diff --git a/index.d.ts b/index.d.ts
index 3f34fb53..b818f39e 100644
--- a/index.d.ts
+++ b/index.d.ts
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ declare interface TwemojiOptions {
   attributes?(): void;
 }
 
-export const twemoji: {
+declare const twemoji: {
   convert: {
     fromCodePoint(hexCodePoint: string): string;
     toCodePoint(utf16surrogatePairs: string): string;