diff --git a/packages/embark-api/src/index.ts b/packages/embark-api/src/index.ts
index 6d0da2faf..3603c6c41 100644
--- a/packages/embark-api/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/embark-api/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Embark} from "embark";
+import {Embark} /* supplied by @types/embark in packages/embark-typings */ from "embark";
 import {checkIsAvailable, dockerHostSwap, findNextPort} from "embark-utils";
 import {__} from "i18n";
 
diff --git a/packages/embark-api/src/server.ts b/packages/embark-api/src/server.ts
index ed57cec39..3ca682879 100644
--- a/packages/embark-api/src/server.ts
+++ b/packages/embark-api/src/server.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import bodyParser from "body-parser";
 import "colors";
 import cors from "cors";
-import {Embark, Plugins} from "embark";
+import {Embark, Plugins} /* supplied by @types/embark in packages/embark-typings */ from "embark";
 import express, {NextFunction, Request, Response} from "express";
 import expressWs from "express-ws";
 import findUp from "find-up";
diff --git a/packages/embark-compiler/src/index.ts b/packages/embark-compiler/src/index.ts
index c2f198374..bf25b9fdb 100644
--- a/packages/embark-compiler/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/embark-compiler/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import {Callback, CompilerPluginObject, Embark, Plugins} from "embark";
+import {Callback, CompilerPluginObject, Embark, Plugins} /* supplied by @types/embark in packages/embark-typings */ from "embark";
 import {__} from "i18n";
 
 const async = require("embark-async-wrapper");
diff --git a/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/commandOptions.ts b/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/commandOptions.ts
index 299592d41..35730dd9a 100644
--- a/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/commandOptions.ts
+++ b/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/commandOptions.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import Ajv from "ajv";
-import { Logger } from "embark";
+import { Logger } /* supplied by @types/embark in packages/embark-typings */ from "embark";
 import {__} from "i18n";
 
 export enum Framework {
diff --git a/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/contractLanguage/solidityBuilder/index.ts b/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/contractLanguage/solidityBuilder/index.ts
index caa08cb0c..9b159a966 100644
--- a/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/contractLanguage/solidityBuilder/index.ts
+++ b/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/contractLanguage/solidityBuilder/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Embark } from "embark";
+import { Embark } /* supplied by @types/embark in packages/embark-typings */ from "embark";
 import Handlebars from "handlebars";
 import {__} from "i18n";
 import * as path from "path";
diff --git a/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/framework/reactBuilder/index.ts b/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/framework/reactBuilder/index.ts
index b26aa351c..6f3c76142 100644
--- a/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/framework/reactBuilder/index.ts
+++ b/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/framework/reactBuilder/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Contract, Embark } from "embark";
+import { Contract, Embark } /* supplied by @types/embark in packages/embark-typings */ from "embark";
 import Handlebars from "handlebars";
 import {__} from "i18n";
 import * as path from "path";
diff --git a/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/index.ts b/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/index.ts
index 9bcda7531..ae97c6835 100644
--- a/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/index.ts
+++ b/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Contract, Embark } from "embark";
+import { Contract, Embark } /* supplied by @types/embark in packages/embark-typings */ from "embark";
 import { CommandOptions, ContractLanguage, Framework } from "./commandOptions";
 import { SolidityBuilder } from "./contractLanguage/solidityBuilder";
 import { ReactBuilder } from "./framework/reactBuilder";
diff --git a/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/smartContractsRecipe.ts b/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/smartContractsRecipe.ts
index 29e5a1376..c2ba70f2f 100644
--- a/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/smartContractsRecipe.ts
+++ b/packages/embark-scaffolding/src/smartContractsRecipe.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import Ajv from "ajv";
-import { Logger } from "embark";
+import { Logger } /* supplied by @types/embark in packages/embark-typings */ from "embark";
 import {__} from "i18n";
 import { schema } from "./schema";
 const fs = require("fs");
diff --git a/packages/embark-utils/src/longRunningProcessTimer.ts b/packages/embark-utils/src/longRunningProcessTimer.ts
index 10bc14f65..8cf2847a8 100644
--- a/packages/embark-utils/src/longRunningProcessTimer.ts
+++ b/packages/embark-utils/src/longRunningProcessTimer.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { red } from "colors";
-import { Logger } from "embark";
+import { Logger } /* supplied by @types/embark in packages/embark-typings */ from "embark";
 import { performance, PerformanceObserver } from "perf_hooks";
 import prettyMs from "pretty-ms";
 import { last, recursiveMerge } from "./collections";
diff --git a/packages/embark-utils/src/transactionUtils.ts b/packages/embark-utils/src/transactionUtils.ts
index 980b28875..5d1a7938c 100644
--- a/packages/embark-utils/src/transactionUtils.ts
+++ b/packages/embark-utils/src/transactionUtils.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { Contract } from "embark";
+import { Contract } /* supplied by @types/embark in packages/embark-typings */ from "embark";
 import { ABIDefinition } from "web3/eth/abi";
 import { decodeParams, sha3 } from "./web3Utils";
 
diff --git a/packages/embark/src/lib/core/i18n/i18n.ts b/packages/embark/src/lib/core/i18n/i18n.ts
index 78231857d..e8d040060 100644
--- a/packages/embark/src/lib/core/i18n/i18n.ts
+++ b/packages/embark/src/lib/core/i18n/i18n.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import * as i18n from "i18n";
 import * as osLocale from "os-locale";
 import * as path from "path";
 
-import { Maybe } from "embark";
+import { Maybe } /* supplied by @types/embark in packages/embark-typings */ from "embark";
 
 enum LocalType {
   Specified = "specified",
diff --git a/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/codeRunner/index.ts b/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/codeRunner/index.ts
index 87069fd6e..a47fbd19a 100644
--- a/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/codeRunner/index.ts
+++ b/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/codeRunner/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import VM from "./vm";
 const fs = require("./fs");
-import { Callback, Embark, Events, Logger } from "embark";
+import { Callback, Embark, Events, Logger } /* supplied by @types/embark in packages/embark-typings */ from "embark";
 import Web3 from "web3";
 const EmbarkJS = require("embarkjs");
 
diff --git a/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/codeRunner/vm.ts b/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/codeRunner/vm.ts
index d01070d7d..a90856b28 100644
--- a/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/codeRunner/vm.ts
+++ b/packages/embark/src/lib/modules/codeRunner/vm.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { each } from "async";
-import { Callback, Logger } from "embark";
+import { Callback, Logger } /* supplied by @types/embark in packages/embark-typings */ from "embark";
 import { NodeVM, NodeVMOptions } from "vm2";
 
 import { recursiveMerge } from "embark-utils";