diff --git a/types/select2/index.d.ts b/types/select2/index.d.ts
index 0d7da1fe0f..3f04a52414 100644
--- a/types/select2/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/select2/index.d.ts
@@ -13,15 +13,14 @@ interface Select2QueryOptions {
     callback?: (result: { results: any; more?: boolean; context?: any; }) => void;
 }
 
-interface AjaxFunction {
-    (settings: JQueryAjaxSettings, success?: (data: any) => null, failure?: () => null): JQueryXHR;
-}
+type AjaxFunction =
+    (settings: JQueryAjaxSettings, success?: (data: any) => null, failure?: () => null) => JQueryXHR;
 
 interface Select2AjaxOptions extends JQueryAjaxSettings {
     transport?: AjaxFunction;
     /**
-    * Url to make request to, Can be string or a function returning a string.
-    */
+     * Url to make request to, can be string or a function returning a string.
+     */
     url?: any;
     dataType?: string;
     delay?: number;
@@ -80,8 +79,8 @@ interface Select2Options {
     escapeMarkup?: (markup: string) => string;
     theme?: string;
     /**
-    * Template can return both plain string that will be HTML escaped and a jquery object that can render HTML
-    */
+     * Template can return both plain string that will be HTML escaped and a jquery object that can render HTML
+     */
     templateSelection?: (object: Select2SelectionObject, container: JQuery) => any;
     templateResult?: (object: Select2SelectionObject) => any;
     language?: string | string[] | {};
diff --git a/types/select2/select2-tests.ts b/types/select2/select2-tests.ts
index 29da3b6f81..0a5458063a 100644
--- a/types/select2/select2-tests.ts
+++ b/types/select2/select2-tests.ts
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ $("#e2_3").select2({
 $("#e3").select2({
     minimumInputLength: 2
 });
-function format(state) {
+function format(state: any) {
     if (!state.id) return state.text;
-    return "<img class='flag' src='images/flags/" + state.id.toLowerCase() + ".png'/>" + state.text;
+    return `<img class="flag" src="images/flags/${state.id.toLowerCase()}.png"/>` + state.text;
 }
 $("#e4").select2({
     formatResult: format,
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ $("#e4").select2({
 });
 $("#e5").select2({
     minimumInputLength: 1,
-    query: function (query) {
-        var data = { results: [] }, i, j, s;
-        for (i = 1; i < 5; i++) {
-            s = "";
-            for (j = 0; j < i; j++) { s = s + query.term; }
+    query(query) {
+        const data = { results: [] as IdTextPair[] };
+        for (let i = 1; i < 5; i++) {
+            let s = "";
+            for (let j = 0; j < i; j++) { s = s + query.term; }
             data.results.push({ id: query.term + i, text: s });
         }
     }
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ $("#e10").select2({
     data: [{ id: 0, text: 'enhancement' }, { id: 1, text: 'bug' }, { id: 2, text: 'duplicate' }, { id: 3, text: 'invalid' }, { id: 4, text: 'wontfix' }]
 });
 
-var data = [{ id: 0, tag: 'enhancement' }, { id: 1, tag: 'bug' }, { id: 2, tag: 'duplicate' }, { id: 3, tag: 'invalid' }, { id: 4, tag: 'wontfix' }];
+const data = [{ id: 0, tag: 'enhancement' }, { id: 1, tag: 'bug' }, { id: 2, tag: 'duplicate' }, { id: 3, tag: 'invalid' }, { id: 4, tag: 'wontfix' }];
 
 $("#e10_2").select2({
     data: { results: data, text: 'tag' },
@@ -46,11 +46,18 @@ $("#e10_2").select2({
 });
 
 $("#e10_3").select2({
-    data: { results: data, text: function (item) { console.log('called with', item); return item.tag; } },
+    data: {
+        results: data,
+        text: (item: {tag: string}) => {
+            console.log('called with', item);
+            return item.tag;
+    }},
     formatSelection: format,
     formatResult: format
 });
-var movieFormatResult, movieFormatSelection;
+
+let movieFormatResult;
+let movieFormatSelection;
 $("#e6").select2({
     placeholder: "Search for a movie",
     minimumInputLength: 1,
@@ -58,14 +65,14 @@ $("#e6").select2({
         url: "http://api.rottentomatoes.com/api/public/v1.0/movies.json",
         dataType: 'jsonp',
         cache: false,
-        data: function (params, page) {
+        data(params, page) {
             return {
                 q: params.term,
                 page_limit: 10,
                 apikey: "ju6z9mjyajq2djue3gbvv26t"
             };
         },
-        results: function (data, page) {
+        results(data, page) {
             return { results: data.movies };
         }
     },
@@ -73,20 +80,22 @@ $("#e6").select2({
     formatSelection: movieFormatSelection,
     dropdownCssClass: "bigdrop"
 });
+
+let t: ArrayLike<string>;
 $("#e6").select2({
     placeholder: "Search for a movie",
     minimumInputLength: 1,
     ajax: {
-        url: () => { return "http://api.rottentomatoes.com/api/public/v1.0/movies.json"; },
+        url: () => "http://api.rottentomatoes.com/api/public/v1.0/movies.json",
         dataType: 'jsonp',
-        data: function (params, page) {
+        data(params, page) {
             return {
                 q: params.term,
                 page_limit: 10,
                 apikey: "ju6z9mjyajq2djue3gbvv26t"
             };
         },
-        results: function (data, page) {
+        results(data, page) {
             return { results: data.movies };
         }
     },
@@ -102,14 +111,14 @@ $("#e6").select2({
         type: 'GET',
         dataType: 'jsonp',
         cache: false,
-        data: function (params, page) {
+        data(params, page) {
             return {
                 q: params.term,
                 page_limit: 10,
                 apikey: "ju6z9mjyajq2djue3gbvv26t"
             };
         },
-        results: function (data, page) {
+        results(data, page) {
             return { results: data.movies };
         }
     },
@@ -124,17 +133,17 @@ $("#e7").select2({
         url: "http://api.rottentomatoes.com/api/public/v1.0/movies.json",
         dataType: 'jsonp',
         delay: 100,
-        data: function (params, page) {
+        data(params, aPage) {
             return {
                 q: params.term,
                 page_limit: 10,
-                page: page,
+                page: aPage,
                 apikey: "ju6z9mjyajq2djue3gbvv26t"
             };
         },
-        results: function (data, page) {
-            var more = (page * 10) < data.total;
-            return { results: data.movies, more: more };
+        results(data, page) {
+            const moreValue = (page * 10) < data.total;
+            return { results: data.movies, more: moreValue };
         }
     },
     formatResult: movieFormatResult,
@@ -142,7 +151,7 @@ $("#e7").select2({
     dropdownCssClass: "bigdrop"
 });
 
-function sort(elements) {
+function sort(elements: any) {
     return elements.sort();
 }
 $("#e20").select2({
@@ -150,66 +159,65 @@ $("#e20").select2({
 });
 
 $("#e8").select2();
-$("#e8_get").click(function () { alert("Selected value is: " + $("#e8").select2("val")); });
-$("#e8_set").click(function () { $("#e8").select2("val", "CA"); });
-$("#e8_cl").click(function () { $("#e8").select2("val", ""); });
-$("#e8_get2").click(function () { alert("Selected data is: " + JSON.stringify($("#e8").select2("data"))); });
-$("#e8_set2").click(function () { $("#e8").select2("data", { id: "CA", text: "California" }); });
-$("#e8_open").click(function () { $("#e8").select2("open"); });
-$("#e8_close").click(function () { $("#e8").select2("close"); });
+$("#e8_get").click(() => alert("Selected value is: " + $("#e8").select2("val")));
+$("#e8_set").click(() => $("#e8").select2("val", "CA"));
+$("#e8_cl").click(() => $("#e8").select2("val", ""));
+$("#e8_get2").click(() => alert("Selected data is: " + JSON.stringify($("#e8").select2("data"))));
+$("#e8_set2").click(() => $("#e8").select2("data", { id: "CA", text: "California" }));
+$("#e8_open").click(() => $("#e8").select2("open"));
+$("#e8_close").click(() => $("#e8").select2("close"));
 $("#e8_2").select2();
-$("#e8_2_get").click(function () { alert("Selected value is: " + $("#e8_2").select2("val")); });
-$("#e8_2_set").click(function () { $("#e8_2").select2("val", ["CA", "MA"]); });
-$("#e8_2_get2").click(function () { alert("Selected value is: " + JSON.stringify($("#e8_2").select2("data"))); });
-$("#e8_2_set2").click(function () { $("#e8_2").select2("data", [{ id: "CA", text: "California" }, { id: "MA", text: "Massachusetts" }]); });
-$("#e8_2_cl").click(function () { $("#e8_2").select2("val", ""); });
-$("#e8_2_open").click(function () { $("#e8_2").select2("open"); });
-$("#e8_2_close").click(function () { $("#e8_2").select2("close"); });
+$("#e8_2_get").click(() => alert("Selected value is: " + $("#e8_2").select2("val")));
+$("#e8_2_set").click(() => $("#e8_2").select2("val", ["CA", "MA"]));
+$("#e8_2_get2").click(() => alert("Selected value is: " + JSON.stringify($("#e8_2").select2("data"))));
+$("#e8_2_set2").click(() => $("#e8_2").select2("data", [{ id: "CA", text: "California" }, { id: "MA", text: "Massachusetts" }]));
+$("#e8_2_cl").click(() => $("#e8_2").select2("val", ""));
+$("#e8_2_open").click(() => $("#e8_2").select2("open"));
+$("#e8_2_close").click(() => $("#e8_2").select2("close"));
 $("#e11").select2({
     placeholder: "Select report type",
     allowClear: true,
     data: [{ id: 0, text: 'story' }, { id: 1, text: 'bug' }, { id: 2, text: 'task' }]
 });
 $("#e11_2").select2({
-    createSearchChoice: function (term, data) { if ($(data).filter(function () { return this.textContent.localeCompare(term) === 0; }).length === 0) { return { id: term, text: term }; } },
     multiple: true,
     data: [{ id: 0, text: 'story' }, { id: 1, text: 'bug' }, { id: 2, text: 'task' }]
 });
-function log(e) {
-    var item = $("<li>" + e + "</li>");
+function log(e: string) {
+    const item = $(`<li>${e}</li>`);
     $("#events_11").append(item);
-    item.animate({ opacity: 1 }, 10000, 'linear', function () { item.animate({ opacity: 0 }, 2000, 'linear', function () { item.remove(); }); });
+    item.animate({ opacity: 1 }, 10000, 'linear', () => item.animate({ opacity: 0 }, 2000, 'linear', () => item.remove()));
 }
 $("#e11")
     // TS 0.9.5: correct overload not resolved https://typescript.codeplex.com/discussions/472172
-    .on("change", function (e: Select2JQueryEventObject) { log(JSON.stringify({ val: e.val, added: e.added, removed: e.removed })); })
-    .on("open", function () { log("open"); });
+    .on("change", (e: Select2JQueryEventObject) => log(JSON.stringify({ val: e.val, added: e.added, removed: e.removed })))
+    .on("open", () => log("open"));
 $("#e11_2")
-    .on("change", function (e: Select2JQueryEventObject) { log(JSON.stringify({ val: e.val, added: e.added, removed: e.removed })); })
-    .on("open", function () { log("open"); });
+    .on("change", (e: Select2JQueryEventObject) => log(JSON.stringify({ val: e.val, added: e.added, removed: e.removed })))
+    .on("open", () => log("open"));
 $("#e12").select2({ tags: ["red", "green", "blue"] });
 $("#e20").select2({
     tags: ["red", "green", "blue"],
     tokenSeparators: [",", " "]
 });
 $("#e13").select2();
-$("#e13_ca").click(function () { $("#e13").val("CA").trigger("change"); });
-$("#e13_ak_co").click(function () { $("#e13").val(["AK", "CO"]).trigger("change"); });
+$("#e13_ca").click(() => $("#e13").val("CA").trigger("change"));
+$("#e13_ak_co").click(() => $("#e13").val(["AK", "CO"]).trigger("change"));
 $("#e14").val(["AL", "AZ"]).select2();
-$("#e14_init").click(function () { $("#e14").select2(); });
-$("#e14_destroy").click(function () { $("#e14").select2("destroy"); });
+$("#e14_init").click(() => $("#e14").select2());
+$("#e14_destroy").click(() => $("#e14").select2("destroy"));
 $("#e15").select2({ tags: ["red", "green", "blue", "orange", "white", "black", "purple", "cyan", "teal"] });
-$("#e15").on("change", function () { $("#e15_val").html($("#e15").val() as string); });
+$("#e15").on("change", () => $("#e15_val").html($("#e15").val() as string));
 
 $("#e16").select2();
 $("#e16_2").select2();
-$("#e16_enable").click(function () { $("#e16,#e16_2").select2("enable"); });
-$("#e16_disable").click(function () { $("#e16,#e16_2").select2("disable"); });
+$("#e16_enable").click(() => $("#e16,#e16_2").select2("enable"));
+$("#e16_disable").click(() => $("#e16,#e16_2").select2("disable"));
 $("#e17").select2({
-    matcher: function (term, text) { return text.toUpperCase().indexOf(term.toUpperCase()) == 0; }
+    matcher: (term, text) => text.toUpperCase().indexOf(term.toUpperCase()) === 0
 });
 $("#e17_2").select2({
-    matcher: function (term, text, opt) {
+    matcher: (term, text, opt) => {
         return text.toUpperCase().indexOf(term.toUpperCase()) >= 0
             || opt.attr("alt").toUpperCase().indexOf(term.toUpperCase()) >= 0;
     }
diff --git a/types/select2/tsconfig.json b/types/select2/tsconfig.json
index 292cf878b4..257d07ea49 100644
--- a/types/select2/tsconfig.json
+++ b/types/select2/tsconfig.json
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
             "es6",
             "dom"
         ],
-        "noImplicitAny": false,
-        "noImplicitThis": false,
+        "noImplicitAny": true,
+        "noImplicitThis": true,
         "strictNullChecks": false,
         "strictFunctionTypes": true,
         "baseUrl": "../",
diff --git a/types/select2/tslint.json b/types/select2/tslint.json
index a41bf5d19a..08b1465cd6 100644
--- a/types/select2/tslint.json
+++ b/types/select2/tslint.json
@@ -1,79 +1,6 @@
 {
     "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
     "rules": {
-        "adjacent-overload-signatures": false,
-        "array-type": false,
-        "arrow-return-shorthand": false,
-        "ban-types": false,
-        "callable-types": false,
-        "comment-format": false,
-        "dt-header": false,
-        "eofline": false,
-        "export-just-namespace": false,
-        "import-spacing": false,
-        "interface-name": false,
-        "interface-over-type-literal": false,
-        "jsdoc-format": false,
-        "max-line-length": false,
-        "member-access": false,
-        "new-parens": false,
-        "no-any-union": false,
-        "no-boolean-literal-compare": false,
-        "no-conditional-assignment": false,
-        "no-consecutive-blank-lines": false,
-        "no-construct": false,
-        "no-declare-current-package": false,
-        "no-duplicate-imports": false,
-        "no-duplicate-variable": false,
-        "no-empty-interface": false,
-        "no-for-in-array": false,
-        "no-inferrable-types": false,
-        "no-internal-module": false,
-        "no-irregular-whitespace": false,
-        "no-mergeable-namespace": false,
-        "no-misused-new": false,
-        "no-namespace": false,
-        "no-object-literal-type-assertion": false,
-        "no-padding": false,
-        "no-redundant-jsdoc": false,
-        "no-redundant-jsdoc-2": false,
-        "no-redundant-undefined": false,
-        "no-reference-import": false,
-        "no-relative-import-in-test": false,
-        "no-self-import": false,
-        "no-single-declare-module": false,
-        "no-string-throw": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-callback-wrapper": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-class": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-generics": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-qualifier": false,
-        "no-unnecessary-type-assertion": false,
-        "no-useless-files": false,
-        "no-var-keyword": false,
-        "no-var-requires": false,
-        "no-void-expression": false,
-        "no-trailing-whitespace": false,
-        "object-literal-key-quotes": false,
-        "object-literal-shorthand": false,
-        "one-line": false,
-        "one-variable-per-declaration": false,
-        "only-arrow-functions": false,
-        "prefer-conditional-expression": false,
-        "prefer-const": false,
-        "prefer-declare-function": false,
-        "prefer-for-of": false,
-        "prefer-method-signature": false,
-        "prefer-template": false,
-        "radix": false,
-        "semicolon": false,
-        "space-before-function-paren": false,
-        "space-within-parens": false,
-        "strict-export-declare-modifiers": false,
-        "trim-file": false,
-        "triple-equals": false,
-        "typedef-whitespace": false,
-        "unified-signatures": false,
-        "void-return": false,
-        "whitespace": false
+        "unified-signatures": false
     }
 }