Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
 
-interface EventData {
-    url: string;
-    scheme: string;
-    host: string;
-    path: string;
-    params: { [key: string]: string };
-    hash: string;
-}
+declare namespace universalLinks {
+    function subscribe(eventName: string | null, callback: (data: EventData) => void): void;
+    function unsubscribe(eventName: string | null): void;
 
-interface UniversalLinks {
-    subscribe(eventName: string | null, callback: (data: EventData) => void): void;
-    unsubscribe(eventName: string | null): void;
+    interface EventData {
+        url: string;
+        scheme: string;
+        host: string;
+        path: string;
+        params: { [key: string]: string };
+        hash: string;
+    }
 }
-
-interface Window {
-	universalLinks: UniversalLinks;
-}
-
-declare var universalLinks: UniversalLinks;