diff --git a/src/@types/it-pair/index.d.ts b/src/@types/it-pair/index.d.ts
index b325693..1f05d9b 100644
--- a/src/@types/it-pair/index.d.ts
+++ b/src/@types/it-pair/index.d.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
-export type Duplex = [Stream, Stream];
+declare module 'it-pair' {
+  export type Duplex = [Stream, Stream];
 
-type Stream = {
-  sink(source: Iterable<any>);
-  source: Record<string, any>;
+  type Stream = {
+    sink(source: Iterable<any>): void;
+    source: Record<string, any>;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/src/@types/libp2p.ts b/src/@types/libp2p.ts
index e31acaa..151d0ca 100644
--- a/src/@types/libp2p.ts
+++ b/src/@types/libp2p.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { bytes, bytes32 } from "./basic";
-import { Duplex } from "it-pair";
 import PeerId from "peer-id";
 
 export type KeyPair = {
@@ -14,7 +13,7 @@ export interface INoiseConnection {
 }
 
 export type SecureOutbound = {
-  conn: Duplex;
+  conn: any;
   remotePeer: PeerId;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/noise.ts b/src/noise.ts
index 8372197..404d9a7 100644
--- a/src/noise.ts
+++ b/src/noise.ts
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import {uint16BEDecode, uint16BEEncode} from "./encoder";
 import {decryptStream, encryptStream} from "./crypto";
 import {bytes} from "./@types/basic";
 import {INoiseConnection, KeyPair, SecureOutbound} from "./@types/libp2p";
-import {Duplex} from "./@types/it-pair";
+import {Duplex} from "it-pair";
 import {IHandshake} from "./@types/handshake-interface";
 import {KeyCache} from "./keycache";
 import {logger} from "./logger";