Unexpected value 'HttpClient'

I’m getting an error like this:

Uncaught Error: Unexpected value ‘HttpClient’ imported by the module ‘AppModule’. Please add a @NgModule annotation.
at syntaxError (compiler.js:486)
at compiler.js:15240
at Array.forEach ()
at CompileMetadataResolver.getNgModuleMetadata (compiler.js:15215)
at JitCompiler._loadModules (compiler.js:34413)
at JitCompiler._compileModuleAndComponents (compiler.js:34374)
at JitCompiler.compileModuleAsync (compiler.js:34268)
at CompilerImpl.compileModuleAsync (platform-browser-dynamic.js:239)
at PlatformRef.bootstrapModule (core.js:5578)
at Object.199 (main.ts:5)
syntaxError @ compiler.js:486
(anonymous) @ compiler.js:15240
CompileMetadataResolver.getNgModuleMetadata @ compiler.js:15215
JitCompiler._loadModules @ compiler.js:34413
JitCompiler._compileModuleAndComponents @ compiler.js:34374
JitCompiler.compileModuleAsync @ compiler.js:34268
CompilerImpl.compileModuleAsync @ platform-browser-dynamic.js:239
PlatformRef.bootstrapModule @ core.js:5578
199 @ main.ts:5
webpack_require @ bootstrap c2d88ebb0bb27539f897:54
webpackJsonpCallback @ bootstrap c2d88ebb0bb27539f897:25
(anonymous) @ main.js:1
this is my app.module.ts file

import { BrowserModule } from '@angular/platform-browser';
import { ErrorHandler, NgModule } from '@angular/core';
import { IonicApp, IonicErrorHandler, IonicModule } from 'ionic-angular';
import { SplashScreen } from '@ionic-native/splash-screen';
import { StatusBar } from '@ionic-native/status-bar';
import { HttpClient } from '@angular/common/http';

import { MyApp } from './app.component';
import { HomePage } from '../pages/home/home';
import { DataProvider } from '../providers/data/data';

@NgModule({
  declarations: [
    MyApp,
    HomePage,
  ],
  imports: [
    BrowserModule,
    HttpClient,
    IonicModule.forRoot(MyApp)
  ],
  bootstrap: [IonicApp],
  entryComponents: [
    MyApp,
    HomePage
  ],
  providers: [
    StatusBar,
    SplashScreen,
    {provide: ErrorHandler, useClass: IonicErrorHandler},
    DataProvider
  ]
})
export class AppModule {}

Use HttpClientModule instead of HttpClient in the app.module.ts