diff --git a/src/commandline_frame.ts b/src/commandline_frame.ts
index c19eb3e0..ddf5d13d 100644
--- a/src/commandline_frame.ts
+++ b/src/commandline_frame.ts
@@ -51,9 +51,7 @@ const logger = new Logger("cmdline")
 /** @hidden **/
 let activeCompletions: Completions.CompletionSource[] = undefined
 /** @hidden **/
-let completionsDiv = window.document.getElementById(
-    "completions",
-) as HTMLElement
+let completionsDiv = window.document.getElementById("completions")
 /** @hidden **/
 let clInput = window.document.getElementById(
     "tridactyl-input",
diff --git a/src/completions.ts b/src/completions.ts
index 2d72a4d5..e26cad56 100644
--- a/src/completions.ts
+++ b/src/completions.ts
@@ -239,8 +239,7 @@ export abstract class CompletionSourceFuse extends CompletionSource {
             return { index, fuseKeys: elem.fuseKeys }
         })
         this.fuse = new Fuse(searchThis, this.fuseOptions)
-        return this.fuse.search(query).map(res => {
-            let result = res as any
+        return this.fuse.search(query).map(result => {
             // console.log(result, result.item, query)
             let index = toNumber(result.item)
             return {
diff --git a/src/content/controller_content.ts b/src/content/controller_content.ts
index 353ef017..3c62fab4 100644
--- a/src/content/controller_content.ts
+++ b/src/content/controller_content.ts
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ function* ParserController() {
                 keyEvents.push(keyevent)
 
                 let response = undefined
-                response = (parsers[contentState.mode] as any)(keyEvents)
+                response = parsers[contentState.mode](keyEvents)
                 logger.debug(
                     currentMode,
                     contentState.mode,
diff --git a/src/excmds.ts b/src/excmds.ts
index f049b9a9..741fc664 100644
--- a/src/excmds.ts
+++ b/src/excmds.ts
@@ -1349,6 +1349,7 @@ export function snow_mouse_mode() {
 //#content_helper
 function findRelLink(pattern: RegExp): HTMLAnchorElement | null {
     // querySelectorAll returns a "non-live NodeList" which is just a shit array without working reverse() or find() calls, so convert it.
+    /* tslint:disable:no-useless-cast */
     const links = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll("a[href]") as NodeListOf<HTMLAnchorElement>)
 
     // Find the last link that matches the test
@@ -1364,6 +1365,7 @@ function findRelLink(pattern: RegExp): HTMLAnchorElement | null {
 // Return the last element in the document matching the supplied selector,
 // or null if there are no matches.
 function selectLast(selector: string): HTMLElement | null {
+    /* tslint:disable:no-useless-cast */
     const nodes = document.querySelectorAll(selector) as NodeListOf<HTMLElement>
     return nodes.length ? nodes[nodes.length - 1] : null
 }
@@ -1574,7 +1576,7 @@ export function urlmodify(mode: "-t" | "-r" | "-q" | "-Q" | "-g", ...args: strin
  */
 //#content
 export function geturlsforlinks(reltype = "rel", rel: string) {
-    let elems = document.querySelectorAll("link[" + reltype + "='" + rel + "']") as NodeListOf<HTMLLinkElement>
+    let elems = document.querySelectorAll("link[" + reltype + "='" + rel + "']")
     if (elems) return Array.prototype.map.call(elems, x => x.href)
     return []
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/containers.ts b/src/lib/containers.ts
index cd420101..5f55808c 100644
--- a/src/lib/containers.ts
+++ b/src/lib/containers.ts
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ export async function fuzzyMatch(partialName: string): Promise<string> {
     let fuse = new Fuse(containers, fuseOptions)
     let res = fuse.search(partialName)
 
-    if (res.length >= 1) return res[0] as string
+    if (res.length >= 1) return res[0]
     else {
         throw new Error(
             "[Container.fuzzyMatch] no container matched that string",
diff --git a/src/lib/dom.ts b/src/lib/dom.ts
index 62d8cc58..3ff27ab6 100644
--- a/src/lib/dom.ts
+++ b/src/lib/dom.ts
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ export function registerEvListenerAction(
         // Node prototype functions work on the C++ representation of the
         // Node, which a faked JS object won't have.
         // hasChildNodes() is chosen because it should be cheap.
-        Node.prototype.hasChildNodes.apply(elem as Node)
+        Node.prototype.hasChildNodes.apply(elem)
     } catch (e) {
         // Don't throw a real exception because addEventListener wouldn't and we
         // don't want to break content code.
diff --git a/src/state.ts b/src/state.ts
index 5000c6dd..a58a1b6a 100644
--- a/src/state.ts
+++ b/src/state.ts
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ class State {
 // Don't change these from const or you risk breaking the Proxy below.
 const defaults = Object.freeze(new State())
 
-const overlay = {} as any
+const overlay = {} as State
 browser.storage.local
     .get("state")
     .then(res => {
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ const state = (new Proxy(overlay, {
     set: function(target, property, value) {
         logger.debug("State changed!", property, value)
         target[property] = value
-        browser.storage.local.set({ state: target })
+        browser.storage.local.set({ state: target } as any)
         return true
     },
-}) as any) as State
+}))
 
 browser.storage.onChanged.addListener((changes, areaname) => {
     if (areaname === "local" && "state" in changes) {
diff --git a/tslint.json b/tslint.json
index 4646c704..0cb7c09b 100644
--- a/tslint.json
+++ b/tslint.json
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     "no-trailing-whitespace": false,
     "no-unnecessary-initializer": false,
     "no-unsafe-finally": false,
-    "no-useless-cast": false,
     "no-useless-catch": false,
     "no-useless-catch": false,
     "no-var-keyword": false,