diff --git a/src/SlashCommands.tsx b/src/SlashCommands.tsx
index 128ca9e5e2..7753ff6f75 100644
--- a/src/SlashCommands.tsx
+++ b/src/SlashCommands.tsx
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ import { User } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/user";
 import * as ContentHelpers from 'matrix-js-sdk/src/content-helpers';
 import { MatrixClientPeg } from './MatrixClientPeg';
 import dis from './dispatcher/dispatcher';
-import * as sdk from './index';
 import { _t, _td } from './languageHandler';
 import Modal from './Modal';
 import MultiInviter from './utils/MultiInviter';
@@ -50,6 +49,12 @@ import { UIFeature } from "./settings/UIFeature";
 import { CHAT_EFFECTS } from "./effects";
 import CallHandler from "./CallHandler";
 import { guessAndSetDMRoom } from "./Rooms";
+import UploadConfirmDialog from './components/views/dialogs/UploadConfirmDialog';
+import ErrorDialog from './components/views/dialogs/ErrorDialog';
+import DevtoolsDialog from './components/views/dialogs/DevtoolsDialog';
+import RoomUpgradeWarningDialog from "./components/views/dialogs/RoomUpgradeWarningDialog";
+import InfoDialog from "./components/views/dialogs/InfoDialog";
+import SlashCommandHelpDialog from "./components/views/dialogs/SlashCommandHelpDialog";
 
 // XXX: workaround for https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/31816
 interface HTMLInputEvent extends Event {
@@ -63,7 +68,6 @@ const singleMxcUpload = async (): Promise<any> => {
         fileSelector.onchange = (ev: HTMLInputEvent) => {
             const file = ev.target.files[0];
 
-            const UploadConfirmDialog = sdk.getComponent("dialogs.UploadConfirmDialog");
             Modal.createTrackedDialog('Upload Files confirmation', '', UploadConfirmDialog, {
                 file,
                 onFinished: (shouldContinue) => {
@@ -246,7 +250,6 @@ export const Commands = [
         args: '<query>',
         description: _td('Searches DuckDuckGo for results'),
         runFn: function() {
-            const ErrorDialog = sdk.getComponent('dialogs.ErrorDialog');
             // TODO Don't explain this away, actually show a search UI here.
             Modal.createTrackedDialog('Slash Commands', '/ddg is not a command', ErrorDialog, {
                 title: _t('/ddg is not a command'),
@@ -269,8 +272,6 @@ export const Commands = [
                     return reject(_t("You do not have the required permissions to use this command."));
                 }
 
-                const RoomUpgradeWarningDialog = sdk.getComponent("dialogs.RoomUpgradeWarningDialog");
-
                 const { finished } = Modal.createTrackedDialog('Slash Commands', 'upgrade room confirmation',
                     RoomUpgradeWarningDialog, { roomId: roomId, targetVersion: args }, /*className=*/null,
                     /*isPriority=*/false, /*isStatic=*/true);
@@ -314,7 +315,6 @@ export const Commands = [
 
                         if (checkForUpgradeFn) cli.removeListener('Room', checkForUpgradeFn);
 
-                        const ErrorDialog = sdk.getComponent('dialogs.ErrorDialog');
                         Modal.createTrackedDialog('Slash Commands', 'room upgrade error', ErrorDialog, {
                             title: _t('Error upgrading room'),
                             description: _t(
@@ -434,7 +434,6 @@ export const Commands = [
             const topic = topicEvents && topicEvents.getContent().topic;
             const topicHtml = topic ? linkifyAndSanitizeHtml(topic) : _t('This room has no topic.');
 
-            const InfoDialog = sdk.getComponent('dialogs.InfoDialog');
             Modal.createTrackedDialog('Slash Commands', 'Topic', InfoDialog, {
                 title: room.name,
                 description: <div dangerouslySetInnerHTML={{ __html: topicHtml }} />,
@@ -737,7 +736,6 @@ export const Commands = [
                     ignoredUsers.push(userId); // de-duped internally in the js-sdk
                     return success(
                         cli.setIgnoredUsers(ignoredUsers).then(() => {
-                            const InfoDialog = sdk.getComponent('dialogs.InfoDialog');
                             Modal.createTrackedDialog('Slash Commands', 'User ignored', InfoDialog, {
                                 title: _t('Ignored user'),
                                 description: <div>
@@ -768,7 +766,6 @@ export const Commands = [
                     if (index !== -1) ignoredUsers.splice(index, 1);
                     return success(
                         cli.setIgnoredUsers(ignoredUsers).then(() => {
-                            const InfoDialog = sdk.getComponent('dialogs.InfoDialog');
                             Modal.createTrackedDialog('Slash Commands', 'User unignored', InfoDialog, {
                                 title: _t('Unignored user'),
                                 description: <div>
@@ -838,7 +835,6 @@ export const Commands = [
         command: 'devtools',
         description: _td('Opens the Developer Tools dialog'),
         runFn: function(roomId) {
-            const DevtoolsDialog = sdk.getComponent('dialogs.DevtoolsDialog');
             Modal.createDialog(DevtoolsDialog, { roomId });
             return success();
         },
@@ -943,7 +939,6 @@ export const Commands = [
                         await cli.setDeviceVerified(userId, deviceId, true);
 
                         // Tell the user we verified everything
-                        const InfoDialog = sdk.getComponent('dialogs.InfoDialog');
                         Modal.createTrackedDialog('Slash Commands', 'Verified key', InfoDialog, {
                             title: _t('Verified key'),
                             description: <div>
@@ -1000,8 +995,6 @@ export const Commands = [
         command: "help",
         description: _td("Displays list of commands with usages and descriptions"),
         runFn: function() {
-            const SlashCommandHelpDialog = sdk.getComponent('dialogs.SlashCommandHelpDialog');
-
             Modal.createTrackedDialog('Slash Commands', 'Help', SlashCommandHelpDialog);
             return success();
         },
diff --git a/src/components/structures/auth/SoftLogout.tsx b/src/components/structures/auth/SoftLogout.tsx
index 3790028fea..d232f55dd1 100644
--- a/src/components/structures/auth/SoftLogout.tsx
+++ b/src/components/structures/auth/SoftLogout.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import React from 'react';
 import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
-import * as sdk from '../../../index';
 import dis from '../../../dispatcher/dispatcher';
 import * as Lifecycle from '../../../Lifecycle';
 import Modal from '../../../Modal';
@@ -26,6 +25,12 @@ import AuthPage from "../../views/auth/AuthPage";
 import { SSO_HOMESERVER_URL_KEY, SSO_ID_SERVER_URL_KEY } from "../../../BasePlatform";
 import SSOButtons from "../../views/elements/SSOButtons";
 import { replaceableComponent } from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
+import ConfirmWipeDeviceDialog from '../../views/dialogs/ConfirmWipeDeviceDialog';
+import Field from '../../views/elements/Field';
+import AccessibleButton from '../../views/elements/AccessibleButton';
+import Spinner from "../../views/elements/Spinner";
+import AuthHeader from "../../views/auth/AuthHeader";
+import AuthBody from "../../views/auth/AuthBody";
 
 const LOGIN_VIEW = {
     LOADING: 1,
@@ -94,7 +99,6 @@ export default class SoftLogout extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
     }
 
     onClearAll = () => {
-        const ConfirmWipeDeviceDialog = sdk.getComponent('dialogs.ConfirmWipeDeviceDialog');
         Modal.createTrackedDialog('Clear Data', 'Soft Logout', ConfirmWipeDeviceDialog, {
             onFinished: (wipeData) => {
                 if (!wipeData) return;
@@ -202,7 +206,6 @@ export default class SoftLogout extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
 
     private renderSignInSection() {
         if (this.state.loginView === LOGIN_VIEW.LOADING) {
-            const Spinner = sdk.getComponent("elements.Spinner");
             return <Spinner />;
         }
 
@@ -214,9 +217,6 @@ export default class SoftLogout extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
         }
 
         if (this.state.loginView === LOGIN_VIEW.PASSWORD) {
-            const Field = sdk.getComponent("elements.Field");
-            const AccessibleButton = sdk.getComponent('elements.AccessibleButton');
-
             let error = null;
             if (this.state.errorText) {
                 error = <span className='mx_Login_error'>{this.state.errorText}</span>;
@@ -286,10 +286,6 @@ export default class SoftLogout extends React.Component<IProps, IState> {
     }
 
     render() {
-        const AuthHeader = sdk.getComponent("auth.AuthHeader");
-        const AuthBody = sdk.getComponent("auth.AuthBody");
-        const AccessibleButton = sdk.getComponent('elements.AccessibleButton');
-
         return (
             <AuthPage>
                 <AuthHeader />
diff --git a/src/components/views/auth/InteractiveAuthEntryComponents.tsx b/src/components/views/auth/InteractiveAuthEntryComponents.tsx
index e002eb5717..4b1ecec740 100644
--- a/src/components/views/auth/InteractiveAuthEntryComponents.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/auth/InteractiveAuthEntryComponents.tsx
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ import React, { ChangeEvent, createRef, FormEvent, MouseEvent } from 'react';
 import classNames from 'classnames';
 import { MatrixClient } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/client";
 
-import * as sdk from '../../../index';
 import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
 import SettingsStore from "../../../settings/SettingsStore";
 import AccessibleButton from "../elements/AccessibleButton";
@@ -26,6 +25,8 @@ import Spinner from "../elements/Spinner";
 import CountlyAnalytics from "../../../CountlyAnalytics";
 import { replaceableComponent } from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
 import { LocalisedPolicy, Policies } from '../../../Terms';
+import Field from '../elements/Field';
+import CaptchaForm from "./CaptchaForm";
 
 /* This file contains a collection of components which are used by the
  * InteractiveAuth to prompt the user to enter the information needed
@@ -164,8 +165,7 @@ export class PasswordAuthEntry extends React.Component<IAuthEntryProps, IPasswor
 
         let submitButtonOrSpinner;
         if (this.props.busy) {
-            const Loader = sdk.getComponent("elements.Spinner");
-            submitButtonOrSpinner = <Loader />;
+            submitButtonOrSpinner = <Spinner />;
         } else {
             submitButtonOrSpinner = (
                 <input type="submit"
@@ -185,8 +185,6 @@ export class PasswordAuthEntry extends React.Component<IAuthEntryProps, IPasswor
             );
         }
 
-        const Field = sdk.getComponent('elements.Field');
-
         return (
             <div>
                 <p>{ _t("Confirm your identity by entering your account password below.") }</p>
@@ -236,13 +234,11 @@ export class RecaptchaAuthEntry extends React.Component<IRecaptchaAuthEntryProps
 
     render() {
         if (this.props.busy) {
-            const Loader = sdk.getComponent("elements.Spinner");
-            return <Loader />;
+            return <Spinner />;
         }
 
         let errorText = this.props.errorText;
 
-        const CaptchaForm = sdk.getComponent("views.auth.CaptchaForm");
         let sitePublicKey;
         if (!this.props.stageParams || !this.props.stageParams.public_key) {
             errorText = _t(
@@ -390,8 +386,7 @@ export class TermsAuthEntry extends React.Component<ITermsAuthEntryProps, ITerms
 
     render() {
         if (this.props.busy) {
-            const Loader = sdk.getComponent("elements.Spinner");
-            return <Loader />;
+            return <Spinner />;
         }
 
         const checkboxes = [];
@@ -590,8 +585,7 @@ export class MsisdnAuthEntry extends React.Component<IMsisdnAuthEntryProps, IMsi
 
     render() {
         if (this.state.requestingToken) {
-            const Loader = sdk.getComponent("elements.Spinner");
-            return <Loader />;
+            return <Spinner />;
         } else {
             const enableSubmit = Boolean(this.state.token);
             const submitClasses = classNames({
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/ConfirmAndWaitRedactDialog.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/ConfirmAndWaitRedactDialog.tsx
index 90b749b959..d21fde329c 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/ConfirmAndWaitRedactDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/ConfirmAndWaitRedactDialog.tsx
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@ limitations under the License.
 */
 
 import React from 'react';
-import * as sdk from '../../../index';
 import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
 import { replaceableComponent } from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
+import ConfirmRedactDialog from './ConfirmRedactDialog';
+import ErrorDialog from './ErrorDialog';
+import BaseDialog from "./BaseDialog";
+import Spinner from "../elements/Spinner";
 
 interface IProps {
     redact: () => Promise<void>;
@@ -73,7 +76,6 @@ export default class ConfirmAndWaitRedactDialog extends React.PureComponent<IPro
     public render() {
         if (this.state.isRedacting) {
             if (this.state.redactionErrorCode) {
-                const ErrorDialog = sdk.getComponent("dialogs.ErrorDialog");
                 const code = this.state.redactionErrorCode;
                 return (
                     <ErrorDialog
@@ -83,8 +85,6 @@ export default class ConfirmAndWaitRedactDialog extends React.PureComponent<IPro
                     />
                 );
             } else {
-                const BaseDialog = sdk.getComponent("dialogs.BaseDialog");
-                const Spinner = sdk.getComponent('elements.Spinner');
                 return (
                     <BaseDialog
                         onFinished={this.props.onFinished}
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ export default class ConfirmAndWaitRedactDialog extends React.PureComponent<IPro
                 );
             }
         } else {
-            const ConfirmRedactDialog = sdk.getComponent("dialogs.ConfirmRedactDialog");
             return <ConfirmRedactDialog onFinished={this.onParentFinished} />;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/ConfirmUserActionDialog.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/ConfirmUserActionDialog.tsx
index 78fae390b5..cbef474c69 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/ConfirmUserActionDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/ConfirmUserActionDialog.tsx
@@ -17,11 +17,14 @@ limitations under the License.
 import React from 'react';
 import { MatrixClient } from 'matrix-js-sdk/src/client';
 import { RoomMember } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/models/room-member";
-import * as sdk from '../../../index';
 import { _t } from '../../../languageHandler';
 import { GroupMemberType } from '../../../groups';
 import { replaceableComponent } from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
 import { mediaFromMxc } from "../../../customisations/Media";
+import MemberAvatar from '../avatars/MemberAvatar';
+import BaseAvatar from '../avatars/BaseAvatar';
+import BaseDialog from "./BaseDialog";
+import DialogButtons from "../elements/DialogButtons";
 
 interface IProps {
     // matrix-js-sdk (room) member object. Supply either this or 'groupMember'
@@ -67,11 +70,6 @@ export default class ConfirmUserActionDialog extends React.Component<IProps> {
     };
 
     public render() {
-        const BaseDialog = sdk.getComponent('views.dialogs.BaseDialog');
-        const DialogButtons = sdk.getComponent('views.elements.DialogButtons');
-        const MemberAvatar = sdk.getComponent("views.avatars.MemberAvatar");
-        const BaseAvatar = sdk.getComponent("views.avatars.BaseAvatar");
-
         const confirmButtonClass = this.props.danger ? 'danger' : '';
 
         let reasonBox;
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/TermsDialog.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/TermsDialog.tsx
index 02a779743b..afa732033f 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/TermsDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/TermsDialog.tsx
@@ -16,11 +16,12 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import url from 'url';
 import React from 'react';
-import * as sdk from '../../../index';
 import { _t, pickBestLanguage } from '../../../languageHandler';
 
 import { replaceableComponent } from "../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
 import { SERVICE_TYPES } from "matrix-js-sdk/src/service-types";
+import DialogButtons from "../elements/DialogButtons";
+import BaseDialog from "./BaseDialog";
 
 interface ITermsCheckboxProps {
     onChange: (url: string, checked: boolean) => void;
@@ -117,9 +118,6 @@ export default class TermsDialog extends React.PureComponent<ITermsDialogProps,
     };
 
     public render() {
-        const BaseDialog = sdk.getComponent('views.dialogs.BaseDialog');
-        const DialogButtons = sdk.getComponent('views.elements.DialogButtons');
-
         const rows = [];
         for (const policiesAndService of this.props.policiesAndServicePairs) {
             const parsedBaseUrl = url.parse(policiesAndService.service.baseUrl);
diff --git a/src/components/views/dialogs/security/ConfirmDestroyCrossSigningDialog.tsx b/src/components/views/dialogs/security/ConfirmDestroyCrossSigningDialog.tsx
index 6272302a76..c0530a35ea 100644
--- a/src/components/views/dialogs/security/ConfirmDestroyCrossSigningDialog.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/dialogs/security/ConfirmDestroyCrossSigningDialog.tsx
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@ limitations under the License.
 
 import React from 'react';
 import { _t } from "../../../../languageHandler";
-import * as sdk from "../../../../index";
 import { replaceableComponent } from "../../../../utils/replaceableComponent";
+import BaseDialog from "../BaseDialog";
+import DialogButtons from "../../elements/DialogButtons";
 
 interface IProps {
     onFinished: (success: boolean) => void;
@@ -34,9 +35,6 @@ export default class ConfirmDestroyCrossSigningDialog extends React.Component<IP
     };
 
     render() {
-        const BaseDialog = sdk.getComponent('views.dialogs.BaseDialog');
-        const DialogButtons = sdk.getComponent('views.elements.DialogButtons');
-
         return (
             <BaseDialog
                 className='mx_ConfirmDestroyCrossSigningDialog'