diff --git a/remix-tests/src/deployer.ts b/remix-tests/src/deployer.ts
index 3a1eb0318a..d0dfcf9d67 100644
--- a/remix-tests/src/deployer.ts
+++ b/remix-tests/src/deployer.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import async from 'async'
 var remixLib = require('remix-lib')
-import Web3 from 'web3'
+import Web3 = require('web3')
 
 export function deployAll(compileResult: object, web3: Web3, callback) {
     let compiledObject = {}
diff --git a/remix-tests/src/run.ts b/remix-tests/src/run.ts
index 1364ad6855..9ff70d4e15 100644
--- a/remix-tests/src/run.ts
+++ b/remix-tests/src/run.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import commander from 'commander'
-import Web3 from 'web3'
+import Web3 = require('web3')
 import { runTestFiles } from './runTestFiles'
 import fs from './fileSystem'
 import { Provider } from 'remix-simulator'
diff --git a/remix-tests/src/runTestFiles.ts b/remix-tests/src/runTestFiles.ts
index 7fbace3b9b..cffcee9028 100644
--- a/remix-tests/src/runTestFiles.ts
+++ b/remix-tests/src/runTestFiles.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import fs from './fileSystem'
 import { runTest } from './testRunner'
 import { TestResultInterface, ResultsInterface } from './types'
 import colors from 'colors'
-import Web3 from 'web3'
+import Web3 = require('web3')
 
 import { compileFileOrFiles } from './compiler'
 import { deployAll } from './deployer'
diff --git a/remix-tests/src/testRunner.ts b/remix-tests/src/testRunner.ts
index 2b1791d1ce..eb49fe93f7 100644
--- a/remix-tests/src/testRunner.ts
+++ b/remix-tests/src/testRunner.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import async from 'async'
 import * as changeCase from 'change-case'
-import Web3 from 'web3'
+import Web3 = require('web3')
 import { RunListInterface, TestCbInterface, TestResultInterface, ResultCbInterface } from './types'
 
 function getFunctionFullName (signature: string, methodIdentifiers) {
diff --git a/remix-tests/tests/testRunner.ts b/remix-tests/tests/testRunner.ts
index db93804514..0a70eef5d8 100644
--- a/remix-tests/tests/testRunner.ts
+++ b/remix-tests/tests/testRunner.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import 'mocha'
 import * as async from 'async'
-import Web3 from 'web3'
+import Web3 = require('web3')
 import * as assert from 'assert'
 import { Provider } from 'remix-simulator'