diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 1132a69e1a..792d39f950 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -37,9 +37,6 @@ function getBabelOptions(moduleName, moduleType) {
 
 var tscOptions = {
   target: 'ES6',
-  // Don't use the version of typescript that gulp-typescript depends on, we need 1.5
-  // see https://github.com/ivogabe/gulp-typescript#typescript-version
-  typescript: require('typescript'),
   allowNonTsExtensions: true,
   isolatedModules: true,
   //declaration: true, //generate d.ts files
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index e07d9c6106..149f20fc30 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
     "serve-static": "^1.9.2",
     "source-map-support": "^0.2.10",
     "through2": "^0.6.3",
-    "typescript": "tlancina/TypeScript",
+    "typescript": "^1.5.3",
     "vinyl": "^0.4.6",
     "yargs": "^3.6.0"
   }