diff --git a/TODO.txt b/TODO.txt
index 71d2462b17..5ed1d884ac 100644
--- a/TODO.txt
+++ b/TODO.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 - Fix v8_source_maps.ts so that we don't get random segfaults.
 
-- Remove text-encoding.d.ts because TS2.8 includes the declarations.
-  https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/issues/24695
-
 - Add os.statSync and os.tempDir- both are needed for the writeFileSync test in
   tests.ts
 
diff --git a/fetch.ts b/fetch.ts
index f66a883bd4..e0ac4db714 100644
--- a/fetch.ts
+++ b/fetch.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { assert, log, createResolvable, Resolvable } from "./util";
 import * as util from "./util";
 import * as dispatch from "./dispatch";
 import { main as pb } from "./msg.pb";
-import { TextDecoder } from "text-encoding";
 
 export function initFetch() {
   dispatch.sub("fetch", (payload: Uint8Array) => {
diff --git a/text-encoding.d.ts b/text-encoding.d.ts
index 014c95effe..6feadad9c4 100644
--- a/text-encoding.d.ts
+++ b/text-encoding.d.ts
@@ -1,69 +1,6 @@
-// Type definitions for text-encoding
-// Project: https://github.com/inexorabletash/text-encoding
-// Definitions by: MIZUNE Pine <https://github.com/pine613>
-// Definitions: https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped
-
-declare namespace TextEncoding {
-  interface TextDecoderOptions {
-    fatal?: boolean;
-    ignoreBOM?: boolean;
-  }
-
-  interface TextDecodeOptions {
-    stream?: boolean;
-  }
-
-  interface TextEncoderOptions {
-    NONSTANDARD_allowLegacyEncoding?: boolean;
-  }
-
-  interface TextDecoder {
-    encoding: string;
-    fatal: boolean;
-    ignoreBOM: boolean;
-    decode(
-      input?: ArrayBuffer | ArrayBufferView,
-      options?: TextDecodeOptions
-    ): string;
-  }
-
-  interface TextEncoder {
-    encoding: string;
-    encode(input?: string, options?: TextEncodeOptions): Uint8Array;
-  }
-
-  interface TextEncodeOptions {
-    stream?: boolean;
-  }
-
-  interface TextEncoderStatic {
-    (utfLabel?: string, options?: TextEncoderOptions): TextEncoder;
-    new (utfLabel?: string, options?: TextEncoderOptions): TextEncoder;
-  }
-
-  interface TextDecoderStatic {
-    (label?: string, options?: TextDecoderOptions): TextDecoder;
-    new (label?: string, options?: TextDecoderOptions): TextDecoder;
-  }
-
-  interface TextEncodingStatic {
-    TextEncoder: TextEncoderStatic;
-    TextDecoder: TextDecoderStatic;
-  }
-}
-
-/* Removed following lines to workaround this bug:
-  text-encoding.d.ts:52:13 - error TS2403: Subsequent variable declarations
-  must have the same type.  Variable 'TextDecoder' must be of type '{ new
-  (label?: string, options?: TextDecoderOptions): TextDecoder; prototype:
-  TextDecoder; }', but here has type 'TextDecoderStatic'.
-
-  52 declare var TextDecoder: TextEncoding.TextDecoderStatic;
- */
-// declare var TextDecoder: TextEncoding.TextDecoderStatic;
-// declare var TextEncoder: TextEncoding.TextEncoderStatic;
-declare var TextEncoding: TextEncoding.TextEncodingStatic;
-
+// Remove and depend on @types/text-encoding once this PR is merged
+// https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/pull/26141
 declare module "text-encoding" {
-  export = TextEncoding;
+  export const TextEncoder: TextEncoder;
+  export const TextDecoder: TextDecoder;
 }
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 769d75b46e..410ff757ab 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
     "preserveConstEnums": true,
     "declaration": true,
     "target": "es2017",
-    "lib": ["es2017", "DOM"],
+    "lib": ["es2017", "dom"],
     "noEmit": true,
     "noUnusedLocals": true,
     "noImplicitReturns": true,