diff --git a/src/content/hinting.ts b/src/content/hinting.ts
index a4205263..2f94652c 100644
--- a/src/content/hinting.ts
+++ b/src/content/hinting.ts
@@ -178,12 +178,10 @@ function defaultHintFilter() {
 }
 
 function defaultHintChars() {
-    switch (config.get("hintnames")) {
-        case "numeric":
-            return "1234567890"
-        default:
-            return config.get("hintchars")
+    if (config.get("hintnames") == "numeric") {
+        return "1234567890"
     }
+    return config.get("hintchars")
 }
 
 /** An infinite stream of hints
diff --git a/src/excmds.ts b/src/excmds.ts
index 16186f97..14f61326 100644
--- a/src/excmds.ts
+++ b/src/excmds.ts
@@ -3909,22 +3909,13 @@ export async function ttsvoices() {
  */
 //#content
 export async function ttscontrol(action: string) {
-    let ttsAction: TTS.Action = null
-
-    // convert user input to TTS.Action
     // only pause seems to be working, so only provide access to that
     // to avoid exposing users to things that won't work
-    switch (action) {
-        case "stop":
-            ttsAction = "stop"
-            break
-    }
-
-    if (ttsAction) {
-        TTS.doAction(ttsAction)
-    } else {
+    if (action != "stop") {
         throw new Error("Unknown text-to-speech action: " + action)
     }
+
+    TTS.doAction(action as TTS.Action)
 }
 
 //}}}
diff --git a/tslint.json b/tslint.json
index 022034a8..9a301f13 100644
--- a/tslint.json
+++ b/tslint.json
@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@
     "no-misleading-array-reverse": false,
     "no-self-assignment": false,
     "no-shadowed-variable": false,
-    "no-small-switch": false,
     "no-string-literal": false,
     "no-string-throw": false,
     "no-trailing-whitespace": false,