diff --git a/ts/docx/table/index.ts b/ts/docx/table/index.ts
index 66a6631533..9969926fb7 100644
--- a/ts/docx/table/index.ts
+++ b/ts/docx/table/index.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import { Paragraph } from "../paragraph";
 import { XmlComponent } from "../xml-components";
-
+import { IXmlableObject } from "../xml-components/xmlable-object";
 import { TableGrid } from "./grid";
 import { TableProperties, WidthTypes } from "./properties";
 
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ export class TableCell extends XmlComponent {
         return this;
     }
 
-    public prepForXml(): XmlableObject {
+    public prepForXml(): IXmlableObject {
         // Cells must end with a paragraph
         const retval = super.prepForXml();
         const content = retval["w:tc"];
diff --git a/ts/docx/xml-components/base.ts b/ts/docx/xml-components/base.ts
index 82061d9a41..d634a418a9 100644
--- a/ts/docx/xml-components/base.ts
+++ b/ts/docx/xml-components/base.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import { IXmlableObject } from "./xmlable-object";
+
 export abstract class BaseXmlComponent {
     protected rootKey: string;
 
@@ -5,5 +7,5 @@ export abstract class BaseXmlComponent {
         this.rootKey = rootKey;
     }
 
-    public abstract prepForXml(): XmlableObject;
+    public abstract prepForXml(): IXmlableObject;
 }
diff --git a/ts/docx/xml-components/default-attributes.ts b/ts/docx/xml-components/default-attributes.ts
index a09a0845a0..60b58f330f 100644
--- a/ts/docx/xml-components/default-attributes.ts
+++ b/ts/docx/xml-components/default-attributes.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { BaseXmlComponent } from "./base";
+import { IXmlableObject } from "./xmlable-object";
 
 export type AttributeMap<T> = {[P in keyof T]: string};
 
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ export abstract class XmlAttributeComponent<T> extends BaseXmlComponent {
         this.root = properties;
     }
 
-    public prepForXml(): XmlableObject {
+    public prepForXml(): IXmlableObject {
         const attrs = {};
         Object.keys(this.root).forEach((key) => {
             const value = this.root[key];
diff --git a/ts/docx/xml-components/index.ts b/ts/docx/xml-components/index.ts
index aedcbcedb4..93756514be 100644
--- a/ts/docx/xml-components/index.ts
+++ b/ts/docx/xml-components/index.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import { BaseXmlComponent } from "./base";
+import { IXmlableObject } from "./xmlable-object";
 export { BaseXmlComponent };
 
 export abstract class XmlComponent extends BaseXmlComponent {
@@ -9,7 +10,7 @@ export abstract class XmlComponent extends BaseXmlComponent {
         this.root = new Array<BaseXmlComponent>();
     }
 
-    public prepForXml(): XmlableObject {
+    public prepForXml(): IXmlableObject {
         const children = this.root.map((comp) => {
             if (comp instanceof BaseXmlComponent) {
                 return comp.prepForXml();
diff --git a/ts/docx/xml-components/xmlable-object.d.ts b/ts/docx/xml-components/xmlable-object.d.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index 517fd0b332..0000000000
--- a/ts/docx/xml-components/xmlable-object.d.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-declare interface XmlableObject extends Object {
-    _attr?: { [key: string]: (string | number | boolean) }
-}
diff --git a/ts/docx/xml-components/xmlable-object.ts b/ts/docx/xml-components/xmlable-object.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b180cab89d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ts/docx/xml-components/xmlable-object.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+export interface IXmlableObject extends Object {
+    _attr?: { [key: string]: (string | number | boolean) };
+}
diff --git a/ts/export/formatter.ts b/ts/export/formatter.ts
index 36b0587240..fe8d142c31 100644
--- a/ts/export/formatter.ts
+++ b/ts/export/formatter.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 import { BaseXmlComponent } from "../docx/xml-components";
+import { IXmlableObject } from "../docx/xml-components/xmlable-object";
 
 export class Formatter {
-    public format(input: BaseXmlComponent): XmlableObject {
+    public format(input: BaseXmlComponent): IXmlableObject {
         return input.prepForXml();
     }
 }