diff --git a/discovery-frontend/src/app/page/component/analysis/slider/range-slider.component.ts b/discovery-frontend/src/app/page/component/analysis/slider/range-slider.component.ts
index df06245834..384c1a245e 100644
--- a/discovery-frontend/src/app/page/component/analysis/slider/range-slider.component.ts
+++ b/discovery-frontend/src/app/page/component/analysis/slider/range-slider.component.ts
@@ -17,15 +17,14 @@ import {
   OnDestroy, ViewEncapsulation, Injector
 } from '@angular/core';
 import { RangeSliderResult } from '../../value/range-slider-result';
-
-import 'ion-rangeslider';
-import * as $ from 'jquery';
 import * as _ from 'lodash';
 import { Subscription } from 'rxjs/Subscription';
 import { Subject } from 'rxjs/Subject';
 import { Observable } from 'rxjs/Observable';
 import { AbstractComponent } from '../../../../common/component/abstract.component';
 
+declare var $: any;
+
 @Component({
   selector: 'range-slider-component',
   template: `<input type="text" value=""/>`