diff --git a/apps/vscode/src/providers/copyfiles/drop.ts b/apps/vscode/src/providers/copyfiles/drop.ts
index 4c732c0a..64f00429 100644
--- a/apps/vscode/src/providers/copyfiles/drop.ts
+++ b/apps/vscode/src/providers/copyfiles/drop.ts
@@ -24,8 +24,6 @@ import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import * as URI from 'vscode-uri';
 import { Schemes } from '../../core/schemes';
 
-import './types';
-
 export const imageFileExtensions = new Set<string>([
   'bmp',
   'gif',
diff --git a/apps/vscode/src/providers/copyfiles/filename.ts b/apps/vscode/src/providers/copyfiles/filename.ts
index c25b083f..e6568ca6 100644
--- a/apps/vscode/src/providers/copyfiles/filename.ts
+++ b/apps/vscode/src/providers/copyfiles/filename.ts
@@ -19,8 +19,6 @@ import * as vscode from 'vscode';
 import { Utils } from 'vscode-uri';
 import { getParentDocumentUri } from './drop';
 
-import './types';
-
 export async function getNewFileName(document: vscode.TextDocument, file: vscode.DataTransferFile): Promise<vscode.Uri> {
   const desiredPath = getDesiredNewFilePath(document, file);
 
diff --git a/apps/vscode/src/providers/copyfiles/types.ts b/apps/vscode/src/providers/copyfiles/types.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 818ba8b5..00000000
--- a/apps/vscode/src/providers/copyfiles/types.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,29 +0,0 @@
-// our vs code version requirement is v1.66 but the document drop interfaces came in after
-// that. we declare the types here so we have them and then only call the function if
-// we are in more recent versions of vscode
-
-import * as vscode from 'vscode';
-
-declare module 'vscode' {
-
-  export class DocumentDropEdit {
-    insertText: string | SnippetString;
-    additionalEdit?: WorkspaceEdit;
-    constructor(insertText: string | SnippetString);
-  }
-
-  export interface DataTransferFile {
-    readonly name: string;
-    readonly uri?: Uri;
-    data(): Thenable<Uint8Array>;
-  }
-
-  export interface DocumentDropEditProvider {
-    provideDocumentDropEdits(document: TextDocument, position: Position, dataTransfer: DataTransfer, token: CancellationToken): ProviderResult<DocumentDropEdit>;
-  }
-
-  export namespace languages {
-    export function registerDocumentDropEditProvider(selector: DocumentSelector, provider: DocumentDropEditProvider): Disposable;
-  }
-
-}