diff --git a/types/ejs/ejs-tests.ts b/types/ejs/ejs-tests.ts
index b5b46f03b5..f7ad42ab73 100644
--- a/types/ejs/ejs-tests.ts
+++ b/types/ejs/ejs-tests.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 import ejs = require("ejs");
-var people = ['geddy', 'neil', 'alex'];
-var    html = ejs.render('<%= people.join(", "); %>', { people: people });
+const people = ['geddy', 'neil', 'alex'];
+const html = ejs.render('<%= people.join(", "); %>', { people: people });
diff --git a/types/ejs/tslint.json b/types/ejs/tslint.json
index 001a94fd06..f697c232f4 100644
--- a/types/ejs/tslint.json
+++ b/types/ejs/tslint.json
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
         "interface-over-type-literal": false,
         "no-var-keyword": false,
         "object-literal-shorthand": false,
-        "prefer-const": false,
         "unified-signatures": false
     }
 }