diff --git a/packages/kit/scripts/generate-dts.js b/packages/kit/scripts/generate-dts.js
index 1af5db6ae96b..e8579ec59054 100644
--- a/packages/kit/scripts/generate-dts.js
+++ b/packages/kit/scripts/generate-dts.js
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { createBundle } from 'dts-buddy';
-import { readFileSync, writeFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';
 
 await createBundle({
 	output: 'types/index.d.ts',
@@ -28,9 +28,3 @@ if (types.includes('__sveltekit/')) {
 			types
 	);
 }
-
-// this is hacky as all hell but it gets the tests passing. might be a bug in dts-buddy?
-// prettier-ignore
-writeFileSync('./types/index.d.ts', types.replace("declare module '$app/server' {", `declare module '$app/server' {
-	// @ts-ignore
-	import { LayoutParams as AppLayoutParams, RouteId as AppRouteId } from '$app/types'`));
diff --git a/packages/kit/src/runtime/app/server/event.js b/packages/kit/src/runtime/app/server/event.js
index 8351e21e9000..436d6010ac47 100644
--- a/packages/kit/src/runtime/app/server/event.js
+++ b/packages/kit/src/runtime/app/server/event.js
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import('node:async_hooks')
  *
  * In environments without [`AsyncLocalStorage`](https://nodejs.org/api/async_context.html#class-asynclocalstorage), this must be called synchronously (i.e. not after an `await`).
  * @since 2.20.0
+ * @returns {RequestEvent}
  */
 export function getRequestEvent() {
 	const event = request_event ?? als?.getStore();
diff --git a/packages/kit/types/index.d.ts b/packages/kit/types/index.d.ts
index b9485d8918d4..93da0a0aa0f9 100644
--- a/packages/kit/types/index.d.ts
+++ b/packages/kit/types/index.d.ts
@@ -2616,8 +2616,6 @@ declare module '$app/paths' {
 }
 
 declare module '$app/server' {
-	// @ts-ignore
-	import { LayoutParams as AppLayoutParams, RouteId as AppRouteId } from '$app/types'
 	import type { RequestEvent, RemoteCommand, RemoteForm, RemotePrerenderFunction, RemoteQueryFunction } from '@sveltejs/kit';
 	import type { StandardSchemaV1 } from '@standard-schema/spec';
 	/**
@@ -2638,8 +2636,8 @@ declare module '$app/server' {
 	 *
 	 * In environments without [`AsyncLocalStorage`](https://nodejs.org/api/async_context.html#class-asynclocalstorage), this must be called synchronously (i.e. not after an `await`).
 	 * @since 2.20.0
-	 */
-	export function getRequestEvent(): RequestEvent<AppLayoutParams<"/">, any>;
+	 * */
+	export function getRequestEvent(): RequestEvent;
 	/**
 	 * Creates a remote command. When called from the browser, the function will be invoked on the server via a `fetch` call.
 	 *