diff --git a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/typescript-angular2/modelGeneric.mustache b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/typescript-angular2/modelGeneric.mustache
index fbe96c21506..2f96d576d43 100644
--- a/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/typescript-angular2/modelGeneric.mustache
+++ b/modules/swagger-codegen/src/main/resources/typescript-angular2/modelGeneric.mustache
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-export interface {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends models.{{{parent}}} {{/parent}}{
+export interface {{classname}} {{#parent}}extends {{{parent}}} {{/parent}}{
 {{#additionalPropertiesType}}
     [key: string]: {{{additionalPropertiesType}}}{{#hasVars}} | any{{/hasVars}};