diff --git a/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js b/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js
index 60416d21c..9d2d91a1b 100644
--- a/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js
+++ b/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ const VARIABLE_DECLARATION = 'VariableDeclaration'
 const FUNCTION_DECLARATION = 'FunctionDeclaration'
 const CLASS_DECLARATION = 'ClassDeclaration'
 const DEFAULT = 'default'
-const TYPE_ALIAS = 'TypeAlias'
 
 /**
  * List of imports per file.
@@ -563,8 +562,7 @@ module.exports = {
           if (declaration) {
             if (
               declaration.type === FUNCTION_DECLARATION ||
-              declaration.type === CLASS_DECLARATION ||
-              declaration.type === TYPE_ALIAS
+              declaration.type === CLASS_DECLARATION
             ) {
               newExportIdentifiers.add(declaration.id.name)
             }
@@ -889,8 +887,7 @@ module.exports = {
         if (node.declaration) {
           if (
             node.declaration.type === FUNCTION_DECLARATION ||
-            node.declaration.type === CLASS_DECLARATION ||
-            node.declaration.type === TYPE_ALIAS
+            node.declaration.type === CLASS_DECLARATION
           ) {
             checkUsage(node, node.declaration.id.name)
           }
diff --git a/tests/files/no-unused-modules/flow-0.js b/tests/files/no-unused-modules/flow-0.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 46bda6879..000000000
--- a/tests/files/no-unused-modules/flow-0.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-import { type FooType } from './flow-2';
diff --git a/tests/files/no-unused-modules/flow-1.js b/tests/files/no-unused-modules/flow-1.js
deleted file mode 100644
index bb7266d3c..000000000
--- a/tests/files/no-unused-modules/flow-1.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-// @flow strict
-export type Bar = number;
diff --git a/tests/files/no-unused-modules/flow-2.js b/tests/files/no-unused-modules/flow-2.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 0cbb836a6..000000000
--- a/tests/files/no-unused-modules/flow-2.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-// @flow strict
-export type FooType = string;
diff --git a/tests/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js b/tests/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js
index d409e41ed..a066dd33f 100644
--- a/tests/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js
+++ b/tests/src/rules/no-unused-modules.js
@@ -680,38 +680,6 @@ describe('do not report unused export for files mentioned in package.json', () =
   })
 })
 
-describe('correctly report flow types', () => {
-  ruleTester.run('no-unused-modules', rule, {
-    valid: [
-      test({
-        options: unusedExportsOptions,
-        code: 'import { type FooType } from "./flow-2";',
-        parser: require.resolve('babel-eslint'),
-        filename: testFilePath('./no-unused-modules/flow-0.js'),
-      }),
-      test({
-        options: unusedExportsOptions,
-        code: `// @flow strict
-               export type FooType = string;`,
-        parser: require.resolve('babel-eslint'),
-        filename: testFilePath('./no-unused-modules/flow-2.js'),
-      }),
-    ],
-    invalid: [
-      test({
-        options: unusedExportsOptions,
-        code: `// @flow strict
-               export type Bar = string;`,
-        parser: require.resolve('babel-eslint'),
-        filename: testFilePath('./no-unused-modules/flow-1.js'),
-        errors: [
-          error(`exported declaration 'Bar' not used within other modules`),
-        ],
-      }),
-    ],
-  })
-})
-
 describe('Avoid errors if re-export all from umd compiled library', () => {
   ruleTester.run('no-unused-modules', rule, {
     valid: [