diff --git a/src/compiler/checker.ts b/src/compiler/checker.ts
index e45e5c3fb08..0117eadec6c 100644
--- a/src/compiler/checker.ts
+++ b/src/compiler/checker.ts
@@ -17095,11 +17095,6 @@ namespace ts {
                 }
             }
 
-            if (compilerOptions.noImplicitAny && !node.body) {
-                // Ambient shorthand module is an implicit any
-                reportImplicitAnyError(node, anyType);
-            }
-
             if (node.body) {
                 checkSourceElement(node.body);
                 if (!isGlobalScopeAugmentation(node)) {
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.errors.txt b/tests/baselines/reference/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.errors.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 875a656202d..00000000000
--- a/tests/baselines/reference/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.errors.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-tests/cases/conformance/ambient/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.ts(1,16): error TS7005: Variable '"jquery"' implicitly has an 'any' type.
-
-
-==== tests/cases/conformance/ambient/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.ts (1 errors) ====
-    declare module "jquery";
-                   ~~~~~~~~
-!!! error TS7005: Variable '"jquery"' implicitly has an 'any' type.
-    
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/baselines/reference/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.js b/tests/baselines/reference/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.js
deleted file mode 100644
index ab05d2a9979..00000000000
--- a/tests/baselines/reference/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,5 +0,0 @@
-//// [ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.ts]
-declare module "jquery";
-
-
-//// [ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.js]
diff --git a/tests/cases/conformance/ambient/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.ts b/tests/cases/conformance/ambient/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.ts
deleted file mode 100644
index bf7de709ef2..00000000000
--- a/tests/cases/conformance/ambient/ambientShorthand_isImplicitAny.ts
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-// @noImplicitAny: true
-declare module "jquery";