diff --git a/.github/workflows/static_analysis.yaml b/.github/workflows/static_analysis.yaml
index 61f5c20408..0384758a6b 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/static_analysis.yaml
+++ b/.github/workflows/static_analysis.yaml
@@ -26,44 +26,6 @@ jobs:
             - name: Typecheck
               run: "yarn run lint:types"
 
-    tsc-strict:
-        name: Typescript Strict Error Checker
-        if: github.event_name == 'pull_request'
-        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-        permissions:
-            pull-requests: read
-            checks: write
-        steps:
-            - uses: actions/checkout@v3
-
-            - name: Install Deps
-              run: "scripts/layered.sh"
-
-            - name: Get diff lines
-              id: diff
-              uses: Equip-Collaboration/diff-line-numbers@e752977e2cb4207d671bb9e4dad18c07c1b73d52 # v1.1.0
-              with:
-                  include: '["\\.tsx?$"]'
-
-            - name: Detecting files changed
-              id: files
-              uses: futuratrepadeira/changed-files@0239328a3a6268aad16af7c3e4efc78e32d6c0f0 # v4.0.1
-              with:
-                  repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-                  pattern: '^.*\.tsx?$'
-
-            - uses: t3chguy/typescript-check-action@main
-              with:
-                  repo-token: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
-                  use-check: false
-                  check-fail-mode: added
-                  output-behaviour: annotate
-                  ts-extra-args: "--strict --noImplicitAny"
-                  files-changed: ${{ steps.files.outputs.files_updated }}
-                  files-added: ${{ steps.files.outputs.files_created }}
-                  files-deleted: ${{ steps.files.outputs.files_deleted }}
-                  line-numbers: ${{ steps.diff.outputs.lineNumbers }}
-
     i18n_lint:
         name: "i18n Check"
         uses: matrix-org/matrix-react-sdk/.github/workflows/i18n_check.yml@develop
diff --git a/tsconfig.json b/tsconfig.json
index 3c0a77e8b0..ac8ea2d73f 100644
--- a/tsconfig.json
+++ b/tsconfig.json
@@ -13,8 +13,7 @@
         "declaration": true,
         "jsx": "react",
         "lib": ["es2020", "dom", "dom.iterable"],
-        "strict": true,
-        "useUnknownInCatchVariables": false
+        "strict": true
     },
     "include": [
         "./node_modules/matrix-js-sdk/src/@types/*.d.ts",