diff --git a/src/components/views/elements/TagComposer.tsx b/src/components/views/elements/TagComposer.tsx
index ff104748a0..03f501f02c 100644
--- a/src/components/views/elements/TagComposer.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/elements/TagComposer.tsx
@@ -59,11 +59,11 @@ export default class TagComposer extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
         this.setState({ newTag: "" });
     };
 
-    private onRemove = (tag: string) => {
+    private onRemove(tag: string) {
         // We probably don't need to proxy this, but for
         // sanity of `this` we'll do so anyways.
         this.props.onRemove(tag);
-    };
+    }
 
     public render() {
         return <div className='mx_TagComposer'>
diff --git a/src/components/views/settings/Notifications.tsx b/src/components/views/settings/Notifications.tsx
index e0e2467240..a488145153 100644
--- a/src/components/views/settings/Notifications.tsx
+++ b/src/components/views/settings/Notifications.tsx
@@ -240,12 +240,12 @@ export default class Notifications extends React.PureComponent<IProps, IState> {
         return preparedNewState;
     }
 
-    private async refreshPushers(): Promise<Partial<IState>> {
-        return { ...(await MatrixClientPeg.get().getPushers()) };
+    private refreshPushers(): Promise<Partial<IState>> {
+        return MatrixClientPeg.get().getPushers();
     }
 
-    private async refreshThreepids(): Promise<Partial<IState>> {
-        return { ...(await MatrixClientPeg.get().getThreePids()) };
+    private refreshThreepids(): Promise<Partial<IState>> {
+        return MatrixClientPeg.get().getThreePids();
     }
 
     private showSaveError() {