diff --git a/src/background.ts b/src/background.ts
index ff751e86..ab6279b7 100644
--- a/src/background.ts
+++ b/src/background.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import state from "@src/state"
 import * as webext from "@src/lib/webext"
 import { AutoContain } from "@src/lib/autocontainers"
 /* tslint:disable:import-spacing */
-;(window as any).tri = Object.assign(Object.create(null), {
+; (window as any).tri = Object.assign(Object.create(null), {
     messaging,
     excmds,
     convert,
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ import { AutoContain } from "@src/lib/autocontainers"
 // {{{ tri.contentLocation
 // When loading the background, use the active tab to know what the current content url is
 browser.tabs.query({ currentWindow: true, active: true }).then(t => {
-    ;(window as any).tri.contentLocation = new URL(t[0].url)
+    (window as any).tri.contentLocation = new URL(t[0].url)
 })
 // After that, on every tab change, update the current url
 let contentLocationCount = 0
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ browser.tabs.onActivated.addListener(ev => {
         // Note: we're using contentLocationCount and myId in order to make sure that only the last onActivated event is used in order to set contentLocation
         // This is needed because otherWise the following chain of execution might happen: onActivated1 => onActivated2 => tabs.get2 => tabs.get1
         if (contentLocationCount === myId) {
-            ;(window as any).tri.contentLocation = new URL(t.url)
+            (window as any).tri.contentLocation = new URL(t.url)
         }
     })
 })
diff --git a/src/commandline_frame.ts b/src/commandline_frame.ts
index fa25b213..f02088a1 100644
--- a/src/commandline_frame.ts
+++ b/src/commandline_frame.ts
@@ -482,6 +482,6 @@ Messaging.addListener("commandline_frame", Messaging.attributeCaller(SELF))
 // object since there's apparently a bug that causes performance
 // observers to be GC'd even if they're still the target of a
 // callback.
-;(window as any).tri = Object.assign(window.tri || {}, {
+; (window as any).tri = Object.assign(window.tri || {}, {
     perfObserver: perf.listenForCounters(),
 })
diff --git a/src/content.ts b/src/content.ts
index d2f21fcc..901f3070 100644
--- a/src/content.ts
+++ b/src/content.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 if ((window as any).tridactyl_content_lock !== undefined) {
     throw Error("Trying to load Tridactyl, but it's already loaded.")
 }
-;(window as any).tridactyl_content_lock = "locked"
+(window as any).tridactyl_content_lock = "locked"
 
 // Be careful: typescript elides imports that appear not to be used if they're
 // assigned to a name.  If you want an import just for its side effects, make
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ import * as keyseq from "@src/lib/keyseq"
 import * as native from "@src/lib/native"
 import * as styling from "@src/content/styling"
 /* tslint:disable:import-spacing */
-;(window as any).tri = Object.assign(Object.create(null), {
+; (window as any).tri = Object.assign(Object.create(null), {
     browserBg: webext.browserBg,
     commandline_content,
     convert,
@@ -293,6 +293,6 @@ config.getAsync("leavegithubalone").then(v => {
 // background for collection. Attach the observer to the window object
 // since there's apparently a bug that causes performance observers to
 // be GC'd even if they're still the target of a callback.
-;(window as any).tri = Object.assign(window.tri, {
+; (window as any).tri = Object.assign(window.tri, {
     perfObserver: perf.listenForCounters(),
 })
diff --git a/src/excmds.ts b/src/excmds.ts
index 82bdcab2..b6ee647b 100644
--- a/src/excmds.ts
+++ b/src/excmds.ts
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ export async function fillinput(selector: string, ...content: string[]) {
     let inputToFill = document.querySelector(selector)
     if (!inputToFill) inputToFill = DOM.getLastUsedInput()
     if ("value" in inputToFill) {
-        ;(inputToFill as HTMLInputElement).value = content.join(" ")
+        (inputToFill as HTMLInputElement).value = content.join(" ")
     } else {
         inputToFill.textContent = content.join(" ")
     }
@@ -829,7 +829,7 @@ document.addEventListener("load", () => curJumps().then(() => jumpprev(0)))
 /** Blur (unfocus) the active element */
 //#content
 export function unfocus() {
-    ;(document.activeElement as HTMLInputElement).blur()
+    (document.activeElement as HTMLInputElement).blur()
     contentState.mode = "normal"
 }
 
@@ -1046,7 +1046,7 @@ export async function open(...urlarr: string[]) {
         p = Messaging.message("controller_background", "acceptExCmd", ["nativeopen " + url])
     } else if (url.match(/^javascript:/)) {
         let bookmarklet = url.replace(/^javascript:/, "")
-        ;(document.body as any).append(
+        ; (document.body as any).append(
             html`
                 <script>
                     ${bookmarklet}
diff --git a/src/help.ts b/src/help.ts
index fe385677..17d5c5d3 100644
--- a/src/help.ts
+++ b/src/help.ts
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ async function onExcmdPageLoad() {
     browser.storage.onChanged.addListener((changes, areaname) => {
         if ("userconfig" in changes) {
             // JSON.stringify for comparisons like it's 2012
-            ;["nmaps", "imaps", "ignoremaps", "inputmaps", "exaliases"].forEach(
+            ["nmaps", "imaps", "ignoremaps", "inputmaps", "exaliases"].forEach(
                 kind => {
                     if (
                         JSON.stringify(changes.userconfig.newValue[kind]) !==
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ function addSettingInputs() {
     let onKeyUp = async ev => {
         let input = ev.target
         if (ev.key === "Enter") {
-            ;(window as any).tri.messaging.message(
+            (window as any).tri.messaging.message(
                 "controller_background",
                 "acceptExCmd",
                 ["set " + input.name + " " + input.value],
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ function addResetConfigButton() {
             `Please write '${sentence}' without quotes in the following input field if you really want to reset your Tridactyl config.`,
         )
         if (p === sentence) {
-            ;(window as any).tri.messaging
+            (window as any).tri.messaging
                 .message("controller_background", "acceptExCmd", [sentence])
                 .then(_ => alert("Config reset!"))
         } else {
diff --git a/src/lib/config.ts b/src/lib/config.ts
index d5d61b8b..5447f589 100644
--- a/src/lib/config.ts
+++ b/src/lib/config.ts
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@ export async function update() {
             set("configversion", "1.2")
         },
         "1.2": () => {
-            ;["ignoremaps", "inputmaps", "imaps", "nmaps"]
+            ["ignoremaps", "inputmaps", "imaps", "nmaps"]
                 .map(mapname => [
                     mapname,
                     getDeepProperty(USERCONFIG, [mapname]),
@@ -1158,7 +1158,7 @@ export async function update() {
             set("configversion", "1.3")
         },
         "1.3": () => {
-            ;[
+            [
                 "priority",
                 "hintdelay",
                 "scrollduration",
@@ -1171,7 +1171,7 @@ export async function update() {
             set("configversion", "1.4")
         },
         "1.4": () => {
-            ;(getDeepProperty(USERCONFIG, ["noiframeon"]) || []).forEach(
+            (getDeepProperty(USERCONFIG, ["noiframeon"]) || []).forEach(
                 site => {
                     setURL(site, "noiframe", "true")
                 },
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ export async function update() {
                     mapObj["<Space>"] = mapObj[" "]
                     delete mapObj[" "]
                 }
-                ;[
+                [
                     "<A- >",
                     "<C- >",
                     "<M- >",
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ export async function update() {
                 })
                 return mapObj
             }
-            ;["nmaps", "exmaps", "imaps", "inputmaps", "ignoremaps"].forEach(
+            ["nmaps", "exmaps", "imaps", "inputmaps", "ignoremaps"].forEach(
                 settingName => updateAll([settingName], updateSetting),
             )
             set("configversion", "1.7")
diff --git a/src/lib/keyseq.ts b/src/lib/keyseq.ts
index 0b4aec62..0741ed5e 100644
--- a/src/lib/keyseq.ts
+++ b/src/lib/keyseq.ts
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ export function mapstrToKeyseq(mapstr: string): MinimalKey[] {
     // Reduce mapstr by one character or one bracket expression per iteration
     while (mapstr.length) {
         if (mapstr[0] === "<") {
-            ;[key, mapstr] = bracketexprToKey(mapstr)
+            [key, mapstr] = bracketexprToKey(mapstr)
             keyseq.push(key)
         } else {
             keyseq.push(new MinimalKey(mapstr[0]))
diff --git a/tslint.json b/tslint.json
index d87d0f6f..46aaab34 100644
--- a/tslint.json
+++ b/tslint.json
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@
     "semicolon": false,
     "trailing-comma": false,
     "triple-equals": false,
-    "variable-name": false,
-    "whitespace": false
+    "variable-name": false
   }
 }