diff --git a/src/compiler/program.ts b/src/compiler/program.ts
index dbcf94cc8f0..f6ca228d30d 100644
--- a/src/compiler/program.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/program.ts
@@ -237,12 +237,7 @@ namespace ts {
     }
 
     function getEffectiveTypesPrimarySearchPaths(options: CompilerOptions): string[] {
-        if (options.typesSearchPaths) {
-            return options.typesSearchPaths;
-        }
-        return options.configFilePath
-            ? [getDirectoryPath(options.configFilePath)].concat(defaultLibrarySearchPaths)
-            : defaultLibrarySearchPaths;
+        return options.typesSearchPaths || defaultLibrarySearchPaths;
     }
 
     export function resolveTypeReferenceDirective(typeReferenceDirectiveName: string, containingFile: string, compilationRoot: string, options: CompilerOptions, host: ModuleResolutionHost): ResolvedTypeReferenceDirectiveWithFailedLookupLocations {
@@ -1767,9 +1762,9 @@ namespace ts {
                 const resolvedTypeReferenceDirective = resolutions[i];
                 // store resolved type directive on the file
                 setResolvedTypeReferenceDirective(file, ref.fileName, resolvedTypeReferenceDirective);
-                // If we already found this library as a primary reference, or failed to find it, nothing to do
+                // If we already found this library as a primary reference - nothing to do
                 const previousResolution = resolvedTypeReferenceDirectives[ref.fileName];
-                if (previousResolution && (previousResolution.primary || (previousResolution.resolvedFileName === undefined))) {
+                if (previousResolution && previousResolution.primary) {
                     continue;
                 }
                 let saveResolution = true;
diff --git a/src/compiler/types.ts b/src/compiler/types.ts
index 0122ac54c81..144a21b8c0d 100644
--- a/src/compiler/types.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/types.ts
@@ -2750,13 +2750,6 @@ namespace ts {
         isExternalLibraryImport?: boolean;
     }
 
-    export interface ResolvedLibrary {
-        // True if the library was found in a primary lookup location         
-        primary: boolean;
-        // The location of the .d.ts file we located, or undefined if resolution failed
-        resolvedFileName?: string;
-    }
-
     export interface ResolvedModuleWithFailedLookupLocations {
         resolvedModule: ResolvedModule;
         failedLookupLocations: string[];
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/library-reference-6.trace.json b/tests/baselines/reference/library-reference-6.trace.json
index 2fec0fa7547..0442a008dfb 100644
--- a/tests/baselines/reference/library-reference-6.trace.json
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/library-reference-6.trace.json
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 [
     "======== Resolving type reference directive 'alpha' from '/src/foo.ts' with compilation root dir '/'. ========",
-    "Resolving with primary search path '/'",
-    "File '/alpha/package.json' does not exist.",
-    "File '/alpha/index.d.ts' does not exist.",
     "Resolving with primary search path '/types/'",
     "File '/types/alpha/package.json' does not exist.",
     "File '/types/alpha/index.d.ts' exist - use it as a name resolution result.",
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/library-reference-7.trace.json b/tests/baselines/reference/library-reference-7.trace.json
index 094e3640da7..d495e27cdc5 100644
--- a/tests/baselines/reference/library-reference-7.trace.json
+++ b/tests/baselines/reference/library-reference-7.trace.json
@@ -1,8 +1,5 @@
 [
     "======== Resolving type reference directive 'alpha' from '/base/src/foo.ts' with compilation root dir '/base'. ========",
-    "Resolving with primary search path '/'",
-    "File '/alpha/package.json' does not exist.",
-    "File '/alpha/index.d.ts' does not exist.",
     "Resolving with primary search path '/base/types/'",
     "File '/base/types/alpha/package.json' does not exist.",
     "File '/base/types/alpha/index.d.ts' exist - use it as a name resolution result.",