diff --git a/std/eval/_std/sys/thread/EventLoop.hx b/std/eval/_std/sys/thread/EventLoop.hx
index 5b25958b499..4ce697e5698 100644
--- a/std/eval/_std/sys/thread/EventLoop.hx
+++ b/std/eval/_std/sys/thread/EventLoop.hx
@@ -2,9 +2,11 @@ package sys.thread;
 
 import eval.luv.Loop;
 import eval.luv.Async;
-import eval.luv.Timer as LuvTimer;
+// import eval.luv.Timer as LuvTimer;
 import haxe.MainLoop;
 
+typedef LuvTimer = eval.luv.Timer;
+
 /**
 	When an event loop has an available event to execute.
 **/