diff --git a/types/urijs/index.d.ts b/types/urijs/index.d.ts
index ea56ef9610..64d048a6a7 100644
--- a/types/urijs/index.d.ts
+++ b/types/urijs/index.d.ts
@@ -89,8 +89,10 @@ declare namespace uri {
         relativeTo(path: string): URI;
         removeQuery(qry: string): URI;
         removeQuery(qry: Object): URI;
+        removeQuery(name: string, value: string): URI;
         removeSearch(qry: string): URI;
         removeSearch(qry: Object): URI;
+        removeSearch(name: string, value: string): URI;
         resource(): string;
         resource(resource: string): URI;
 
diff --git a/types/urijs/urijs-tests.ts b/types/urijs/urijs-tests.ts
index 12c853d8b4..f520f0eaca 100644
--- a/types/urijs/urijs-tests.ts
+++ b/types/urijs/urijs-tests.ts
@@ -95,3 +95,19 @@ uri.hasQuery(/^li/, "two") === true;
 uri.hasQuery("string", (value : string, name : string, data : string) => {
     return true;
 }) === true;
+
+/*
+Tests for removeSearch()
+From: https://medialize.github.io/URI.js/docs.html#search-remove
+*/
+var uri = new URI("?hello=world&hello=mars&foo=bar");
+uri.removeSearch("hello");
+uri.search(true) === "?foo=bar";
+
+uri.search("?hello=world&hello=mars&foo=bar");
+uri.removeSearch("hello", "world");
+uri.search(true) === "?hello=mars&foo=bar"
+
+uri.search("?hello=world&hello=mars&foo=bar&mine=true");
+uri.removeSearch(["hello", "foo"]);
+uri.search(true) === "?mine=true"