diff --git a/types/request/index.d.ts b/types/request/index.d.ts
index 6162f92fd8..20ad40e64e 100644
--- a/types/request/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/request/index.d.ts
@@ -174,9 +174,7 @@ declare namespace request {
     export type OptionsWithUrl = UrlOptions & CoreOptions;
     export type Options = OptionsWithUri | OptionsWithUrl;
 
-    export interface RequestCallback {
-        (error: any, response: RequestResponse, body: any): void;
-    }
+    export type RequestCallback = (error: any, response: RequestResponse, body: any) => void;
 
     export type ResponseRequest = CoreOptions & {
       uri: Url;
diff --git a/types/request/tslint.json b/types/request/tslint.json
index b3f1287bb8..91824c6ac1 100644
--- a/types/request/tslint.json
+++ b/types/request/tslint.json
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
     "extends": "dtslint/dt.json",
     "rules": {
         "ban-types": false,
-        "callable-types": false,
         "no-duplicate-variable": false,
         "no-inferrable-types": false,
         "no-misused-new": false,