diff --git a/src/server/client.ts b/src/server/client.ts
index 87bb2e93414..4711bb0c666 100644
--- a/src/server/client.ts
+++ b/src/server/client.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/// <reference path="session.ts" />
-
 namespace ts.server {
     export interface SessionClientHost extends LanguageServiceHost {
         writeMessage(message: string): void;
diff --git a/src/server/editorServices.ts b/src/server/editorServices.ts
index af4d34b8bb2..a0981df40a4 100644
--- a/src/server/editorServices.ts
+++ b/src/server/editorServices.ts
@@ -1,11 +1,3 @@
-/// <reference path="..\compiler\commandLineParser.ts" />
-/// <reference path="..\services\services.ts" />
-/// <reference path="utilities.ts" />
-/// <reference path="session.ts" />
-/// <reference path="scriptVersionCache.ts"/>
-/// <reference path="project.ts"/>
-/// <reference path="typingsCache.ts"/>
-
 namespace ts.server {
     export const maxProgramSizeForNonTsFiles = 20 * 1024 * 1024;
 
diff --git a/src/server/project.ts b/src/server/project.ts
index 442c7e3f5ad..1502d107dee 100644
--- a/src/server/project.ts
+++ b/src/server/project.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-/// <reference path="..\services\services.ts" />
-/// <reference path="utilities.ts"/>
-/// <reference path="scriptInfo.ts"/>
-/// <reference path="..\compiler\resolutionCache.ts"/>
-/// <reference path="typingsCache.ts"/>
-/// <reference path="..\compiler\builderState.ts"/>
-
 namespace ts.server {
 
     export enum ProjectKind {
diff --git a/src/server/scriptInfo.ts b/src/server/scriptInfo.ts
index 843122e44c0..ca0a2eb64f1 100644
--- a/src/server/scriptInfo.ts
+++ b/src/server/scriptInfo.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/// <reference path="scriptVersionCache.ts"/>
-
 namespace ts.server {
 
     /* @internal */
diff --git a/src/server/scriptVersionCache.ts b/src/server/scriptVersionCache.ts
index 8a3f43a5434..d57f296e7a7 100644
--- a/src/server/scriptVersionCache.ts
+++ b/src/server/scriptVersionCache.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-/// <reference path="..\compiler\commandLineParser.ts" />
-/// <reference path="..\services\services.ts" />
-/// <reference path="session.ts" />
-
 /*@internal*/
 namespace ts.server {
     const lineCollectionCapacity = 4;
diff --git a/src/server/server.ts b/src/server/server.ts
index 44cb3b7aa1e..6eff3256349 100644
--- a/src/server/server.ts
+++ b/src/server/server.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-/// <reference path="shared.ts" />
-/// <reference path="session.ts" />
-
 namespace ts.server {
     const childProcess: {
         fork(modulePath: string, args: string[], options?: { execArgv: string[], env?: MapLike<string> }): NodeChildProcess;
diff --git a/src/server/session.ts b/src/server/session.ts
index c6066723892..6b9c1975b9a 100644
--- a/src/server/session.ts
+++ b/src/server/session.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-/// <reference path="..\compiler\commandLineParser.ts" />
-/// <reference path="..\services\services.ts" />
-/// <reference path="protocol.ts" />
-/// <reference path="editorServices.ts" />
-
 namespace ts.server {
     interface StackTraceError extends Error {
         stack?: string;
diff --git a/src/server/shared.ts b/src/server/shared.ts
index b46a385106e..a5528b7ba63 100644
--- a/src/server/shared.ts
+++ b/src/server/shared.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/// <reference path="types.ts" />
-
 namespace ts.server {
     // tslint:disable variable-name
     export const ActionSet: ActionSet = "action::set";
diff --git a/src/server/types.ts b/src/server/types.ts
index 617a3be419a..d4ddd81c53e 100644
--- a/src/server/types.ts
+++ b/src/server/types.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-/// <reference path="../compiler/types.ts"/>
-/// <reference path="../compiler/sys.ts"/>
-/// <reference path="../services/jsTyping.ts"/>
-
 declare namespace ts.server {
     export interface CompressedData {
         length: number;
diff --git a/src/server/typingsCache.ts b/src/server/typingsCache.ts
index a1d8f65f6e0..f2642230f2d 100644
--- a/src/server/typingsCache.ts
+++ b/src/server/typingsCache.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-/// <reference path="project.ts"/>
-
 namespace ts.server {
     export interface InstallPackageOptionsWithProject extends InstallPackageOptions {
         projectName: string;
diff --git a/src/server/utilities.ts b/src/server/utilities.ts
index e2329b868e3..d93b4933357 100644
--- a/src/server/utilities.ts
+++ b/src/server/utilities.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-/// <reference path="types.ts" />
-/// <reference path="shared.ts" />
-
 namespace ts.server {
     export enum LogLevel {
         terse,