diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 42714614..cd350bb8 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@ npm-debug.log
 .env
 build/
 .DS_Store
-fixtures/typings-test/*.js
 package-lock.json
 
 # Keep bundled code out of Git
diff --git a/fixtures/typings-test/tsconfig.json b/fixtures/typings-test/tsconfig.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 9cd56129..00000000
--- a/fixtures/typings-test/tsconfig.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,14 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "files": [
-      "typings-test.ts"
-  ],
-  "compilerOptions": {
-    "module": "commonjs",
-    "target": "es5",
-    "lib": [
-      "dom",
-      "es6"
-    ],
-    "noEmit": true
-  }
-}
diff --git a/fixtures/typings-test/typings-test.ts b/fixtures/typings-test/typings-test.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 04f54920..00000000
--- a/fixtures/typings-test/typings-test.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,249 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * @license MIT
- */
-
-/// <reference path="../../typings/xterm.d.ts" />
-
-import { Terminal, IDisposable } from 'xterm';
-
-namespace constructor {
-  {
-    new Terminal();
-    new Terminal({});
-    new Terminal({
-      cols: 1,
-      rows: 1
-    });
-    new Terminal({
-      'cols': 1,
-      'cursorBlink': true,
-      'cursorStyle': 'block',
-      'disableStdin': false,
-      'rows': 1,
-      'scrollback': 10,
-      'tabStopWidth': 2
-    });
-  }
-}
-
-namespace properties {
-  {
-    const t: Terminal = new Terminal();
-    const element: HTMLElement = t.element;
-    const textarea: HTMLTextAreaElement = t.textarea;
-  }
-}
-
-namespace static_methods {
-  {
-    Terminal.applyAddon({});
-    Terminal.applyAddon({});
-    Terminal.applyAddon({});
-    Terminal.applyAddon({});
-    Terminal.applyAddon({});
-    Terminal.applyAddon({});
-  }
-}
-
-namespace methods_core {
-  {
-    const t: Terminal = new Terminal();
-    t.blur();
-    t.focus();
-    t.clear();
-    t.refresh(0, 1);
-    t.reset();
-    t.resize(1, 1);
-    t.write('foo');
-    t.writeln('foo');
-  }
-  {
-    const t: Terminal = new Terminal();
-    // no arg
-    t.on('blur', () => {});
-    t.on('focus', () => {});
-    t.on('linefeed', () => {});
-    t.on('selection', () => {});
-    // args
-    t.on('data', () => {});
-    t.on('data', (data: string) => console.log(data));
-    t.on('key', () => {});
-    t.on('key', (key: string) => console.log(key, event));
-    t.on('key', (key: string, event: KeyboardEvent) => console.log(key, event));
-    t.on('keydown', () => {});
-    t.on('keydown', (event: KeyboardEvent) => console.log(event));
-    t.on('keypress', () => {});
-    t.on('keypress', (event: KeyboardEvent) => console.log(event));
-    t.on('refresh', () => {});
-    t.on('refresh', (data: {start: number, end: number}) => console.log(data));
-    t.on('resize', () => {});
-    t.on('resize', (data: {cols: number, rows: number}) => console.log(data));
-    t.on('scroll', () => {});
-    t.on('scroll', (ydisp: number) => console.log(ydisp));
-    t.on('title', () => {});
-    t.on('title', (title: string) => console.log(title));
-  }
-  {
-    const t: Terminal = new Terminal();
-    // no arg
-    t.off('blur', () => {});
-    t.off('focus', () => {});
-    t.off('linefeed', () => {});
-    t.off('selection', () => {});
-    // args
-    t.off('data', () => {});
-    t.off('data', (data: string) => console.log(data));
-    t.off('key', () => {});
-    t.off('key', (key: string) => console.log(key, event));
-    t.off('key', (key: string, event: KeyboardEvent) => console.log(key, event));
-    t.off('keydown', () => {});
-    t.off('keydown', (event: KeyboardEvent) => console.log(event));
-    t.off('keypress', () => {});
-    t.off('keypress', (event: KeyboardEvent) => console.log(event));
-    t.off('refresh', () => {});
-    t.off('refresh', (data: {element: HTMLElement, start: number, end: number}) => console.log(data));
-    t.off('resize', () => {});
-    t.off('resize', (data: {terminal: Terminal, cols: number, rows: number}) => console.log(data));
-    t.off('scroll', () => {});
-    t.off('scroll', (ydisp: number) => console.log(ydisp));
-    t.off('title', () => {});
-    t.off('title', (title: string) => console.log(title));
-  }
-  {
-    const t: Terminal = new Terminal();
-    const e: HTMLElement = null;
-    t.open(e);
-  }
-  {
-    const t: Terminal = new Terminal();
-    t.attachCustomKeyEventHandler((e: KeyboardEvent) => true);
-    t.attachCustomKeyEventHandler((e: KeyboardEvent) => false);
-    const d1: IDisposable = t.addCsiHandler('x',
-       (params: number[], collect: string): boolean => params[0] === 1);
-    d1.dispose();
-    const d2: IDisposable = t.addOscHandler(199,
-       (data: string): boolean => true);
-    d2.dispose();
-  }
-  namespace options {
-    {
-      const t: Terminal = new Terminal();
-      const r01: string = t.getOption('cursorStyle');
-      const r02: string = t.getOption('termName');
-      const r03: boolean = t.getOption('cancelEvents');
-      const r04: boolean = t.getOption('convertEol');
-      const r05: boolean = t.getOption('cursorBlink');
-      const r06: boolean = t.getOption('debug');
-      const r07: boolean = t.getOption('disableStdin');
-      const r08: boolean = t.getOption('popOnBell');
-      const r09: boolean = t.getOption('screenKeys');
-      const r10: boolean = t.getOption('useFlowControl');
-      const r11: boolean = t.getOption('visualBell');
-      const r12: string[] = t.getOption('colors');
-      const r13: number = t.getOption('cols');
-      const r14: number = t.getOption('rows');
-      const r15: number = t.getOption('tabStopWidth');
-      const r16: number = t.getOption('scrollback');
-      const r18: (data: string) => void = t.getOption('handler');
-      const r19: string = t.getOption('bellSound');
-      const r20: string = t.getOption('bellStyle');
-      const r22: number = t.getOption('letterSpacing');
-      const r23: boolean = t.getOption('macOptionIsMeta');
-      const r24: string = t.getOption('fontWeight');
-      const r25: string = t.getOption('fontWeightBold');
-      const r26: boolean = t.getOption('allowTransparency');
-      const r27: boolean = t.getOption('rightClickSelectsWord');
-      const r28: boolean = t.getOption('windowsMode');
-    }
-    {
-      const t: Terminal = new Terminal();
-      t.setOption('cursorStyle', 'bar');
-      t.setOption('cursorStyle', 'block');
-      t.setOption('cursorStyle', 'underline');
-      t.setOption('termName', 'foo');
-      t.setOption('cancelEvents', true);
-      t.setOption('convertEol', true);
-      t.setOption('cursorBlink', true);
-      t.setOption('debug', true);
-      t.setOption('disableStdin', true);
-      t.setOption('fontWeight', 'normal');
-      t.setOption('fontWeight', 'bold');
-      t.setOption('fontWeightBold', 'normal');
-      t.setOption('fontWeightBold', 'bold');
-      t.setOption('popOnBell', true);
-      t.setOption('screenKeys', true);
-      t.setOption('useFlowControl', true);
-      t.setOption('allowTransparency', true);
-      t.setOption('visualBell', true);
-      t.setOption('windowsMode', true);
-      t.setOption('colors', ['a', 'b']);
-      t.setOption('letterSpacing', 1);
-      t.setOption('cols', 1);
-      t.setOption('rows', 1);
-      t.setOption('tabStopWidth', 1);
-      t.setOption('scrollback', 1);
-      t.setOption('handler', (data: string) => console.log(data));
-      t.setOption('bellSound', 'foo');
-      t.setOption('bellStyle', 'none');
-      // t.setOption('bellStyle', 'visual');
-      t.setOption('bellStyle', 'sound');
-      // t.setOption('bellStyle', 'both');
-      t.setOption('fontSize', 1);
-      t.setOption('lineHeight', 1);
-      t.setOption('fontFamily', 'foo');
-      t.setOption('theme', {background: '#ff0000'});
-      t.setOption('macOptionIsMeta', true);
-      t.setOption('rightClickSelectsWord', false);
-    }
-  }
-  namespace scrolling {
-    {
-      const t: Terminal = new Terminal();
-      t.scrollLines(-1);
-      t.scrollLines(1);
-      t.scrollLines(-1);
-      t.scrollLines(1);
-      t.scrollToTop();
-      t.scrollToBottom();
-    }
-  }
-  namespace selection {
-    {
-      const t: Terminal = new Terminal();
-      const r1: boolean = t.hasSelection();
-      const r2: string = t.getSelection();
-      t.clearSelection();
-      t.selectAll();
-    }
-  }
-}
-
-namespace methods_experimental {
-  {
-    const t: Terminal = new Terminal();
-    t.registerLinkMatcher(/foo/, () => {});
-    t.registerLinkMatcher(new RegExp('foo'), () => {});
-    t.registerLinkMatcher(/foo/, () => {}, {});
-    t.registerLinkMatcher(/foo/, (event: MouseEvent, uri: string) => {
-      console.log(event, uri);
-      return void 0;
-    }, {});
-    t.registerLinkMatcher(/foo/, () => true, {});
-    t.registerLinkMatcher(/foo/, () => false, {});
-    t.registerLinkMatcher(/foo/, () => true, {
-      matchIndex: 1
-    });
-    t.registerLinkMatcher(/foo/, () => true, {
-      matchIndex: 1,
-      priority: 1,
-      validationCallback: (uri: string, callback: (isValid: boolean) => void) => {
-        console.log(uri, callback);
-      },
-      tooltipCallback: (e: MouseEvent, uri: string) => {
-        console.log(e, uri);
-      },
-      leaveCallback: () => {}
-    });
-    t.deregisterLinkMatcher(1);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/Terminal.integration.ts b/src/Terminal.integration.ts
index 59674586..d03a4237 100644
--- a/src/Terminal.integration.ts
+++ b/src/Terminal.integration.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@
  * This file contains integration tests for xterm.js.
  */
 
-import * as cp from 'child_process';
 import * as glob from 'glob';
 import * as fs from 'fs';
 import * as os from 'os';
 import * as path from 'path';
 import * as pty from 'node-pty';
-import { assert } from 'chai';
 import { Terminal } from './Terminal';
 import { IViewport } from './Types';
 import { CellData, WHITESPACE_CELL_CHAR } from 'core/buffer/BufferLine';
@@ -154,16 +152,3 @@ if (os.platform() !== 'win32') {
     }
   });
 }
-
-describe('typings', () => {
-  it('should throw no compile errors', function (): void {
-    this.timeout(20000);
-    let tsc = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'node_modules', '.bin', 'tsc');
-    if (process.platform === 'win32') {
-      tsc += '.cmd';
-    }
-    const fixtureDir = path.join(__dirname, '..', 'fixtures', 'typings-test');
-    const result = cp.spawnSync(tsc, { cwd: fixtureDir });
-    assert.equal(result.status, 0, `build did not succeed:\nstdout: ${result.stdout.toString()}\nstderr: ${result.stderr.toString()}\n`);
-  });
-});